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The Pearl Locke

July 16, 2022 By wtwo0

Saturday, September 17th, 6pm

Saturday September 17th
The Crooked Jades play The Pearl in Historic Locke.
COME JOIN US for a special show in the heart of the DELTA, MYSTICAL, & MAGICAL LOCKE!
7pm doors / 8-10:300m show
$20 donation (cash only)
13944 Main Street, Locke
Seating limited to 50
Proof of vaccination required
Feel free to BYOB"
Questions? Call 916-442-0212
Also you can call Mark Miller to reserve a seat.
Locke is 29 miles due south of downtown Sacramento.
Plan on about a 45 minute drive if you take the scenic River Road (recommended) or about 30 minutes if you take I-5 to Twin Cities Road.
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Point San Pablo Harbor Presents: Live on the Waterfront with The Crooked Jades

February 12, 2022 By wtwo0

Saturday, August 6, 2022. 6 pm Doors | 7 pm Show

The Crooked Jades with Fiddler Extraordinaire, Annie Staninec!

Plus Very Special Guests:
Mark Schatz (Bela Fleck, Tony Rice, Nickel Creek), and Bryan McDowell (Sierra Hull, Molly Tuttle, Claire Lynch) will light up the stage—on fiddle, mandolin, guitar, banjo, bass, and feet!

$25 ADV | $30 DAY OF SHOW

  • Includes Parking
  • Music on the meadow stage (outdoors)
  • Food available on site by black star pirate bbq
  • Local beer, wine, and beverages
  • No outside food or alcohol please
  • Bring layers, blankets and chairs
  • Kids 16 and under free
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The acclaimed Old-time String band The Crooked Jades returns to the concert stage at the Live on the Waterfront series, presented by Point San Pablo Harbor in Richmond. The members of The Crooked Jades have been locked down with the rest of us, and as society is opening back up, they are excited to reconnect with audiences in a beautiful setting on the San Francisco Bay. They are also very excited to have very special guests, Mark Schatz (Bela Fleck, Tony Rice, Nickel Creek), and Bryan McDowell (Sierra Hull, Molly Tuttle, Claire Lynch) will light up the stage—on fiddle, mandolin, guitar, banjo, bass, and feet!

The Crooked Jades continue their mission to re-imagine old-time music for a modern age, while pushing boundaries and blurring categories with their fiery, soulful performances. Innovative, unpredictable and passionate, they bring their driving dance tunes and haunting ballads to rock clubs, festivals, traditional folk venues and concert halls across America and Europe.

The unique and modern sound of The Crooked Jades is created by exploring the roots of Americana and interweaving the diverse musical influences of Europe and Africa. Released to rave reviews, their 2019 recording “Empathy Moves The Water” was their first original album in over 10 years. “Few could make an album as striking as this…the highlights are the originals.” - Sylvie Simmons, Mojo Magazine, March 2019

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House Concert Ukiah

July 11, 2022 By wtwo0

Friday, August 5th, 6pm

The Crooked Jades return to Ukiah w/ Special guest - fiddler extraordinaire, Annie Staninec!

Doors open at 6pm, music begins at 7pm.

Bring a lawn chair, plus an appetizer and/or beverage to share.

Forty-person capacity, so get your tickets soon!
$25 in advance, $30 at the door

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Jeff Kazor and the Banjos of Mercy

February 11, 2022 By wtwo0

Saturday, February 19th, 9pm

The Plough and Stars
116 Clement Street
San Francisco, CA 94118

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Excited to announce a new music project: Banjos of Mercy.

This debut show will feature rare and underground club favorites from the early 80s: goth/darkwave/old-time/bluegrass w/ a sprinkle of Hawaiian for good measure from members of The Crooked Jades, Hapa Haole Boys and The Neighborly Deeds. Kurt Stevenson (slide guitar, ukulele and guitar), Jeff Kazor (guitar and ukulele), Erik Pearson (banjos, guitar and harmonium).

Don't miss 80s night! ~ 1880s meets 1980s.

Opening band: JEE-HEE & JESSE (SF) Acoustic duo Jee-Hee & Jesse focus primarily on traditional bluegrass songs with emphasis on vocal harmony

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Bull Valley Roadhouse

February 12, 2022 By wtwo0

Thursday, June 30, 2022, 5:30 - 8:30pm

Bull Valley Roadhouse
14 Canyon Lake Drive
Port Costa, CA 94569

Special Crooked Jades core trio performance at this wonderful and historic Port Costa eatery. Bull Valley Roadhouse is a magical convenient getaway, discovered and influenced by its community. Theyr’re driven by the values of Wonder, Safety, and Community. Guests are swept into a new universe upon entry, where they are cared for with expertly crafted food and drink and by service that treats them with respect.

