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Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesCHIRP Radio Best of 2013: Clarence Ewing
Throughout December, CHIRP Radio presents its members’ top albums of 2013. Our next list is from DJ and Online Media Director Clarence Ewing.
Dylan Peterson writesCHIRP Radio Best of 2013: Dylan Peterson
Throughout December, CHIRP Radio presents its members’ top albums of 2013. Our first list is from DJ and Features Director Dylan Peterson.
Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesComing This December: CHIRP Radio’s Best of 2013!
The past 12 months have rocketed by, and that means it’s time to take stock of music made in 2013. Our DJs and volunteers have been closely listening to the hundreds (thousands?) of albums, EPs, and singles that have come in to the station this year.
Starting tomorrow and throughout December, we will post our volunteers’ lists of the music that made the biggest impressions on them over the past 12 months. It’s not our goal to be comprehensive or definitive, but to share with you the sounds that made us move, think, emote, or whatever great music makes us do.
Some albums are sure to pop up several times, and when they do we'll use CHIRP's patended mathmatical formula to incorproate them into a final station-wide Best of 2013 list that will appear on this blog on New Year’s Eve. UIntil then, check back regularly to discover and rediscover some great '13 albums!
Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesWeekly Voyages: Friday November 29 to Thursday December 5
(Weekly Voyages is CHIRP Radio's listing of concerts in Chicago at select venues. Information about tickets can be obtained from the venues' Web sites. Do you have corrections or updates for this list? Send us an e-mail.)
Friday November 29
Left Setter Viceroy, Waiflike, Fire It Up
Abbey Pub 7pm 21+
Eric Prydz
Aragon Ballroom 7pm
Departure, Red Jr., The Pipe Dreams, Blackbridge
Beat Kitchen 8:30pm, 21+
The Werks
Bottom Lounge 9pm
The Steepwater Band, The Muggs, The Nick Moss Band
Double Door 8:30pm, 21+
Brent Shaw Duo, Phil Jacobson
Elbo Room 21+
The Hoyle Brothers
Empty Bottle 5:30pm, 21+
Mike Bennett writesFriday iPod/MP3 Shuffle—Happy Birthday Little Steven Edition
Steven Van Zandt was a Jersey rock ‘n’ roller, who helped found Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes. Then, in 1975, his old buddy Bruce Springsteen called, needing help on coming up with a horn arrangement for “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out”. Van Zandt, a soul music junkie, did his job there and then helped The Boss come up with the main guitar line for “Born to Run”. After those contributions, it wasn’t too long before Van Zandt joined the E Street Band on tour, where he has become a constant beside Bruce on his full band tours. Steven is not just a sidekick, releasing two fine albums as Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul in the ‘80s. Anyone who can write a reggae tune good enough that Steel Pulse covered it (“Solidarity”) has some talent. And beyond that, Steven became an icon as Tony Soprano’s right hand man on The Sopranos and keeps garage rock alive on his syndicated radio program. Just recently, he put together a theatrical show that reunited the great blue eyed soul band The Rascals. Little Steven has been a big man in rock history. Let’s pay tribute to Steven by grabbing your iPod or MP3 player, hitting shuffle and sharing the first 10 songs that come up.