PARENTS' NIGHT OUT: Liquid Soul and March Fourth at Lincoln Hall (21+) #HighlyRecommended

INCOMING:   Chi, IL Live Shows on Our Radar Tues 6/10 at Lincoln Hall 8:00 PM   21+  $14.00 ChiIL Live Shows will be there shooting stills. It's our 14th wedding anniversary and we're way beyond jazzed to get to spend it with two of the most fun bands to see LIVE. We can't wait!  Highly recommended. Here's some crazy cool partner acro on STILTS that we shot when March Fourth played Martyrs last year!  Check it out. Then go see them LIVE already. MarchFourth Marching Band Liquid Soul Click the links below for loads of our past original photos, videos and coverage on BOTH bands. March Fourth Liquid Soul A kaleidoscope of musical and visual energy mere “mortal” bands cannot compete with, Aside from their marching band themed costumes, and multi member drum and brass corp, M4 is far from a “marching band” in any traditional sense (though this group of about 20 has been known to parade down Main Street before taking the stage). The show will take you on a journey from the swamps of Louisiana to the gypsy camps of eastern Europe and through the deepest grooves of American funk, rock, and jazz then boiling it all together in cinematic fashion with high-stepping stilt-acrobatics and dazzling dancers. They’ve headlined too many major festivals to name, multiple times, as well as playing prestigious venues from The Kennedy Center to a cultural exchange tour of China. (We've been huge Mars Williams fans since back in the Psychedelic Furs days.   Here's Mars in orbit at Chicago Folk and Roots Fest 2011 with Soul Sonic Sirkus.) Liquid Soul, the Grammy-nominated combo that has built its reputation on a compelling mix of jazz, hip-hop, funk and hard-bop, makes its Telarc debut with the release of One-Two Punch. Pioneers of the acid-jazz movement during their early days in the Chicago club scene of the mid-1990s, Liquid Soul has evolved over the past dozen years into a musical compendium of sounds and styles that starts with jazz and embraces hip-hop, R&B, dance, funk, techno, world, spoken-word and much more.  Led by innovative saxophonist/composer Mars Williams, the eight-piece collective has conquered nearly every corner of the U.S. and is looking to turn up the juice in Europe and other parts of the world via their Telarc debut. 2014 US Tour Dates  Fri. Jun 6 Omaha, NE Omaha Summer Arts Fest   Sat. Jun 7 Wichita, KS Wichita River Fest   Sun. Jun 8 Madison, WI Marquette Fest   *Tue. Jun 10 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall   with Liquid Soul Wed. Jun 11 Minneapolis, MN Cedar Center   with The Brass Messengers Thu. June 12 Davenport, IA River Music Experience with The Winter Blues All-Stars Fri. June 13 St. Louis, MO 2720 Cherokee with Hellzapoppin Sat. Jun 14 Kansas City, MO Boulevardia    Sun. Jun 15 Columbia, MO The Blue Note    Thu. June 26 Durango, CO Animas City Theater  Fri. June 27 Louisville, CO Steinbaugh Pavilion   Sat. June 28 Salt Lake City, UT Utah Arts Festival  Sun.  June 29 Salt Lake City, UT Utah Arts Festival  Fri. July 4 San Rafael, CA Marin County Fair  Sat. July 5 Reno, NV Cargo   with Diego's Umbrella Wed. July 9 Seattle, WA Westlake Park    Wed. July 9 Bellingham, WA Downtown Sounds   Fri. July 11 Veneta, OR Oregon Country Fair    Fri. July 18 Chico, CA Sierra Nevada Big Room    Sat. July 19 Chico, CA Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Sun. July 20 San Diego, CA Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Tue. July 22 Vail, CO Bud Light Hot Summer Nights Wed. July 23 Glenwood Springs, CO Summer of Music Thu. July 24 Frisco, CO Concerts in the Park Fri. July 25 Denver, CO Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Sat. July 26 Ames, IA DG's Tap House with Dead Larry Sun. July 27 Chicago, IL Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Tue. July 29 Hamden, CT Spaceland Ballroom Wed. July 30 Wilmington, DE World Cafe Live at the Queen with Zach Deputy Thu. July 31 New York, NY Watermark with Philly Bloco + Brother Joscephus & The Love Revolution Fri. Aug 1 Portland, ME Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Sat. Aug 2 Philadelphia, PA  Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Sun. Aug 3 Mills River, NC  Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Fri. Aug 8 Nevada City, CA Miner's Foundry Cultural Center Sat. Aug 9 Ashland, OR Ashland Armory with SambaDa Fri. Sept 12 Walla Walla, WA Gesa Power House Theater Sat. Sept 13 Spokane, WA Bing Crosby Theater Mon. Sept 15 Portland, OR Mondays on the Mall

