If you’ve been following along here, you’ll know that I am a huge fan of random road trips to far-flung places, all in pursuit of Good Music. It’s a trait also found in my partner-in-musical-crime, Mel, given her many reports from Places Where She Does Not Live. Granted, I don’t always . . . → Read More: Telluride Bluegrass Festival: June 16-19
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 Leave a comment  Upcoming Events  abigail washburn, bela fleck & the flecktones, chris thile, cornmeal, darrell scott & friends, edgar meyer, emmitt-nershi band, emmylou harris, jerry douglas, joe pug, michael cleveland & flamekeeper, michael daves, mumford & sons, nora jane struthers & the bootleggers, old crow medicine show, omar hakim, peter rowan bluegrass band, punch brothers, railroad earth, robert plant & band of joy, sam bush band, sarah mchaclhan, steve earle & the dukes, telluride bluegrass festival, the decemberists, the head and the heart, the infamous stringdusters, tim o'brien & kevin burke, tim o'brien band, trampled by turtles, viktor krauss, yonder mountain string band Now that I’ve found a more reliable place for you to stream my delightful mixes, I’ll be resuming my monthly mix of awesome songs. Here’s January’s. It’s even on time, too. Bundle up and stay warm in all this snow, my Midwestern friends. Listen to my ten songs on repeat while you . . . → Read More: January in Review Friday and Saturday are full of great shows that have been awful to choose between. If only we could all split ourselves into multiples. Monday, January 31 Todd Carey, Bascom Hill, The Heyday; Schubas. 8 pm, $6 Tuesday, February 1 Shelby Lynne, Derek Nelson; SPACE. 8 pm, $27-40 Scott Lucas and the Married Men, . . . → Read More: This Week in Great Music: 1/31 – 2/6 Leave a comment Upcoming Events bascom hill, cloudbirds, derek nelson, double door, evanston space, fitz and the tantrums, greensky bluegrass, hoots and hellmouth, jc brooks & the uptown sound, keri noble, kevin tihista's red terror, lincoln hall, liza day, mayne stage, metro, my brightest diamonds, peter wolf crier, que billah, retribution gospel choir, sahara smith, schubas, scott lucas and the married men, shelby lynne, soul summit djs, talib kweli, the decemberists, the giving tree band, the heyday, the opposition party, the right now, the riviera, the shrine, tina dico, todd carey, trina hamlin, trombone shorty and orleans avenue, wye oak, zeus With my feed reader at 1000+ unread posts (thanks a lot, busy work week and unexpected out-of-country trip), I might as well just claim defeat and start from scratch, but not before compiling some things that have caught my eye. . . . → Read More: News & Links – February 20 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 Bowerbirds; photo by Alissa Anderson In conjunction with the Tomorrow Never Knows festival, kicking off this week at Schubas and Lincoln Hall, Reckless Records has four fantastic (and free) in-store performance coming up: Thursday, January 14, 5:00 pm - Bear in Heaven – Lakeview store (3126 N Broadway) Friday, January 15, 5:00 pm . . . → Read More: News & Links – January 12 Leave a comment News & Links alela diane, bailiff, basia bulat, bear in heaven, bowerbirds, butch walker, elvis perkins in dearland, hideout, icy demons, my gold mask, owen pallett, pomengranates, puerto muerto, reckless records, shara worden, sharon van etten, spoon, sufjan stevens, tegan and sara, the antlers, the bitter tears, the decemberists, the mountain goats, violetness, wilco |
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