WIN 4 Tickets ($80 Value) To The Grammy-Winning Okee Dokee Brothers in Skokie 2/16 and a "Winterland" Album Download!

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One of ChiIL Mama's lucky readers will WIN 4 Tickets ($80 Value) To The Okee Dokee Brothers in Skokie this Saturday, 2/16 (choice of 11am or 2pm) and a "Winterland" Album Download ($9.49 value)! *Non transferable. Tickets will be at the box office under the winner's name and must be picked up with a photo ID. Winner will be announced here on 2/14 and on our social media outlets.

Here at ChiIL Mama, we're SO excited to partner up with The Okee Dokee Brothers, to promote their "Winterland" album and tour. They're long time favorites of ours and some of the best kindie musicians out there. They'll be ChiILin' just north of Chi, IL at the North Shore Center for the Arts in Skokie this weekend. They're a ton of fun live, so don't miss this! The Okee Dokee Brothers are doing two shows at the North Shore Center for the Arts on Feb 16.

Blast From The Past: Check out ChiIL Mama's Video Interview With THE OKEE DOKEE BROTHERS from 2012!

THE OKEE DOKEE BROTHERS
Saturday, February 16 @ 11:00 am
Center Theatre
$12 | $16 | $20 
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Performance Schedule:
Sat, Feb 16 at 11am
Sat, Feb 16 at 2pm

Grammy-Winning Folk & Roots Music for Families!

♪ Five-time Parents’ Choice Award Winners

♪ The American Library Association’s Notable Children’s Recording Award

♪ The Grammy Award for Best Children’s Music Album

Justin Lansing and Joe Mailander have been exploring the outdoors together since they were kids. Now, as the Grammy-winning Okee Dokee Brothers, they write songs to encourage kids and families to get outside and get creative. Their brand-new album Winterland (2018), is a tribute to the season of coziness, family time and outdoor fun! This cold-weather project is the follow-up to their wildly popular Adventure Album trilogy which was inspired by their extended canoe trip down the Mississippi River (Can You Canoe?), their month-long trek along the Appalachian Trail (Through The Woods) and a joyous horseback adventure through the American West (Saddle Up).

As we weather the storm by looking inward, we can redefine our seasonal perspectives. In fact, with just the right outlook, winter can become our own sense of paradise, even through the warm months. Join The Okee Dokee Brothers as they welcome you to experience a refreshing, wide-eyed view of the most exciting time of year with their music from Winterland.

In a world where people are all too often pursuing their own individual journeys, Winterland humbly reminds us that we are all human beings living within the uncontrollable motions of Mother Nature. Embracing the cycles of loss and new life, darkness and light, bitter cold and warmth, Winterland reflects that winter is not only a season, but a feeling we carry within. 





With songs written under wide-open skies and harmonies fine-tuned around the campfire, the natural world is at the heart of their Americana folk music. The Okee Dokee Brothers make room for kids to dance, for parents to share stories, and for everyone to gain respect for nature, each other, and the world we live in.

“[The Okee Dokee Brothers] remind us of the American belief that we’re bound for better weather. Their album [Can You Canoe?] celebrates everyday explorers, young and old, who rediscover that notion daily.”

—All Things Considered, NPR

“The lyrics are playful, engaging and subtly filled with life lessons. These are songs that encourage kids to find happiness with fewer material possessions and embrace adventure even in trying situations.”

—Chicago Tribune

“Want to get away from the city? Check out these tunes.”

—The Washington Post

Enter HERE Through Midnight February 13th

One of ChiIL Mama's lucky readers will WIN 4 Tickets ($80 Value) To The Okee Dokee Brothers in Skokie Saturday 2/16 (choice of 11am or 2pm) and a "Winterland" Album Download ($9.49 value)! *Non transferable. Tickets will be at the box offic under the winner's name and must be picked up with a photo ID. Winner will be announced here on 2/14 and on our social media outlets.

WIN 4 Skokie Okee Dokee Bros Concert Tickets & Winterland Album Download ($90 Approx Value)

GIVEAWAY: WIN a Pair of Tickets ($30 Value) to See The Grammy Award Winning Okee Dokee Brothers On Mothers Day at Chicago's Lincoln Hall

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Ready for a Rockin' Mothers Day Morning? You should be thinkin' Lincoln!

