By Sarah on April 14, 2012
If you weren’t listening last night, you missed out on some old timey country gospel.  That’s right. Hear my delightful music selections every Friday night on Chicago’s own CHIRP Radio, from 8 – 10 pm Central time.  If you missed Friday’s show, catch an extra special bonus edition of my show tomorrow morning from 9 am […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged alex winston, choir of young believers, dawn landes, deer tick, dessa, eleventh dream day, emily wells, fleet foxes, john wesley coleman, m. ward, nicole atkins, nora o'connor, outer minds, peter wolf crier, robbie fulks, sarah jaffe, sharon jones & the dap kings, sharon van etten, the ashes, the bowmans, the decemberists, the ethnographers, the louvin brothers, the right now, they might be giants, thom hell, whitehorse, zammuto
By Sarah on April 11, 2011
Just the other day, I was talking to someone who was asking about what’s next on my show calendar. I couldn’t remember anything pressing, and figured I had a good couple of weeks until something came up that I really wanted to see. And then I put together this week’s list, which has a whole […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged amanda shires, anni rossi, beat kitchen, charlie parr, cornmeal, daniel knox, evanston space, ha ha tonka, harper blynn, hideout, house of blues, howard jennings, jeff libman, jeff tweedy, jerome holloway, john wesley harding, kim richey, kt tunstall, la scala, lincoln hall, loudon wainwright iii, martyrs', mayne stage, miggs, old town school of folk music, park west, robbie fulks, robert francis, rollin hunt, schubas, skybombers, subterranean, the bright white, the civil wars, the damnwells, the giving tree band, the greencards, the hot club of cowtown, the hoyle brothers, the revelations, the right now, the spring standards, the vic, trey williams, vertikal, white dress
By Sarah on March 7, 2011
There are a ridiculous amount of great shows on Friday and Saturday. I won’t be making it to any of them. You — yes, you — should go in my place. Monday, March 7 Menomena; Empty Bottle. 6:30 pm, free with RSVP. Kelly Hogan & Scott Ligon; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation Tuesday, March […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged a lull, ari hest, bassel and the supernaturals, beat kitchen, bottom lounge, brian bonz, butterfly boucher, chicago theatre, cold war kids, dan bern, dawes, deer tick, derek nelson and the musicians, dick prall, diplo, edie carey, elbo room, emilie autumn, empty bottle, esben and the witch, evanston space, family band, gypsyblood, hideout, how far to austin, kellen and me, kelly hogan, kingsley flood, light pollution, lincoln hall, loyal divide, maps and atlases, mayne stage, melissa mcclelland, menomena, metro, middle brother, miniature tigers, nelken, nick miller and the neighbors, orgone, portugal. the man, rachele eve, richard shindell, sarah mclachlan, schubas, scott ligon, the chapin sisters, the future laureates, the get up kids, the mid, the right now, the riviera, the soil and the sun, willy joy, wise blood
By Sarah on January 31, 2011
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, Kevin […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged 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
By Sarah on January 1, 2011
While the rest of the world was out enjoying themselves in drunken year-end debauchery, I was home making a best of 2010 mix. That’s basically the story of my life. Check it out below, via this handy little Grooveshark widget. Happy new year, all.
Posted in Sharing | Tagged anais mitchell, andrew bird, b.o.b, beats antique, cadillac sky, carolina chocolate drops, cee-lo, chris pureka, hans zimmer, joe pug, justin townes earle, kanye west, laura marling, mumford & sons, owen pallett, peter wolf crier, the new pornographers, the rescues, the right now, the shams band |
By Sarah on November 29, 2010
Welcome back to your regularly scheduled blogging! If you’re around this weekend, check out the three-day Chicago Bluegrass and Blues festival, with shows at the Double Door, the Congress Theatre, and Lincoln Hall.
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged april smith and the great picture show, bbu, beat kitchen, bottom lounge, broken bells, bxc, cafeteria y restaurante de pancho, chicago theatre, congress theatre, corey chisel and the wandering sons, curtis evans and our friend electric, dag juhlin, daphne willis, delta spirit, derek nelson and the musicians, dessa, doomtree, double door, edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros, evanston space, freelance whales, grace potter and the nocturnals, great divide, hideout, how far to austin, ingrid graudins, ingrid michaelson, jenny scheinman, jim black, jon drake and the shakes, justin roberts, kandyce hogan, liam davis, lincoln hall, maps and atlases, maroon 5, meg and dia, metro, midwest hype, mike fredrickson, mike mangione and the union, miniature tigers, nels cline, nora o'connor, phil angotti, pos, rego, rita j, robbie fulks, ryan star, schubas, sidewalk chalk, the future laureates, the right now, the shams band, the skatalites, the vic, todd sickafoose, tom dunning and your boyfriends, trinkets of joy, vienna teng