Trix writesCHIRP Radio welcomes Stephin Merritt to the Old Town School of Folk Music on Saturday Nov. 8th!

CHIRP welcomes a rare solo performance from Stephin Merritt at The Old Town School of Folk Music on November 8th. The prolific songwriter will be performing selections from his back catalogue from the Magnetic Fields as well as solo works.

Merritt’s deep baritone voice sets a somber tone to his direct tongue-and-cheek lyrical style, at least for those in on the joke. With lyrics like “There is no hope of love for me, from here on I go stag / The only girl I'll ever love is Andrew in drag”, no topic is thinly veiled and no venue is off the table, even a mens bathroom. Along with his solo music tour, Merritt is doing a book tour for his recent collaboration with illustrator Roz Chast called 101 Two-Letter Words, a collection of poems and illustrations for each of the 101 two-character phrases permissible in Scrabble. Peter Segal of Wait, Wait… Don’t Tell Me fame is also sitting down with Merritt on November 7th as a part of the Chicago Humanities Festival.

A limited number of tickets are still available for purchase for $30 at the Old Town School of Folk Music website, show begins with special guest Advance Base at 7pm.