THE CROOKED JADES—Sunday, December 6 (album release event)
door opens at 7, music at 7:30
The Crooked Jades—kind of an old-time string band. Kind of—they don’t stop at fiddle, guitar, and banjo, and they don’t limit themselves to, well, anything. They’re so genuine, careful, committed, they’ll use a harmonium, a dobro, a jaw harp, whatever they need to build their unique sound.
The Crooked Jades are co-founders Jeff Kazor (vocals/guitar/ukulele), Lisa Berman (vocals/slide guitar/banjo/harmonium), and Erik Pearson (vocals/banjos/ukulele/harmonium/slide guitar.) Two sensational new band members–the phenomenal Amy Kassir, fiddle, from Durham, North Carolina, and on bass the multi-talented Joshua “JZ” Zucker–fill out the Jades’ sound. Tonight pedal steel virtuoso Bruce Kaphan will join the band for this show, reason alone to come listen.
We’re lucky to be alive at the same time as The Crooked Jades, who play some of the best music of the contemporary string-band era. It’s energetic, deep, thoughtful, serious, spirited, uncommon music. We can’t guarantee a religious experience, but spiritual? That we can promise. This weekend the band’s releasing “Beautiful World.” Don’t miss this show. Listen to some tunes here.