Here's the latest Via March Fourth: My, what a busy summer! MarchFourth is on a mission to visit each and every one of you this year it seems (more info about the US fall tour coming soon). Seriously. It will take a lot of scrolling to get to the bottom of this show list! From San Diego, California to Portland, Maine to Tampa, Florida, and from the mountains of Telluride, CO (8700 ft) to the streets of New Orleans, LA (0 ft) and everywhere in between, there's a pretty good chance we're headed your way (except maybe the southwest, since we just returned from there). Let's hope the A/C in the bus is fixed for good this time, because this summer is going to be HOT!!! For a little taste of life on the road with M4, I suggest you check out stilter/stunter Phill's blog. He's kind of new to M4, joining after stilt veteran Sid Simpatico retired last summer due to a knee injury. Phill's been writing these great tour recap posts on Facebook for a while, but now he's taken to the blogosphere. I'm sure there will be much to write about this summer, so keep an eye there to follow our adventures! Here's a video from our birthday show this year of Phill and the gang doing stilt acro to "Surfunk" (a newish song by Taylor Aglipay).

Winning Wednesdays--Loads of Give Aways & Winner Announcements

KINDIE LAND   
Enter through midnight Thursday 11/8 for your chance to win 4 free tickets to: 


*Baby Loves Disco Nov. and/or December at Beauty Bar


*any/all Beat Kitchen's November Concerts for Kids

*and Little Miss Ann/Mr. Dave at Martyrs!!!!

Click the links above to enter any or all of our giveaways.   Entry is easy.   Winning rocks!   We never spam or share your info.

****Big congrats to Sherry C., our 4 ticket winner for Adventure Stage Theatre's brand new show, Six Stories Tall, opening THIS Saturday (ages 8+).  

Come explore what it means to be a hero.  Do you dig mermaids, monsters, music and spray paint?!  You've gotta see this show.   Adventure Stage is one of our favs here at ChiIL Mama!

Check out our past photo & video filled Adventure Stage coverage here.

 

****Big congrats to Meg M, our 4 ticket winner for ChiTAG (Chicago Toy and Game Fair) this week.   We're still giving away one more set of tickets the 14th.   So enter like we vote in Chi, IL...early and often!

Check out our past photo & video filled ChiTAG coverage here.

We'll be featuring original hot toy reviews, inventor features, and more all season as we count down to the holidays.   Get a great start with ChiTAG on November 17th & 18th.   Enter here for your chance to win.   Entries from prior weeks do carry over.

*Wait for Rafflecopter to load up right here (if you've gone through RSS feed or are scrolling down the blog and don't see it, click on the actual page title or "a Rafflecopter giveaway link" and it should pop right up).   Enter like we vote in Chi, IL...early and often.

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Thanks to ChiTAG for once again providing us with 6 sets of 4 tickets for our give aways.
**Click here for a $2 off coupon per ticket and more ChiTAG info.**

Riot Fest Withdrawl? We'll Tell You Where To Go...

Here are our top 3 favorites:

Reggies-great audio in a sweet space, just south of the city.   Highly recommended for the best live punk & metal bands & a variety of other genres.

Late Bar-Wednesdays are garage, punk and R' n 'R, but Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturdays are pretty great, too.    Check the schedule for new wave club classics, subculture Fridays and more.

• Subculture Fridays. A different subculture event every Friday night...punk, mod, garage, ska, rockabilly, psychobilly, and more!

A night of drinking, dancing, socializing, networking and non-stop music since 1991. For die hard rockabilly devotees and civilian music fans. Over the last decade, this highly organized vibrant jam session, held the first Thursday of every month at Martyrs', has become rockabilly central for many of the musicians & fans of Chicago's American roots scene. 

Although the monthly jam is devoted to rockabilly, the Big C Jamboree has also offered the span of '40's-'50's Amereicn roots music from Hillbilly Boogie to Western Swing, Jump Blues and 1st generation Rock-n-Roll. The night is run swiftly and simply: a host band performs a short set, followed by a myriad of roots musicians who do 3 songs each. 

The party like atmosphere includes socializing, drinking & dancing galore while the rotating line-up onstage usually features the raucous sounds of pompadoured rockabilly musicians wailing away on upright basses and hallow-bodied electric guitars; and there's NEVER a cover! It's one of the most dedicated evenings of music in the city.

Upcoming Shows

Thu, Nov 3 - 9:30pm - No Cover

Thu, Dec 1 - 9:30pm - No Cover

• http://www.bigcjam.com/

Laura Doherty-Live at Schubas-Music Video: The Hotdog Song

It was great to see so many of you at Martyrs today for Laura Doherty's CD release party!    ChiIL Mama will be posting that show footage in the coming weeks.    We'll also be reviewing and giving away 3 copies of Shining Like A Star, if you haven't gotten yours yet.   For now, here's some fun, live footage we shot at Laura's Schubas show earlier this year.


