By Sarah on February 25, 2012
I played for an extra hour, got a ton of requests, and worked in a showtune.  Friday night’s show was a real winner. Hear my delightful music selections every Friday night on Chicago’s own CHIRP Radio, from 8 – 10 pm Central time. 9:54 PM Isidore Oh My Sky from Life Somewhere Else (Communicating Vessels) 9:52 […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged a.a. bondy, anais mitchell, anders parker, beth jeans houghton & the hooves of destiny, bright moments, cap'n jazz, carolina chocolate drops, chad vangaalen, chuck berry, city and colour, clogs, cults, damien jurado, dan deacon, devotchka, elvis perkins, field music, frankie rose, gorillaz, heartless bastards, isidore, jay farrar, jeff buckley, john talabot, kamuran akkor, kristin hersh, mark lanegan band, matt pond pa, mucca pazza, neko case, paul robeson, perfume genius, rachael yamagata, ram's pocket radio, robbie fulks, sarah slean, sharon van etten, skybox, the band, the klezmatics, the loneliest monk, the promise ring, tim fite, van morrison, will johnson, yellow ostrich, yim yames
By Sarah on November 5, 2011
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 the Field […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged 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
By Sarah on September 6, 2010
This Week in Great Music: 9/6 – 9/12
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged a light sleeper, alice peacock, anais mitchell, angel olsen, carbon leaf, casiotone for the painfully alone, chris smither, emily wells, evanston space, future laureates, giving tree, ha ha tonka, heypenny, house of blues, how far to austin, jc brooks & the uptown sound, kyle andrews, lincoln hall, little light, ludo, marina and the diamonds, matt ryd, mayne stage, metro, mike mentzer, old town school of folk music, reggie's rock club, sam amidon, schubas, seafarer, skybox, subterranean, treaty of paris, via tania, what laura says
By Sarah on April 6, 2010
In case you took an internet hiatus overnight, here’s some “news” for you: Lollapalooza’s lineup for the 2010 festival has been released in full, including all the letters and &s and *’s, because god forbid they write out Fuck Buttons on their website.
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged afi, american bang, arcade fire, b.o.b, balkan beat box, blitzen trapper, blues traveler, chromeo, company of thieves, cut copy, cymbals eat guitars, cypress hill, dan black, dawes, deer tick, devo, dirty projectors, dragonette, drive by truckers, edward sharpe & the magnetic zeros, erykah badu, foxy shazam, freelance whales, frightened rabbit, fuck buttons, gogol bordello, green day, grizzly bear, harlem, health, hockey, hot chip, jamie lidell, javelin, jimmy cliff, jukebox the ghost, lady gaga, lollapalooza, los amigos invisibles, matt & kim, mavis staples, metric, mgmt, mimicking birds, miniature tigers, minus the bear, mumford & sons, mutemath, my dear disco, mynameisjohnmichael, neon hitch, neon trees, nneka, phoenix, raphael saadiq, rebelution, rogue wave, royal bangs, semi precious weapons, shawn fisher, skybox, slightly stoopid, social distortion, soundgarden, spoon, stars, switchfoot, the antlers, the band of heathens, the big pink, the black keys, the constellations, the cribs, the dodos, the ettes, the ike reilly assassination, the kissaway trail, the morning benders, the national, the new pornographers, the soft pack, the strokes, the temper trap, the walkmen, the xx, these united states, violent soho, warpaint, wavves, wild beasts, wolfmother, x japan, yeasayer
By Sarah on January 11, 2010
The beginning half of this week has apparently decided to take a vacation. I’d sure like to do the same, but that’s not going to be happening any time soon. The big attraction this week is the Tomorrow Never Knows festival, hosted at Schubas and Lincoln Hall. There are a lot of great bands performing, […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged atlas sound, auditorium theatre, bowerbirds, buddy guy, buddy guy's legends, city and colour, clues, davenport's, final fantasy, freelance whales, g. love and special sauce, house of blues, julie doiron, lee fields and the expressions, lincoln hall, lissie, martyrs', metro, neon indian, netherfriends, owen pallett, peter wolf crier, pomengranates, schubas, sharon van etten, skybox, sons of the never wrong, surfer blood, the hood internet, the powwows, the rural alberta advantage, voxtrot