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Point San Pablo Harbor Presents: Live on the Waterfront w/Skillet Licorice

July 19, 2021 By wtwo0

Thursday, August 19th, 2021

  • Music on the Meadow Trailer Stage (Outdoors)
  • Food & Beverages by Anaviv Kitchen Available On Site
  • Wood-fired Pizzas, Rice Bowls, & Local Beer and Wine

$25 ADVANCED | $30 DAY OF SHOW
Includes parking
12 & Under Free

www.pspharbor.com
Bring blankets and low-back chairs. No outside food or alcohol please

The acclaimed Old-time String band The Crooked Jades returns to the concert stage for the first time since 2019, coming to the Live on the Waterfront series, presented by Point San Pablo Harbor in Richmond. The members of The Crooked Jades have been locked down with the rest of us, and as society is opening back up, they are excited to reconnect with audiences starting with this first show in a beautiful setting on the San Francisco Bay.

The Crooked Jades continue their mission to re-imagine old-time music for a modern age, while pushing boundaries and blurring categories with their fiery, soulful performances. Innovative, unpredictable and passionate, they bring their driving dance tunes and haunting ballads to rock clubs, festivals, traditional folk venues and concert halls across America and Europe.

The unique and modern sound of The Crooked Jades is created by exploring the roots of Americana and interweaving the diverse musical influences of Europe and Africa. Released to rave reviews, their 2019 recording “Empathy Moves The Water” was their first original album in over 10 years. “Few could make an album as striking as this…the highlights are the originals.” - Sylvie Simmons, Mojo Magazine, March 2019

For this performance Crooked Jades founders Jeff Kazor (vocals/guitar/ukulele) and Lisa Berman (vocals/slide guitar/banjo/harmonium) play with long-time member Erik Pearson (vocals/banjos/ukulele/harmonium/slide guitar), with special guests Brad Maestas (bass), Elise Engelberg (fiddle) and Matt Knoth (banjo/guitar.)

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Virtual Encore Presentation of World’s on Fire!

March 10, 2021 By wtwo0

Friday March 19th, 2021

Instead of a night out, we propose a night in! Please join us, Friday, March 19, 2021 for a virtual encore presentation of World’s On Fire!

This groundbreaking performance wowed audiences two years ago when ODC associate choreographer, Kate Weare teamed nine superb ODC dancers with the Old-Time string band sounds of The Crooked Jades. Under the co-direction of ODC founder and choreographer Brenda Way, the resulting performance expressed the musical and physical anthropology of kinship, belief, codes of honor, love and the will to endure. The Jades and the dancers shared the stage for this unique performance.

Don’t miss this virtual encore presentation.

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Only 1 ticket required per household/device!

  • 5:15 pm Access to the Zoom wine tasting with Stubbs Vineyard (wine must be purchased separately by emailing mary@stubbsvineyard.com)
  • 5:40 pm Access to the Zoom pre-show discussion with choreographer and collaborators
  • 6:00 pm Access to the livestream screening of World’s on Fire with artist Q&A to follow

Band leader Jeff Kazor will be participating in both the pre-show discussion and the Q&A after the show.

You can also experience World's on Fire on-demand following the event from March 20-31, 2021, by following the link above.

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Casa Verde House Concert

November 5, 2019 By wtwo0

Friday, December 20th, 2019

7:00 PM Potluck, 7:30 PM Music
Casa Verde House Concert
Point Richmond CA
Price: $20 Donation

Save Your Seats: rsvpcasaverde@gmail.com
Address provided upon RSVP
Sliding Scale Donation : $20 - $30  (no one turned away for lack of funds)
Doors Open at 6:45PM  Music at 7:30
BYOB Please bring a dish to share. All proceeds go to the musicians.

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Praise for The Crooked Jades

“Grounded in tradition, old-time string band music and mountain blues but with open horizons that take them, subtly, to other parts of the planet, they have a haunting spookiness, an organic pulse, and most importantly a clear vision...Instrumentally they're truly inspiring, getting original textures out of conventional stringband instruments and mixing them with (in this context) oddities like bass ukulele, harmonium, mbira, cello and Vietnamese jaw harp and bau zither. Vocally, they have that lonesome white blues sound which has its ancestry in Dock Boggs and the Carters but again they take it somewhere else...a consistently startling and addictive album."