We hope to see many of you again tomorrow at noon at Beat Kitchen for some rockin', sockin' robot fun with Human Tim + Robot Tim.

Laura Doherty & Human Tim + Robot Tim Ticket Winners!

Big congrats to our family 4 pack ticket winners this week.   


Jake V. has won our 4 pack to Laura Doherty's CD release party this Saturday at noon at Martyrs.


Dorothy Z. has won our 4 pack to Human Tim + Robot Tim this Sunday at noon at Martyrs.


Check out our prior posts this week for show details and 6 live music videos of Laura Doherty's fun, folk rock and 2 live videos of Human Tim that ChiIL Mama shot at Schubas. Also check out our original video interviews with Laura and Human Tim. 

8 Free Kids Indie Show Tickets-Laura Doherty and Human Tim + Robot Tim

Hey--Even Perry Farrell made an appearance at Yo Gabba Gabba at Rosemont while he was in Chicago for a pair of Jane's Addiction shows at Metro.   So what are you taking your punk kin to see? 


ChiIL Mama makes it easier on you, with info about upcoming shows, live footage, band interviews, and even free ticket give aways every week on Free Ticket Tuesday!  


This week, we're even extending our ticket give away an extra 2 days, since we have family 4 packs of tickets to 2 great shows.  Enter through midnight this Wednesday for 4 free tickets to either or both shows.   Our winning families will be announced on Thursday 9/29.  Entry form at the bottom of this post.


ChiIL Mama's top windy kindie picks this week:

1.  Laura Doherty's new CD Release Party at Martyrs.    

Laura Doherty Band - “Shining Like a Star” CD Release Concert, Sat. Oct.1, Noon at Martyrs!

Laura Doherty, Chicago’s pop sweetheart for kids, is releasing her long awaited second album, “Shining Like A Star,” with a full-band family concert at Martyrs’, 3855 N. Lincoln Ave. in Chicago on Saturday, Oct. 1st, 12:00 Noon. Tickets are $8/adults, $5/kids ages 1 and up. This show kicks off a series of midwest shows celebrating the release of the new CD, including Fall dates in St. Louis, MO and Madison, WI.

Laura’s musical adventures first took us into the world of big-city-living, as seen through a child’s eyes, with her debut Parent’s Choice award-winning CD “Kids in the City” in 2009. With an ear for a catchy melody, she takes us on a whole new adventure that explores the ways that children and families have fun together.

Laura teamed up again with award-winning producer Rich Rankin of Mosaic Music, and much like “Kids in the City”, her signature, breezy folk-pop sound fills the record, with sweet harmonies and acoustic instruments. “Shining Like a Star” shines with Chicago talent, featuring nationally-known kids rocker Ralph Covert (of Ralph’s World) singing vocals on the title track, and tap dance sensation Reggio “the Hoofer” McLaughlin, collaborating on a tune as well.

Songs like title track, “Shining Like a Star” celebrate the myriad of ways that children express themselves and celebrate their uniqueness in the world. Often painting a story in her music, Laura sings about the wonders of nature in songs like “I’m a Tree” and “Vegetable Party”. Together with fun dance tunes like “Hula Hoop”, and “Rocket Ship”, these songs are part of an uplifting and inspiring new album for children and parents to enjoy together!

Before producing her own original children’s music, Laura co-produced Old Town School of Folk Music’s “Wiggleworms Love You,” CD (2005), and in the past 3 years has recorded educational songs for Disney English, a division of Walt Disney Company.

Laura found her place in the acoustic-folk world early on, picking up the guitar at age 16. Originally from Westchester, NY, she came to Chicago after college and soon joined the teaching staff of the Old Town School of Folk Music, where folk legends like Roger McGuinn of the Byrds honed his guitar style. 

For over a decade, Laura was the Director of the Old Town School’s early-childhood Wiggleworms program. In 2009 she took a daring leap and decided to go full-time with kids’ music, showing an intense passion for creating sweet folk-inspired songs for children and families.

For more info, check out her website at www.lauradohertymusic.com

Here's ChiIL Mama's live footage of Laura Doherty performing her Be My Valentine song, from her Valentine's Day Schubas show.




2.  ChiIL Mama presents Human Tim + Robot Tim at Beat Kitchen's Concerts for Kids this Sunday at noon.   

Check out ChiIL Mama's video interview with Human Tim right here, along with 2 songs from his live show at Schubas last February.  








We'll have ChiIL Mama's video interview with Laura Doherty and more unseen live concert footage from both bands, up this week, and we'll be reviewing and giving away copies of Laura's new release soon!    

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