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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 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 July 12, 2010
The indie music world comes to a screeching halt this weekend as Pitchfork rolls into town. Three-day tickets have been sold out for ages, so try hitting up Craigslist or something to make your way in.
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged a lull, abbey pub, anne heaton, benjamin ezra, cains and abels, caribou, cary brothers, david romano, drive by truckers, evanston space, gregory pepper, hallelujah the hills, harper blynn, here we go magic, hideout, house of blues, islands, jonny lang, kevin o'donnell, lincoln hall, local natives, loudon wainwright iii, martyrs', meg hutchinson, millennium park, moreland and arbuckle, navy pier, old 97's, patricia vonne, paul turner, ravinia, real estate, robbie fulks, rose polenzani, sarah harmer, schubas, sharon van etten, strand of oaks, subterranean, the budos band, the daredevil christopher wright, the loom, the swell season, titus andronicus, tom petty and the heartbreakers, united center, yawn, zola jesus
By Sarah on April 12, 2010
I am too sleepy for commentary this morning, so have the below list of shows which I have deemed to be Awesome. I’ll be at the Empty Bottle on Thursday to catch Dosh’s show, and hopefully I won’t forget about the tickets I have to the Old Town School of Folk Music on Sunday, for […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged adam ezra, adam green, aetiology, andy friedman, anthi meera, blues traveler, brooke waggoner, carrie newcomer, chicago cultural center, chickenfat klezmer orchestra, children of nova, davenport's, debello, dosh, double door, earl greyhound, elbo room, eliza gilkyson, ellis paul, elton john, empty bottle, evanston space, florence and the machine, gebhard ullmann clarinet trio, graham parker, hideout, holy hail, house of blues, identity crisis, jeff ruby, jeffrey foucault, kevin andrew prchal, kevin o'donnell, laura freeman, legendary shack shakeres, leslie beukelman, lincoln hall, loudon wainwright iii, martyrs', mcaninch arts center, metro, micah dalton, miniature tigers, mori einsidler, natalie oliveri, niu steel band, occidental brothers dance band international, ok go, old town school of folk music, owen, paper thick walls, pearls mahone, phil cohran, rachael sage, reggie's rock club, relax on milwaukee, richard thompson, robbie fulks, robbie gjersoe, rocky votolato, roommates, schubas, sears centre, tangleweed, the booze, the dead trees, the hackensaw boys, the honeybees, the morning benders, the rocketz, uncommon ground, vieux farka toure, white hinterland
By Sarah on December 23, 2009
So between now and the end of the year, I’ll be bringing you my 20 favorite albums of 2009. Â These 20 albums aren’t in any particular order, aside from the fact that I put them into four groupings of five albums each. Â There’s nothing scientific or measured about this, it’s mostly just an order based […]
Posted in Album Reviews, Best Of | Tagged lady gaga, loudon wainwright iii, metric, sarah jarosz, zee avi |
By Sarah on October 26, 2009
A little bit of everything in Chicago this week. Rock, electronica, folk, rap, and my guilty pleasure, cheesy pop music. I kind of can’t handle all of the different choices for shows on Thursday, and I have never been so disappointed to have to go to a Halloween party rather than a show on Friday. […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged anberlin, angel taylor, anni rossi, auditorium theatre, benjamin gibbard, bob dylan, chicago licorice sticks, chicago waldorf school, chris smither, congress theater, david gray, double door, empty bottle, five for fighting, great lake swimmers, gringo star, herman dune, house of blues, ingrid michaelson, jay farrar, jenny owen youngs, joe firstman, julie doiron, kelly clarkson, lakeshore theater, leo kottke, leonard cohen, lincoln hall, lisa hannigan, los lobos, loudon wainwright iii, mae, martyrs', mason jennings, monsters of folk, noah and the whale, old town school of folk music, park west, reggie's rock club, richard thompson, rosemont theatre, saul williams, schubas, symphony center, taking back sunday, thao and the get down stay down, the aragon, the duhks, the gaslight anthem, the vic, tiesto |