The Crooked Jades–Saturday, March 18, 2023

The Crooked Jades re-imagine old-time music for a modern age, pushing boundaries and blurring categories with their fiery, soulful performances. Innovative, unpredictable and passionate, the Jades bring driving dance tunes and haunting ballads to rock clubs, festivals, traditional folk venues and concert halls across America and Europe. The Jades create a unique and modern sound by exploring the roots of Americana and interweaving the diverse musical influences of Europe and Africa. This is profound and transcendent music.

The Jades are known for their rare and obscure repertoire, inspired arrangements and eclectic vintage instrumentation. The band began with Jeff Kazor’s vision to revive the dark and hypnotic sounds of pre-radio music. Extraordinary fiddle player Emily Mann, who now lives and works in Nashville, will be at Fifth Street for this performance, and bassist Mark Schatz joins the lineup for this show as well. (Mark is a two-time winner of the IBMA Bass Player of the Year Award, and known for his contributions on some of the most iconic recordings in bluegrass). These two outstanding musicians join the Crooked Jades core: co-founders Jeff Kazor (vocals/guitar/ukulele) and Lisa Berman (vocals/slide guitar/banjo/harmonium) and long-time member Erik Pearson (vocals/banjos/ukulele/harmonium/slide guitar). Filtering old-world sounds with universal and ancient themes, they seek to make sense of the future, reaffirming the importance of connecting to our shared humanity in this increasingly polarized world.

Listen to some tunes here and here.

Make reservations and find out more on the Reservations page.