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By Sarah on June 9, 2012
This week’s playlist looks significantly less pretty, as there were some tech issues with the playlist tracker.  I’m sure you won’t be too devastated. As always, you can hear my delightful music selections every Friday night on Chicago’s own CHIRP Radio, from 8 – 10 pm Central time. 8:00 hour Quiet Company/Everything Louder Than Everything Else/We […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged alexander tucker, alpha consumer, astronautalis, ben lee, bon iver, boozoo bajou, brandi carlile, butch walker & the black widows, butterfly boucher, califone, cold specks, edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros, eluvium, felix, fred williams & the jewels band, grass widow, gregory and the hawk, ha ha tonka, hard-fi, idewild, indigo girls, japandroids, jbm, jennifer o'connor, jesca hoop, kelly hogan, killer mike, langhorne slim & the law, louis prima, low, many places, maritime, matthew dear, mike reed's people places & things, minus the bear, nathan mathes, neon indian, nice face, nick waterhouse, noe venable, outkast, quiet company, sallie ford & the sound outside, sarah slean, sex life, smoking popes, sufjan stevens, teddy thompson, the blacks, the hold steady, the mekons, the platters, the right now, the tallest man on earth, the wooden birds, these united states, violens, yeah yeah yeahs, yellow ostrich, young man
By Sarah on April 7, 2012
How in the world is it April already, y’all? Hear my delightful music selections every Friday night on Chicago’s own CHIRP Radio, from 8 – 10 pm Central time. 9:54 PM Mi Ami Bells from Decade (100% Silk) 9:50 PM Sufjan Stevens Chicago (Multiple Personality Disorder version) from The Avalanche (Asthmatic Kitty) 9:45 PM Jennifer O’Connor […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged a tribe called red, anais mitchell, andrew bird, ane brun, bobby conn, cains & abels, eisley, elephant and castle, first aid kit, hannah georgas, jennifer o'connor, kim taylor, lene marlin, lost in the trees, malajube, mariee sioux, matt pond pa, mi ami, retribution gospel choir, saybia, sidi toure, sufjan stevens, tinariwen, tom brosseau, zapruder point
By Sarah on March 10, 2012
Here are some songs I played! I’ll  be off next week, as I go to gallivant around Atlanta with Mel, so the always delightful Scott McKenna will be filling in for me.  Give his show a listen and toss a few requests his way. Hear my delightful music selections every Friday night (except next week!) […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged beirut, dessa, francois & the atlas mountains, gaberdine, gabriel & the hounds, garmarna, glen hansard, hospitality, james taylor, justin townes earle, lucero, luke roberts, marketa irglova, mavis staples, memoryhouse, miniature tigers, muse, my brightest diamond, neko case, nneka, priscilla ahn, rocky votolato, shooter jennings, sloan wainwright, sufjan stevens, the infamous stringdisters, the loneliest monk, the twilight sad, tops
By Sarah on December 17, 2011
Friday was a long, weird day. I retaliated by taking it easy on ye olde internet radio. Lots of banjo and alt-country and songs that I love. Oh yeah, and the Muppets. Thanks to everyone who tuned in. It’s always fun for me to get requests from people who I don’t know. I’ll be back […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged a girl called eddy, david bowie, death cab for cutie, edith frost, elvis perkins, fruit bats, gillian welch, glen hansard, ivan & alyosha, joe pug, kate bush, kathleen edwards, korallreven, luke roberts, marketa irglova, mutts, noam pikelny, orchestra of spheres, rilo kiley, robert pollard, sea lions, sufjan stevens, the decemberists, the milk carton kids, the muppets, thea gilmore, thomas comerford, townes van zandt, tycho
By Sarah on November 5, 2011
Two hours, some songs, and a brand new, comfy chair in the studio. It’s like someone heard me whining on Twitter a while ago about the awful chair. I’ll be back on the air on Saturday, November 26, from 2 to 4 pm, Central time. 1:56 PM Sufjan Stevens All the Trees of the Field […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged angus & julia stone, brown bird, chris pureka, christina bautista, david berkeley, dessa, devics, eliza gilkyson, jc brooks & the uptown sound, joe pug, joshua radin, m. ward, malajube, meg & dia, meg baird, murder by death, my brightest diamond, neko case, phantogram, quiet company, res, skybox, sufjan stevens, tapes 'n tapes, the decemberists, the heavy circles, the highwaymen, the mekons, tom waits, we were promised jetpacks
By Sarah on October 8, 2011
Once again, the lovely people at CHIRP have seen fit to allow me to play songs for a few hours. Thanks to everyone who listened, requested songs, Tweeted, and all that great stuff. Here’s what I played, in case you’d like to relive the magic. Your next chance to hear me on CHIRP is Saturday, […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged aimee mann, alela diane, amanda palmer, azita, balam acab, barn owl, beirut, ben lee, blitzen trapper, brighton ma, cadillac sky, clap your hands say yeah, dosh, elvis perkins, grey delisle, holly mcnarland, in tall buildings, jens lekman, lost in the trees, luke temple, m. ward, matt pond pa, meg baird, megafaun, neko case, over the rhine, owen pallett, pajama club, pete fountain, quiet company, rufus wainwright, shooter jennings, sixteen horsepower, sufjan stevens, the del mccoury band, the low anthem, the mekons, the minor canon, tinariwen, van morrison, wild flag, young man