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Two hours, some songs, and a brand new, comfy chair in the studio. It’s like someone heard me whining on Twitter a while ago about the awful chair. I’ll be back on the air on Saturday, November 26, from 2 to 4 pm, Central time. 1:56 PM Sufjan Stevens All the Trees of . . . → Read More: CHIRP Playlist: Saturday, November 5, 2011  Leave a comment  Radio Playlists  angus & julia stone, brown bird, chris pureka, christina bautista, david berkeley, dessa, devics, eliza gilkyson, jc brooks & the uptown sound, joe pug, joshua radin, m. ward, malajube, meg & dia, meg baird, murder by death, my brightest diamond, neko case, phantogram, quiet company, res, skybox, sufjan stevens, tapes 'n tapes, the decemberists, the heavy circles, the highwaymen, the mekons, tom waits, we were promised jetpacks Who would have guessed that an empty radio studio in a manufacturing building would be creepy at midnight when you’re there all by yourself? Crazy, isn’t it? Made a couple of good musical discoveries, though, of artists I’d never heard before randomly selecting them to play. That’s always a plus. . . . → Read More: CHIRP Playlist: Saturday, October 22, 2011 Leave a comment Radio Playlists a.c. newman, andrew bird, azita, bon iver, bonnie prince billy, brian wright and the waco tragedies, chin up chin up, dan mangan, deer tick, devotchka, feist, guster, helen money, jc brooks & the uptown sound, joe firstman, johnny flynn, kate mcgarrigle, laura marling, malajube, mar caribe, mates of state, melissa ferrick, mike and the censations, my brightest diamond, neil young, neko case, over the rhine, pinetop seven, rachael cantu, regina spektor, ryan adams, sarah siskind, sharon van etten, st. vincent, tegan and sara, the acorn, the cell phones, the david mayfield parade, the mountain goats, the traveling wilburys, thea gilmore, twin sister, vashti bunyan, we were promised jetapacks Lollapalooza’s over, and now the city as a whole collapses into a post-Lolla nap. For the whole week. I mean, really. Is it just me, or is there really very little of note going on this week? Monday, August 8 My Brightest Diamond with Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras; Millennium Park. 6:30 pm, free Robbie . . . → Read More: This Week in Great Music: 8/8 – 8/14 Another month, another timely posted mix. I’m on a roll. Here are just a handful of the songs that I’ve been listening to, discovering, and loving throughout the month of February. A show by My Brightest Diamond, the band/project/experience fronted by Shara Worden, is an experience, half performance art, half prog rock experimental showcase. Worden is an expert at wielding her voice like a weapon, not afraid to use her full range in her songs. As a vocalist myself, she’s someone who I . . . → Read More: Concert Review: My Brightest Diamond, Lincoln Hall, 2/4/11 I’ll admit that I’m not much of a Joanna Newsom fan. I didn’t like either of her previous releases, The Milk-Eyed Mender or Ys. I wanted to like her music, because she oftentimes gets lumped in with musicians whose work I do enjoy, but I just couldn’t get into her whole sound. . . . → Read More: News & Links – January 27 |
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