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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 March 19, 2012
I don’t know about you, but I’ve got a busy week this week. Â As you read this, I’ll be in Nashville for a romp through the historic Ryman Theatre, but when I return to Chicago, I hit the ground running with shows for most of the rest of the week: Milk Carton Kids on Tuesday, […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged andre williams and the goldstars, baja & the dry eye crew, bear's den, ben howard, bhi bhiman, delta spirit, double door, evanston space, field report, fiona apple, geri x, hideout, jennifer hall, jon langford & skull orchard, leslie stevens, lincoln hall, madi diaz, martyrs', megafaun, metro, nathaniel rateliff, nneka, nora o'connor, o giant man, rachael yamagata, robbie fulks, rosie thomas, schubas, the milk carton kids, the staves, waters
By Sarah on January 23, 2012
I’ll be at Schubas on Wednesday for Cheyenne Marie Mize, and Lincoln Hall the next day for Kathleen Edwards. Â I’ll be the lady with a camera, looking very tired and surly. Â Say hi if you see me. Monday, January 23 Meh. Tuesday, January 24 Kevin Hearn & Thinbuckle; Schubas. 8 pm, $10-12 Kevin O’Donnell Quartet; […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged bailiff, band called catch, ben ripani music co., cass mccombs, cheyenne marie mize, christine lavin, congress theater, danny black, dawes, devotchka, dj roma soul, drive by truckers, elephant revival, frank fairfield, go long mule, great divide, greensky bluegrass, hannah georgas, hideout, jaik willis, joe henry, joe pug, jon drake and the shakes, kathleen edwards, kevin hearn & thinbuckle, kevin o'donnell quartet, lasers and fast and shit, lincoln hall, los campesinos!, metro, michele mcguire, mucca pazza, nora o'connor, old town school of folk music, paper thick walls, parenthetical girls, park west, schubas, strange arrangement, the future laureates, the shams band, unloved, van ghost
By Sarah on January 9, 2012
We are getting back in the swing of things here with the weekly calendar. Â It’s the beginning of the year, cut me some slack. We’ve got some great local artists on bills this week, plus some very diverse acts coming in as part of the Tomorrow Never Knows festival, spread out at Schubas, Lincoln Hall, […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged abstract science djs, active child, alejandro escovedo, allison russell, ant'lrd, auditorium theatre, bad bad meow, beat kitchen, creepy band, daniel ellsworth & the great lakes, don stiernberg, drake bell, empty bottle, evanston space, filligar, gabe dixon, hideout, johnathan young, jon drake & the shakes, jon langford, jt nero, koo nimo & the occidental highlife association, leila broussard, lincoln hall, metro, natalie grace alford, nina ferraro, nora o'connor, old town school of folk music, robbie fulks, ryley walker, sally timms, save the clocktower, schubas, subterranean, the black willoughbys, the parlour suite, the pickin' bubs, the walkmen, tycho, vance gilbert
By Sarah on October 3, 2011
Busy week of shows! Don’t forget, you can win tickets to see Those Darlins on Wednesday or Thursday! See this post for information on how to win. Monday, October 3 Jens Lekman, Geoffrey O’Connor; Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, $20 Tuesday, October 4 Zee Avi; Schubas. 8 pm, $12 The Mekons; SPACE. 8 pm, $18-30 The […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged bandallamas, brice woodall, brokeback, cameron mcgill, cults, empty bottle, esperanza spalding, evanston space, fitzgeralds, foster the people, geoffrey o'connor, go long mule, hideout, holy sons, house of blues, imelda may, jaron and the long road to love, jens lekman, joe firstman, joe's bar, keb' mo', liam davis, lincoln hall, malajube, mar caribe, martyrs', matt hopper, metro, nora o'connor, park west, peelander-z, pieta brown, priscilla ahn, reptar, schubas, st. vincent, stephen malkmus and the jicks, symphony center, thao with the get down stay down, the besnard lakes, the chain gaing of 1974, the devil whale, the head and the heart, the mekons, the naked and famous, the riviera, the shams band, those darlins, white arrows, wild flag, yellowfever, zee avi
By Sarah on September 5, 2011
Summer may be winding down, but festival season isn’t quite over yet. Â The AV Club presents AV Fest, taking place at the Hideout, on September 10th and 11th. Â You can see acts including Hum, The Thermals, and Like Pioneers on Saturday; Sunday includes Archers of Loaf, Tokyo Police Club, and Maps & Atlases. Â Entry is […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged alison krauss and union station, breathe owl breathe, carbon leaf, chamberlin, chicago theatre, chris thile, cloudbirds, danny black, deadstring brothers, del mccoury band, evanston space, fruit bats, hideout, jeff parker, kevin flynn and the avondale ramblers, lincoln hall, michael daves, nora o'connor, old town school of folk music, rajko hungarian gypsy orchestra, richard thompson, robbie fulks, schubas, the glory singers, the hoyle brothers, the milk carton kids, the scotland yard gospel choir, the waco brothers, tom brosseau, vetiver, vieux farka toure