May 21, 2022 CHIRP Radio Playlist (Show #620)

8:59 AM Sam Cooke • Nothing Can Change This Love • Mr. Soul • RCA

9:02 AM  Rumer • Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters • B Sides & Rarities Vol. 2 • Cooking Vinyl

9:06 AM Clap Your Hands Say Yeah • In The Water • Room at the Top • CYHSY/Secretly Distribution

9:11 AM Craig Finn • Curtis & Shepard • A Legacy of Rentals • Positive Jams

May 14, 2022 CHIRP Radio Playlist (Show #619)

9:01 AM k.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang • Heaven • Sing it Loud • Nonesuch

9:05 AM Duke Ellington • Black and Tan Fantasy • The Duke • Columbia/Legacy

9:08 AM Kehlani • everything • blue water road • Atlantic

9:15 AM Lyle Lovett • The Mocking Ones • 12th of June • Verve

May 7, 2022 CHIRP Radio Playlist (Show #618)

9:00 AM Joni Mitchell • Get Together • Joni Mitchell Archives - Vol. 2: The Reprise Years (1968-1971) • Rhino

9:05 AM Van Hunt • Character • Popular • Blue Note

9:08 AM The Singleman Affair • Breathe Out • 4pm Sunlight • Cardboard Sangria

9:14 AM Ibeyi • Creature (Perfect) • Spell 31 • XL

April 30, 2022 CHIRP Radio Playlist (Show #617)

8:59 AM Kaina • Waiting on a Day • Next to the Sun • Sooper

9:02 AM Pete Townshend Ronnie Lane • Street in the City • Rough Mix • Atco

9:08 AM Kate Bollinger • Who Am I But Someone • Look at It in the Light • Ghostly International

9:13 AM Freakons • Blackleg Miner • Freakons • Fluff and Gravy

April 23, 2022 CHIRP Radio playlist (Show # 616)

9:00 AM Beth Orton • That Summer Feeling • Sugaring Season • ANTI-

9:05 AM Cassandra Wilson • Last Train to Clarksville • New Moon Daughter • Blue Note

9:10 AM Julmud • Mawlana  • Tuqoos |  • Bilna'es

9:15 AM Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder • Cornbread, Peas, Black Molasses • Get on Board • Nonesuch

April 2, 2022 CHIRP Radio Playlist (Show #615)

8:59 AM Samia • Desperado • single • Grand Jury Music

9:03 AM The Cardigans • The Boys Are Back in Town • Hey! Get Out of My Way • Trampolene

9:07 AM Cosmic Bull • Follow Me (On Down) • 27x2 • self-released

9:13 AM Angel Olsen • All the Good Times • Big Time • Jagjaguwar

March 26, 2022 CHIRP Radio playlist (Show #614)

9:00 AM The Dells • Trains & Boats & Planes • The Dells Sing Dionne Warwicke's Greatest Hits • Cadet

9:03 AM Lucinda Williams • Gentle On My Mind • Funny How Time Slips Away: A Night of Country Classics • Highway 20

9:07 AM Heidi Serwer • Pine Needles • Palm Tree on the Drywall • self-released

9:13 AM Aldous Harding • Tick Tock • Warm Chris • 4AD

Concert review: Sparks at Copernicus Center, Chicago, IL (March 19, 2022)

Perhaps the dominant theme of the Edgar Wright documentary The Sparks Brothers is the importance of persistence. Ron and Russell Mael have pursued a distinct artistic sensibility for over five decades, with patches of success in various parts of the world. The Maels now find themselves on the upswing in their home country, aided a great deal by the aforementioned documentary, along with their first feature film (for which they wrote the story, and co-wrote the screenplay and songs) Annette. 

2021's so-called Summer of Sparks has helped Sparks to headline the biggest venues of their career in many parts of the country where they weren't in vogue for most of their career. Their current North American tour brought them to the Copernicus Center on a Saturday night. A converted old movie palace in the northwest Chicago neighborhood of Jefferson Park, which has one of the largest Polish populations in the city, the Copernicus Center holds roughly 1900 people, and if not all, most of those seats were filled with an enthusiastic crowd who ate up everything their longtime (or medium term or new) heroes dished up.