The littles are going to wake you anyway. 

You might as well hang out with 

The Grammy Award Winning Okee Dokee Brothers 

this Sunday at 11am 

at Lincoln Hall in Lincoln Park on Lincoln Ave. 

Photo by Alex Johnson.

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The Okee Dokee Brothers have long been kindie (kids' indie) favs of ours here at ChiIL Mama. I even did a video interview with them & shot live footage at their Chicago shows back in 2011 through 2013 when they were pre-famous:

Here's a fun flashback interview interspersed with live show footage. Check it out. 

2012

2011

Come on out and celebrate Mothers' Day in Chicago with a rockin' live 11am show. Dance with the little reasons you're a mom to begin with! The Okee Dokee Brothers are a ton of fun live and we highly recommend their shows. 

FLASH GIVEAWAY:

Enter through midnight tonight 5/10/18

2 ticket ($30 value) giveaway from ChiIL Mama to catch The Grammy Award Winning Okee Dokee Brothers On Mothers Day at Chicago's Lincoln Hall. 11am. Winner will be e-mailed and announced here and on ChiIL Mama's social media outlets midday Friday 5/11/18.

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 Lincoln Hall

THE OKEE DOKEE BROTHERS

$12.00 /$15.00 DOORS,

FREE UNDER 2 YEARS OLD/ ALL AGES 

11:00 AM 

The Okee Dokee Brothers

As childhood friends growing up in Denver Colorado, Joe Mailander and Justin Lansing were always exploring the outdoors. Whether it was rafting down their neighborhood creek or discovering hiking trails through the Rocky Mountains, Joe and Justin were born adventurers. Now, as the GRAMMY® Award-winning Okee Dokee Brothers, they have put this passion for the outdoors at the heart of their Americana Folk music.

Joe and Justin record and perform family music with a goal to inspire children and their parents to get outside and get creative. They believe this can motivate kids to gain aJoe and Jusin as kids 1 greater respect for the natural world, their communities and themselves.

The four-time Parents’ Choice Award winners have garnered praise from the likes of NPR’s All Things Considered and USA Today, and have been called “two of family music’s best songwriters.” Click HERE to purchase your tickets. 

Grammy Winning Okee Dokee Brothers Interview With ChiIL Mama #originalvideo

It was our great pleasure to catch up with the Okee Dokee Brothers for a video interview.  They'd just played our concert series at Beat Kitchen's Concerts for Kids in Chicago.  They had to cancel their last scheduled Beat Kitchen show, earlier this month, which fell on Grammy Sunday.   The boys were a bit in demand as this year's kids album winners!   That's a good excuse to miss a gig if I've ever heard one.   They've promised to reschedule and make it up to us.    

Check out their live show footage from Beat Kitchen interspersed in the interview above, and find out what other kindie favs of ours also played on their Grammy winning album.    Hint:   We just gave 4 tickets & brunch for 4 away for a show with one of them last weekend....   

KINDIE LAND: Grammy Winning Okee Dokee Brothers- Bluegrass For Breakfast LIVE #originalvideo

ChiIL Mama's original footage of 2013 Grammy award winning Okee Dokee Brothers-Bluegrass for Breakfast LIVE, February 2012 at Chicago's Beat Kitchen's Concerts for Kids.   

Last Sunday, Minnesota's Okee Dokee Brothers had to cancel their gig at our Beat Kitchen Kids' Series in Chicago.  Ya see...they had this little conflict called The Grammys, which they went on to win in the category of "Best Musical Album for Children".   I think that's a great excuse if I ever heard one!!   

Check back with Chi, IL Mama like we vote in Chi, IL...early and often.   We'll be giving away two of their rockin' albums in the very near future, posting our original video interview with the guys, show shots and lots more live show footage!    Check 'em out.   They're Okee Dokee in our book!

Congratulations to this year's Children's Album GRAMMY Award winner:  Justin Lansing and Joe Mailander (plus their guest artists and producer Dean Jones), won a GRAMMY award for Best Musical Album for Children 2013: The Okee Dokee Brothers Can You Canoe?

