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CHIRP Playlist: July 20, 2012

By Sarah on July 21, 2012

Well, friends, I took a week off for my great southbound journey, but I’m back. Â 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 Chicagoâ€™s ownÂ CHIRP Radio, from 8 â€“ 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

Forecastle Festival, Day One

By Sarah on July 14, 2012

I’d sworn off outdoor festivals for a little while, once they stopped being fun, but the lineup for Louisville, Kentucky’s tenth annual Forecastle Fest swayed me. Â The lure of a good road trip was also a bit too good to resist, and so here I am, in a hotel on the Louisville waterfront (although my […]

Posted in Concert Reviews | Tagged abigail washburn, atmosphere, dean wareham, forecastle festival, the head and the heart