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Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writes@CHIRPRadio (Week of February 25)
Upcoming Events
- Monday, February 25th: THe Music Box Theatre presents a special screening of Rock 'n' Roll High School!
- Wednesday, February 27th: It's CHIRP Night at The Whister featuring Glitter Moneyyy and Jen and The Dots
- Wednesday, February 27th: CHIRP Radio Presents an evening with Miss Alex White at East Room
- Thursday, February 28th: CHIRP Radio Presents Juiia Holter at Thalia Hall
New Media
- Marites Velazquez talks with The Just Luckies
- First Time - First Fall with Noah Maria
- Mick Reed chats with Kyle Thomas of King Tuff
- First Time - First Fall with Joey Garfield
- Jessi D sits down with Iverson
- First Time - First Fall with Meghan McDonough
- Jessi D talks with the minds behind FEMIfest
- First Time - First Fall with Amara Enyia
- Clarence and Kevin discuss their favorite movies of 2018 on The Fourth Wall
- Kyle Sanders reviews each of the 2019 Acadmy Award nominees for Best Picture
Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writes@CHIRPRadio (Week of January 14)
Upcoming Events
- Wednesday, January 16th: The 2019 First Time series kicks off at Martyrs’ with First Time: First Burn
- Saturday, January 19th: CHIRP Radio and the Old Town School of Folk Music welcomes Doug Martsch of Built to Spill
New Media
- First Time: First Game with Kim Bellware and Jenn Bane
- Ari Mejia talks with SuperKnova
Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writes@CHIRPRadio (Week of December 10)
Special Announcements
- In December, CHIRP Radio volunteers present their lists of the top albums of 2018! The final combined list will be posted on New Year’s Eve.
New Media
- Bradley Morgan sits down with Rubblebucket
- Mike Nicholich interviews Zigtebra
Mike Nikolich writesZigtebra Stoked for Encore Whistler Performance
Wednesday, November 28 will be a special evening when Chicago lo-fi dream pop duo Zigtebra delivers an encore performance at CHIRP Night at the Whistler. The Andy Pratt Trio, which also has received extensive airplay on CHIRP-107.1 FM, opens the show.
This is the second time Zigtebra has performed at CHIRP Night at the Whistler, and after spending a good portion of 2018 touring the country, the duo is looking forward to performing before an appreciative hometown crowd.
Emily Rose and Joe Zeph met while performing with an LGBTQ dance troupe called Pure Magical Love. They began writing musicals and playing basement shows, before going on the road in 2017. While they were touring, they made a pact to write and record one new song and music video every month. Those songs were just released on a brand-new album called Major Crush, which is currently in the CHIRP rotation, and Zigtebra will play many of these songs on the Whistler stage. Tickets are free, but you will need to RSVP to this 21+ show.
I had the chance to sit down with Joe to discuss the upcoming show.
Q You and Emily have performed together since 2013, and CHIRP has played your music ever since. How did your work with Pure Magical Love turn into a musical duo?
A I met Emily while we were members of a Pilsen-based underground dance troupe called Pure Magical Love that morphed into a couple of other projects. We began writing our own musicals and one of the first was called the Parrot Pirate. It featured Emily and me performing in a clothing chest that we called the SS Zigtebra. Since then, we’ve collaborated on several other musicals, including one about Leonard Cohen, which we have performed live during some of our longer Zigtebra shows.
Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writes@CHIRPRadio (Week of November 19)
New Media
- Amanda Roscoe Mayo sits down with Direct Hit