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By Sarah on May 28, 2012
It’s summer street festival season! Â Do-Division is going on this weekend, with a pretty stellar lineup of artists all weekend. Â Head on down to check it out. Monday, May 28 Kelly Hogan, Scott Lucas and the Married Men; Millennium Park. 6:30 pm, free Robbie Fulks, Kathleen Keane; Hideout. Â 7 pm, $10 suggested donation Netherfriends, House […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged anne mccue, audiences, beat kitchen, bigcolour, brain idea, brown bird, california wives, canasta, cat martino, cory chisel & the wandering sons, craig finn, derek nelson & the musicians, dinosaur feathers, do-division, e brown, empty bottle, evanston space, fluffy, gypsyblood, hideout, honey & buffalo, house of wolves, i break horses, in tall buildings, jc brooks & the uptown sound, jeff harms, jon drake & the shakes, judson claiborne, kathleen keane, kelly hogan, lake shore vibe, langhorne slim, le butcherettes, leadfoot, light foils, lincoln hall, longshot, love and radiation, margot & the nuclear so and so's, martyrs', millennium park, minor characters, moon furies, murder by death, mutts, my gold mask, natureboy, netherfriends, o'death, old shoe, pat mckillen, patrick watson, pillow talk, prob cause, psalm one, robbie fulks, schubas, scott lucas and the married men, the antlers, the besnard lakes, the hood internet, the paige dechausse band, the pillowhamer, the ragtones, the reels, the revivalists, the soft pack, theo katzman and communist daughter, thomas comerford, tim larson & the owner/operators, todd rundgren, whispertown, wooden rings
By Sarah on April 29, 2012
Here are some songs I played on the radio on Friday night. As always, you can hear my delightful music selections every Friday night on Chicago’s own CHIRP Radio, from 8 – 10 pm Central time. 9:55 PM Jon Porras Candlelight Mirage from Black Mesa (Thrill Jockey) 9:50 PM Azita Lullbye from How Will You? (Drag […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged actress, alex acosta y su orquesta, azita, brown bird, deep sea diver, deer tick, gotye, helado negro, high on fire, innerpartysystem, jason isbell, joe pug, jon porras, jubal lee young, kelly joe phelps, lissy trullie, m. ward, maderito & joe, margot & the nuclear so and so's, otter petter, paul burch, retribution gospel choir, shane tutmarc, shearwater, stabilo, the del mccoury band, the preservation hall jazz band, thea gilmore, waco brothers, zammuto
By Sarah on April 28, 2012
Portland-based band Horse Feathers is touring in support of its fourth album, Cynic’s New Year. Singer Justin Ringle’s voice excellently conveys emotion with its high tenor, although the default setting seems to be lingering somewhere closer to heartbreak. Live, their act is heavy on fingerpicked guitar, banjo, and strings, with the occasional bowed saw to […]
Posted in Concert Reviews | Tagged brown bird, horse feathers, lincoln hall
By Sarah on April 23, 2012
Lots of good shows this week! Â I’m going to be covering Horse Feathers and Brown Bird at Lincoln Hall on Thursday, and possibly the Infamous Stringdusters on Saturday. Â You should check that one out, too. Monday, April 23 Robbie Fulks, Robbie Gjersoe; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation Dolly Varden, Ellen Cherry; Schubas. 8 pm, […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged andrea dawn, anya marina, band of heathens, beat kitchen, blah blah blah, blane fonda, brown bird, canasta, chamberlin, cloudbirds, cowboy junkies, dar williams, derek nelson & the musicians, dolly varden, double door, ellen cherry, emily hurd, empty bottle, eric hutchinson, ernie halter, evanston space, ezra furman, gold motel, graham lindsey, green river ordinance, half baked goods, head for the hills, hemmingbirds, hideout, horse feathers, hotel lights, jc brooks & the uptown sound, jd mcpherson, jill barber, joel henderson, kellen & me, kim richey, kodiak farm boys, lera lynn, lincoln hall, mar caribe, mark rose, martyrs', metro, mice parade, midnight moxie, milano, mutts, old shoe, old town school of folk music, panoramic & true, reggie's music joint, robbie fulks, robbie gjersoe, sarah holtschlag & the crosscuts, saul hernandez, schubas, shelley miller, the canoes, the infamous stringdusters, ugly valley boys, woodrow hart & the haymaker, zmick
By Sarah on February 7, 2012
I kicked the week off with an extra special bonus edition of my show on Monday afternoon.  That’s what I get for taking the day off work.  Never fear, I’ll be back to my regular time slot this Friday night on Chicago’s own CHIRP Radio, from 8 – 10 pm Central time. 5:54 PM David Bowie […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged a place to bury strangers, bright eyes, brown bird, carell casey, casiotone for the painfully alone, chairlift, chico cervantes, chris pureka, cloud nothings, cloudbirds, david bowie, doomtree, first aid kit, hans zimmer, innerpartysystem, james taylor, jason urick, jill sobule, joe pug, john legend, la habitacion roja, laura gibson, laura marling, lonely drifter karen, loudon wainwright iii, marit larsen, murder city devils, nicole mitchell, okkervil river, regina spektor, rocky votolato, royal baths, shooter jennings, the dresden dolls, the mountain goats, the pines, the roots, the runnies, the vandermark 5, unicycle loves you, vienna teng, virgin forest
By Sarah on January 22, 2012
9:53 PM Retribution Gospel Choir Poor Man’s Daughter from 2 (Sub Pop) 9:49 PM The Black Keys Little Black Submarines from El Camino (Nonesuch) 9:45 PM La Oreja de Van Gogh Cometas Por El Cielo from Cometas Por El Cielo (Sony) 9:41 PM The xx Crystalised from xx (Young Turks) 9:37 PM Chris Connelly Classically […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged 2cellos, amanda palmer, andre williams and the goldstars, booker t. jones, brown bird, chris connelly, cloudbirds, doomtree, frank carillo & the bandoleros, jakob olausson, jessica lea mayfield, john k. samson, justin townes earle, kim taylor, la oreja de van gogh, levon helm, murder by death, retribution gospel choir, simon & garfunkel, the black keys, the format, the handsome family, the magic numbers, the mountain goats, the pines, the wars of 1812, the xx, tiger bones, wooden wand & the briarwood virgins