Cornmeal Stories

Setlist / Stream / Download / Video: Travellin McCourys featuring Bill Nershi wsg Greg Cahill, Wavy Dave & Chris Gangi @ City Winery 11/17/13

While Chicagoans were still glowing from a wild Bears victory last Sunday, Bill Nershi took the stage in a Denver Broncos (!) tie-dye.  You can't win them all I guess, but if you're a fan of banjo, you might consider putting this show in the victory column.Billed as a Travelin' McCourys show featuring Bill...

Best Of The Rest: Chicago Shows On Archive Fall 2013

I try to get a bunch of Chicago Shows up on the site in our audio visual section, but every now and then I need to catch up. Here a catch all post for some of the ifne shows posted up on archive from this fall.I guess it was technically still summer, but the...

A Phish Fan's Guide To Chicago - Summer 2013

Summer. City of Chicago. Outdoor show. Phish. Believe it or not, this combination has never come together before. And we get it this weekend for three whole nights.It's enough for an area resident to rejoice, but given the dearth of other Midwest shows, and a Saturday sell-out, I'm expecting many will be making the...

Wavy Speaks: A Quick Chat With Dave Burlingame

Preview: Cornmeal's Holiday Ramble - Martyrs 12/27/12

Ive already stuck this in the calendar, but I think an event of this caliber warrants a front page post, too. So many members of The Barn's favorite groups are coming together on this evening at one of our favorite venues. I'm guessing there's a deliberate use of the term Ramble here,...

Review, Setlist & Video: Cornmeal with Jeff Austin, Van Ghost @ Vic Theater, Chicago, IL 11/23/12

Contributed by: Chris MurtaughIt was a family affair at Chicago's Vic Theater on Black Friday. Following a turkey stuffed evening, Cornmeal returned to Chicago for their annual holiday show, a homecoming of sorts for the band and presumably many in attendance. With the departure of the Nowak brothers announced in late summer, I was interested...

Cornmeal Returns To Vic Theater For Thanksgiving Show 11/23/12 With Support From YMSB's Jeff Austin, Van Ghost

The Cornmeal Thanksgiving in Chicago tradition has been going strong for many years, and even with some changing of the guard, the band is making a return to the Vic for the 2012 edition on (Black) Friday Novemer 23rd.Last year's festivities included a show opening for Umphrey's McGee on Saturday and a rare club gig...

Preview: Full Court Press 4 @ Abbey Pub 10/5/12 + Pics, Video, Setlist & Lineup from FCP3

The fourth edition of the Abbey Pub Full Court Press Jam series is back next week (October 5th to be exact, click HERE for a chance to win tickets) and with it comes all the great things we love about the previous all star jam sessions.a full complement of talent from the top bands...

Brothers Kris & JP Novak Leaving Cornmeal

One of Chicago's proudest jamband exports and festival staples will get a makeover by the time next festival season rolls around. Cornmeal announced via their website that Kris and JP Novak will be leaving the band after the run of shows currently booked through the middle of this fall. Currently, there are seven gigs on...

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...