KINDIE LAND: Okee Dokee Brothers Win Grammy for Best Musical Album for Children!

ChiIL Mama congratulates this year's Children's Album GRAMMY Award winner: 

Justin Lansing and Joe Mailander (plus their guest artists and producer Dean Jones) won a GRAMMY award for Best Musical Album for Children yesterday:

The Okee Dokee Brothers

Can You Canoe?

This year's family music nominees reflected the excellent range of sounds flowering in today's family music scene. Congrats to all the excellent kindie band nominees and to our friends over at Sugar Mountain PR who represent 4 of this year's children's nominees including Okee Dokee Brothers and the following:

Bill Harley

High Dive

Elizabeth MItchell and You Are My Flower

Little Seed

The Pop Ups

Radio Jungle

If you like interesting family music, try these 2013 releases: It's Not Fair to Me by Bill Harley and Keith Munslow  ~ witty songs about foibles and friendship from two acclaimed performers. Cat Doorman Songbook ~ original songs and colorful illustrations by Julianna Bright. Guest stars include indie music royalty from Portland, OR. Get Moving with Ella Jenkins - Activity songs from "The First Lady of Children's Music," and one of the original artists on the Smithsonian Folkways label.  (*We'll be giving away 2 of these CD to our lucky readers.  Ella is truly a treasure.) KidQuake! by The Not-Its! Seattle's kindie rock stars take cause a commotion with this new release and concert tour, celebrating the power of kids.

Check back with ChiIL Mama like we vote in Chi, IL...early and often.  Later this week we'll have our original video interview with the Grammy winning Okee Dokee Brothers, original live concert footage of the boys in action at Beat Kitchen's Concerts for Kids, stills, and a rockin' multi CD giveaway!

Kindie February Fun-Free Tickets To Beat Kitchen Concerts for Kids and More!

Today at Beat Kitchen we shot The Okee Dokee Brothers' excellent bluegrass set and we shot a video interview with the band members Joe and Justin.  They've been friends since they were 3 and told us about their crazy, cool canoe adventure down the Mississippi River that inspired their new, upcoming CD!   Check it out soon, right here at ChiIL Mama.com, along with a host of other great kindie band interviews!    We'll also be reviewing The Okee Dokee Brothers' new release coming in May 2012, and running some sweet CD give aways of their first CDs!


****Here's some of our live video coverage of their show last year at Beat Kitchen to tide you over a few days, till we can get caught up on our editing.   (We have much better gear now....1 year later, but it's fun to see a blast from the past anyway.)

This week we're posting all our great photos from Beat Kitchen's Winter Fest 1/29/12 including ChiIL Mama's Rock Star Photo Booth and candids with our fun dress up clothes and instrument "petting zoo".

This Sunday, Feb. 12-noon:

Mr. Singer & the Sharp Cookies,
****enter here through this Thursday midnight for 4 free tickets from ChiIL Mama. 
Beat Kitchen is located at 2100 W. Belmont.   

These guys are loads of fun.   You can check out ChiIL Mama's past 2 video interviews with the band and loads of live show clips through the side search bar under Mr. Singer including this fun cover of White Stripes' Little Ghost!


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Check out our hot and happening Concerts for Kids! lineup
Beat Kitchen, 2100 W. Belmont
shows at noon on Sunday (plus one Saturday, Feb. 18)
$6/person

Save the Dates:
Feb. 12: Mr. Singer & the Sharp Cookies
Saturday, Feb. 18: Joanie Leeds & the Nightlights (Laura Doherty, Andy Wilkins & Michael Riendeau)
Feb 19: Mr. Dave
Feb 26: Jonas Friddle: Apple, Peaches, Lemonade
March 4: Jeanie B! and The Jelly Beans
March 11: Super Stolie & The Rockstars


ChiIL Mama's stoked to be a press sponsor for Beat Kitchen's Concerts for Kids.   ChiIL Out with ChiIL Mama's live show videos and band interviews.   Check in and enter our contests like we vote in Chi, IL...early and often.