March 19, 2022 CHIRP Radio playlist (Show #613)

9:01 AM Amythyst Kiah • Love Will Tear Us Apart • single • Rounder

9:04 AM Doleful Lions • Only In My Dreams • single • self-released

9:07 AM Bloodhype • Relax • Pictures of Our Dead Intercom System • self-released

9:14 AM Hollie Cook • Full Moon Baby • Happy Hour • Merge

March 12, 2022 CHIRP Radio Playlist (Show #612)

6:01 AM Sweet  • Windy City • Off the Record • Capitol

6:09 AM The Detroit Cobras  •  Right Around the Corner  • Life, Love and Leaving  •  Sympathy for the Record Industry 

6:11 AM Narrow Adventure • Sad Little Dog • Narrow Adventure • Space Case

6:15 AM John Doe • Never Coming Back • Fables in a Foreign Land • Fat Possum

March 5, 2022 CHIRP Radio playlist (Show #611)

9:00 AM Massive Attack • Rush Minute • Heligoland • Virgin

9:05 AM Gladys Knight & The Pips • All I Could Do Was Cry • Nitty Gritty • Soul

9:08 AM Dalibor Cruz • 01 • 21 de Agosto, Macayuri • Chicago Research

9:13 AM The Weather Station • Taught • How Is It That I Should Look at the Stars • Fat Possum

February 26, 2022 CHIRP Radio Playlist (Show #610)

9:01 AM Siouxsie and The Banshees • Red Light • Kaleidoscope • Geffen

9:04 AM Erykah Badu • My Life • Mama's Gun • Motown

9:08 AM Toy Dynamite • Second Guess • Sour Sugar • self-released

9:14 AM Torres • Making Memories of Us • single • Merge

February 19, 2022 CHIRP Radio Playlist (Show #609)

9:01 AM Cher • Do Right Woman, Do Right Man • 3614 Jackson Highway • Atco

9:04 AM Silk Sonic • Put on a Smile • An Evening With Silk Sonic • Aftermath/Atlantic

9:08 AM Seasaw • Pinky Promise • single • self-released

9:13 AM Beach House • Many Nights • Once Twice Melody • Sub Pop

February 12, 2022 CHIRP Radio playlist (Show #608)

9:00 AM Kronos Quartet • Marquee Moon • Rubaiyat • Elektra

9:04 AM Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi • Wayfaring Strangers • There Is No Other • Nonesuch

9:09 AM Anaïs Mitchell • On Your Way (Felix Song) • Anaïs Mitchell • BMG

9:15 AM Shamir • Nuclear • Heterosexuality • AntiFragile

February 5, 2022 CHIRP Radio playlist (Show #607)

9:00 AM Billy Paul • Let 'Em In • Let 'Em In • Philadelphia International

9:05 AM The Secret Sisters • Someday • Quicksand • New West

9:09 AM Anna Ash • Violently Blue • Sleeper • Black Mesa

9:14 AM Cate Le Bon • Harbour • Pompeii • Mexican Summer

January 29, 2022 CHIRP Radio show (Show #606)

9:00 AM Pete Campbell • Holding Back the Years • For the Love of You Volume 2 • Athens of the North

9:04 AM The Roches • I'm Someone Who Loves You • can we go home now • Rykodisc

9:08 AM Scott Free • Her Body Her Choice • TBA • self-released

9:14 AM Lady Wray • Where Were You • Piece of Me • Big Crown

January 15, 2022 CHIRP Radio playlist (Show #605)

9:01 AM Cat Power • Against the Wind • Covers • Domino

9:04 AM Rhoda Dakar • The Man Who Sold the World • single • Sunday Best

9:08 AM Lionmilk • i hope you are well • I Hope You Are Well • Leaving

9:14 AM FKA twigs • minds of men • Caprisongs • Young/Atlantic

January 8, 2022 CHIRP Radio Playlist (Show #604)

9:00 AM Lucy Dacus • VBS • Home Video • Matador

9:04 AM Liam Kazar • So Long Tomorrow • Due North • Woodsist/Mare

9:08 AM Priya Ragu • Leaf High • damnshestamil • Warner

9:14 AM Jason Ringenberg • The Freedom Rides Weren't Free • Rhinestoned • Courageous Chicken

January 1, 2022 CHIRP Radio playlist (Show #603)

9:00 AM tUnE-yArDs • hypnotized • sketchy. • 4AD

9:05 AM Damu The Fudgemunk • Enchanted Spirits (featuring Insight) • Conversation Peace • Def Pressé

9:07 AM Patrick Shiroishi • The Long Bright Dark • Hidemi • American Dreams

9:14 AM Noga Erez • End Of The Road • KIDS • City Slang