By Sarah on July 21, 2012
Well, friends, I took a week off for my great southbound journey, but I’m back.  This week’s show featured many of the artists who I saw and enjoyed at the Forecastle Festival. As always, you can hear my delightful music selections every Friday night on Chicago’s own CHIRP Radio, from 8 – 10 pm Central time. […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged abigail washburn & the sparrow quartet, andrew bird, arnaldo antunes, atmosphere, casiotone for the painfully alone, deer tick, deleted scenes, delicate steve, dessa, dr. dog, edgar scandurra, edmund ii, elias moroon y su conjunto vallenato, everest, fiona apple, galaxie 500, giant giant sand, kelly hogan, lorn, matt ulery, neko case, open mike eagle, orchestre poly-rythmo, pet lions, preservation hall jazz band, sleigh bells, the darcys, the head and the heart, toumani diabate, wilco, wild nothing, wye oak
By Sarah on June 24, 2012
It’s been a little quiet here this week; I blame the heat, which has sapped my will to move. I played a bit longer of a set this time around, but I’ll be back to my usual two-hour bonanza of fun next week. Â As always, you can hear my delightful music selections every Friday night […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged a tribe called red, adanowsky, aimee mann, an horse, bic runga, black kids, bone & bell, chris pureka, christine fellows, damien rice, david bowie, david gray, devotchka, edmund ii, edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros, elvis perkins, friends, glasser, glen hansard, greta gertler, hot chip, jherek bischoff, josephine foster & the supposed, kaki king, ladyhawke, langhorne slim & the law, many places, mike reed's people places & things, miles kurosky, mount eerie, neko case, niki and the dove, ok go, peter wolf crier, priscilla ahn, saint etienne, shooter jennings, thao with the get down stay down, the antlers, the decemberists, the tallest man on earth, thea gilmore, these united states, wilco
By Sarah on March 31, 2012
Last night’s show had a bit of a quiet theme to it for a while, thanks to my nursing a headache for most of it.  There was also a set of bluegrass songs, a tribute to the late, great Earl Scruggs. Hear my delightful music selections every Friday night on Chicago’s own CHIRP Radio, from 8 […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged aimee mann, bowerbirds, carolina chocolate drops, ceu, cursive, death cab for cutie, earl scruggs, gabriel & the hounds, jc brooks & the uptown sound, jens lekman, julia holter, leona naess, low, luke roberts, mar caribe, miike snow, mirrorring, noam pikelny, plants and animals, quiet company, richard shindell, st. vincent, the infamous stringdusters, the magnetic fields, the milk carton kids, theresa andersson, wilco, yann tiersen
By Sarah on December 12, 2011
Hey, everyone, it’s Wilco week! I’m not going to any of the shows, but I’m sure plenty of you are. I’ll be at Schubas on Saturday night for Noam Pikelny and friends. Banjo! If you’re not doing anything on Sunday night, my band, Jungle of Cities, is playing at the Abbey Pub. We go on […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged alabama shakes, apollo chorus of chicago, civic opera house, double door, empty bottle, graham colton, harper blynn, harris theater for music and dance, hideout, himalayan bear, josh caterer, kathryn calder, lincoln hall, metro, noam pikelny, rainbow rhythms, schubas, the joy formidable, the lawrence peters outfit, the riviera, the sea and cake, the vic, tim reynolds and tr3, wilco
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
Recommended Reading/(Not Really An) Album Review: NY Mag on Wilco’s The Whole Love
By Mel on October 24, 2011
So. New Wilco album. I didn’t get it the day it came out — there aren’t any record stores in Oxford, so I waited until I could make it to Criminal Records in Atlanta. (They’re having money problems; I’d rather buy it from them than online. Sling some business their way if you can.) For […]
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