Notable Shows Stories

Photos: Cornmeal, Hot Buttered Rum & Family Groove Company @ The Vic 4/20/12

We are so very pleased to be able to feature this incredible photo set, courtesy of Norman Sands, that has totally captured the spirit and energy of this Chicago event.For more on this show, see Dave Weckstein's thoughtful review on jambands.com or view the full setlists and listen some audio from this show...

Visual Setlist, Audio Stream & Download: Umphrey’s McGee @ UMBowl III - Park West, Chicago, IL 4/27/12

For a write-up on how to read and interpret visual setlists, click on over here.The visual setlist probably isn't the best way to get what this show is all about (but it helps), so I'm adding a full audio stream and download [via taperchef on archive.org]The StreamDowload Entire Show (.zip mp3)[box]...

Setlist & Audio: Cornmeal / Hot Buttered Rum / Family Groove Company @ The Vic 4/20/12

It was a FULL night of music as this traveling roadshow hit the Vic -- with the bands hitting the right notes, from FGC's opening song tip-of-the-cap to Levon Helm to a collaborative encore; with cover nods to Steely Dan, U2, Grateful Dead, The Beatles and Paul Simon along the way. Here's a summary of...

Video & Recap: JB Solo @ 13th Annual Hannah's Buddies Benefit, House Of Blues, Orlando 3/31/12 (with Warren Haynes Sit-In)

Here's a (nearly) complete video I shot at the Hannah's Buddies benefit in Orlando last Saturday. JB solo shows are few and far between to begin with, but for a mid-westerner like me they are even rarer, so we jumped at the chance to work this show into an already planned Florida vacation. Here's some...

Stream, Download & Review: Jeff Tweedy @ Vic Theater, Chicago, IL 3/31/12

Jeff Tweedy graced the stage Saturday night at the Vic for the second time this weekend for his annual benefit concert for his sons school. The show began promptly at 8pm and opened with the title track off Wilcos latest effort, The Whole Love. The audience eagerly applauded Tweedy throughout the night, who engaged the...

Setlist, Stream & Download: Jeff Tweedy @ Vic Theater, Chicago, IL 3/30/12

Jeff Tweedy returned to the Vic for a solo show on Friday just a few months after his visit with Wilco on the Incredible Shrinking Tour. The first show of the two night stand featured a varied set list sprinkled with Jeff's trademark banter, and he even threw in a debut, "Sunloathe", for the hometown...

Setlist, Poster, Stream, & Download: Black Keys @ United Center, Chicago, IL 3/19/12

Updated 3/28/12 with free streaming and download of the entire show!The Keys' mega-tour swung by Chicago's mega-arena last night on their El Camino Tour. Quite the venue upgrade from their 2010 New Years' Run at the Aragon, and on a Monday!But the Keys have not shied away from the big houses, embracing the next level...

Setlist, Stream & Download: Alabama Shakes @ Reggie's 3/10/12

The buzziest of buzz bands at the 2012 South By Southwest Festival has got to be Alabama Shakes. As luck would have it, the quartet swung through Chicago just the week before, selling out Lincoln Hall and dropping a daytime set as part of a WXRT "Free Sample" at Reggie's before swinging up to Milwaukee that...

Setlist, Stream, Download: Van Halen @ United Center, Chicago, IL 2/24/12

Van HalenFeburary 24, 2012United Center, Chicago, ILYou Really Got Me,Runnin' With the Devil,She's The Woman,Romeo Delight,Tattoo,Everybody Wants Some!!,Somebody Get Me a Doctor,China Town,Mean Street,(Oh) Pretty Woman,Al solo,Unchained,The Trouble With Never,Dance The Night Away,I'll Wait,Hot For Teacher,Women In Love,Girl Gone...

Holidays With Cornmeal - Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years 2011 (Setlists, Downloads & Streams)

There's no place like home for the holidays and, while Cornmeal has been no stranger to the road lately, they spent some quality time with us here in Chicago at the end of 2011. Playing venues both large and small, as openers and headliners, they wrote another great chapter in the ongoing affair that the folks...