By Sarah on June 25, 2012
June’s almost over. Â Can you believe that? Monday, June 25 Occidental Brothers Dance Band International, Chico Trujilo; Millennium Park. 6:30 pm, free Robbie Fulks; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation Esperanza Spalding; Ravinia. 8 pm, $27-55 Kate Miller-Heidke, Derek Fawcett; Schubas. 8 pm, $10-12 Tuesday, June 26 Cory Branan, Audra Mae, Briar Rabbit; Schubas. 8 […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged audra mae, ben folds five, brendan benson, briar rabbit, cameron mcgill, canadian pavers, catacombz, chappo, chico trujilo, cory branan, derek fawcett, double door, esperanza spalding, fruit bats, hideout, howling brothers, joe pug, joe purdy, kate miller-heidke, lincoln hall, martyrs', millennium park, mines, nick shaheen, northern magnolia, northland ghost, occidental brothers dance band international, owen, rachele eve, ravinia, robbie fulks, ryan shaw, sarah holtschlag & the crosscuts, schubas, subterranean, the calumet reel, the canoes, the giving tree band, the pines, the right now, the rutabega, todd hembrook & the hemispheres, world's largest block party, yellowbird, young hines, young man
By Sarah on December 24, 2011
In honor of Christmas Eve Eve, I peppered my show last night with some holiday-esque songs. It was delightful. Although, I decided that next year, if I’m still on the air, I’m going to aim to play nothing but depressing, sad bastard music on the holidays. I’ll be back next week on New Year’s Eve […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged adanowsky, balkano, barenaked ladies, big bad voodoo daddy, boston spaceships, dar williams, dave carter, elvis perkins, fitz and the tantrums, jake schepps, janah, jon stewart, kate bush, korallreven, los campesinos!, louis armstrong, mavis staples, mayer hawthorne, over the rhine, owen, paper route, quiet company, sea lions, she & him, stephen colbert, the civil wars, the new pornographers, thomas comerford, tracy grammer, vandaveer, vienna teng
By Sarah on November 27, 2011
I filled in for my friend Bobby on the radio yesterday afternoon. It was fun. These are the songs I played. 3:55 PM Neil Young Hitchhiker from Le Noise (Reprise) 3:51 PM Monument Monument Full of Life from Call Off the Roses EP (self-released) 3:48 PM Deer Tick Main Street from Divine Providence (Partisan) 3:42 […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged a.a. bondy, deer tick, dessa, dosh, gotye, great lake swimmers, heavy times, kathleen edwards, mirah, monument monument, murder by death, neil young, netherfriends, owen, peggy sue, radiohead, shearwater, sierra swan, teddy thompson, thao with the get down stay down, the beach boys, the decemberists, the gentle guest, the head and the heart, the promise ring, tycho, vandaveer, voltaire, wilco
By Sarah on November 19, 2011
I’ll be occupying the Friday 8-10 pm Central slot through the end of the year, so you can hear me on a regular basis on CHIRP Radio. It’ll be great. 9:58 PM Rainer Maria Long Knives from Long Knives Drawn (Polyvinyl) 9:54 PM The Unsettlers Red to Black from The Unsettlers (self-released) 9:50 PM Los […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged a.a. bondy, andrew bird, angie aparo, ani difranco, aterciopelados, bon iver, brandi carlile, breakers broken, cass mccombs, crooked fingers, darren johnston's gone to chicago, kathleen edwards, los campesinos!, m. ward, mayer hawthorne, okkervil river, owen, rainer maria, sarah jarosz, sensation junkies, the decemberists, the hold steady, the lijadu sisters, the new pornographers, the unsettlers, thomas comerford
By Sarah on November 8, 2010
A bit of a quiet week overall, and yet I still will be finding myself at two, maybe three, shows. I’ll be at Dawes on Wednesday and Johnny Flynn on Friday, and thinking about catching the Heavy on Saturday. Busy week. If you see me, say hi!
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged blane fonda, candy town, dawes, derek nelson and the musicians, double door, evanston space, ezra furman, green river ordinance, hood smoke, janis ian, jessica robbins, johnny flynn, kate nash, lincoln hall, martyrs', maruka, mayne stage, metro, miggs, mindy smith, my gold mask, natalia kills, natalia zuckerman, old town school of folk music, owen, park west, peggy sue, peter wolf crier, rachele eve, rambos, robyn, schubas, the chapin sisters, the fab faux, the heavy, the pines, the vic, tim seisser quintet, unicycle loves you, vetiver, wallpaper
By Sarah on April 12, 2010
I am too sleepy for commentary this morning, so have the below list of shows which I have deemed to be Awesome. I’ll be at the Empty Bottle on Thursday to catch Dosh’s show, and hopefully I won’t forget about the tickets I have to the Old Town School of Folk Music on Sunday, for […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged adam ezra, adam green, aetiology, andy friedman, anthi meera, blues traveler, brooke waggoner, carrie newcomer, chicago cultural center, chickenfat klezmer orchestra, children of nova, davenport's, debello, dosh, double door, earl greyhound, elbo room, eliza gilkyson, ellis paul, elton john, empty bottle, evanston space, florence and the machine, gebhard ullmann clarinet trio, graham parker, hideout, holy hail, house of blues, identity crisis, jeff ruby, jeffrey foucault, kevin andrew prchal, kevin o'donnell, laura freeman, legendary shack shakeres, leslie beukelman, lincoln hall, loudon wainwright iii, martyrs', mcaninch arts center, metro, micah dalton, miniature tigers, mori einsidler, natalie oliveri, niu steel band, occidental brothers dance band international, ok go, old town school of folk music, owen, paper thick walls, pearls mahone, phil cohran, rachael sage, reggie's rock club, relax on milwaukee, richard thompson, robbie fulks, robbie gjersoe, rocky votolato, roommates, schubas, sears centre, tangleweed, the booze, the dead trees, the hackensaw boys, the honeybees, the morning benders, the rocketz, uncommon ground, vieux farka toure, white hinterland