– Shining Darkness Reviewed by Ian Anderson in UK magazine fRoots

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– Shining Darkness Reviewed by Ian Anderson in UK magazine fRoots

“Grounded in tradition, old-time string band music and mountain blues but with open horizons that take them, subtly, to other parts of the planet, they have a haunting spookiness, an organic pulse, and most importantly a clear vision...Instrumentally they're truly inspiring, getting original textures out of conventional stringband instruments and mixing them with (in this context) oddities like bass ukulele, harmonium, mbira, cello and Vietnamese jaw harp and bau zither. Vocally, they have that lonesome white blues sound which has its ancestry in Dock Boggs and the Carters but again they take it somewhere else...a consistently startling and addictive album."
https://crookedjades.com/testimonials/154/
"This San Francisco quintet keep true to their old-time string band heart, yet in subtle, weird ways, they exaggerate the slightly-crazed aura of the rural pre-radio era music. It makes for a haunting, sophisticated trip to Appalachia. Mixing originals and traditional songs flawlessly, this might be the finest band to come out of the string-band resurgence."

– Boston Herald

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– Boston Herald

"This San Francisco quintet keep true to their old-time string band heart, yet in subtle, weird ways, they exaggerate the slightly-crazed aura of the rural pre-radio era music. It makes for a haunting, sophisticated trip to Appalachia. Mixing originals and traditional songs flawlessly, this might be the finest band to come out of the string-band resurgence."
https://crookedjades.com/testimonials/3/
"The Crooked Jades are embarrassingly addictive....they grab you by the throat, preach damnation, and move your hips all at once."

- SF Weekly

2018-10-15T04:05:05+00:00

- SF Weekly

"The Crooked Jades are embarrassingly addictive....they grab you by the throat, preach damnation, and move your hips all at once."
https://crookedjades.com/testimonials/4/
"The two adjectives that keep coming to me during repeated listenings to the Crooked Jades are profound and transcendent. I have looked those words up wondering if that’s what I really mean. Profound means “deep” and “intense”. Transcendent means “awe-inspiring” and “moving”. Yes, that’s what I mean. This is visionary music, forged from the raw materials of old-time forms and instruments. I don’t want to get into a discussion of what’s old-time and what’s not; there’s enough ongoing conversation on that subject already. It’s easy to forget, though, that the first old-time music recorded was a mirror of the times...

–Old-Time Herald

2018-10-15T04:05:29+00:00

–Old-Time Herald

"The two adjectives that keep coming to me during repeated listenings to the Crooked Jades are profound and transcendent. I have looked those words up wondering if that’s what I really mean. Profound means “deep” and “intense”. Transcendent means “awe-inspiring” and “moving”. Yes, that’s what I mean. This is visionary music, forged from the raw materials of old-time forms and instruments. I don’t want to get into a discussion of what’s old-time and what’s not; there’s enough ongoing conversation on that subject already. It’s easy to forget, though, that the first old-time music recorded was a mirror of the times the musicians lived in. That was almost a hundred years ago. Here, in the beginning of the 21st century, people in appreciable numbers are feeling as though they’re teetering on the brink of apocalyptic times. Through the lens of tradition, the Crooked Jades are voicing this feeling convincingly and beautifully."
https://crookedjades.com/testimonials/5/
 

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https://crookedjades.com/testimonials/6/
"Depth of quality, performance & passion make this band a cross-generational, cross-genre charmer."

–popmatters.com

2018-10-15T04:12:57+00:00

–popmatters.com

"Depth of quality, performance & passion make this band a cross-generational, cross-genre charmer."
https://crookedjades.com/testimonials/7/
"The Jades, in other words, aren’t playing your grandparents’ old-time music. Nor are they performing the stylized stringband music that our revivalist contemporaries adapted four or five decades ago and take to festival stages and recordings into the present moment. This is sepia tones, bent angles, unexpected accents, unanticipated sounds. It’s banjo ukuleles, minstrel banjos, plucked fiddles, bowed basses, Hawaiian slide guitars, harmoniums, Vietnamese jaw harps, pianos played clawhammer-style. It is the familiar embraced by the strange. It is the antique and the modern, in a distinctly idiosyncratic meaning of each. This is a music that feels at once fiercely...

-Sing Out

2018-10-15T04:13:53+00:00

-Sing Out

"The Jades, in other words, aren’t playing your grandparents’ old-time music. Nor are they performing the stylized stringband music that our revivalist contemporaries adapted four or five decades ago and take to festival stages and recordings into the present moment. This is sepia tones, bent angles, unexpected accents, unanticipated sounds. It’s banjo ukuleles, minstrel banjos, plucked fiddles, bowed basses, Hawaiian slide guitars, harmoniums, Vietnamese jaw harps, pianos played clawhammer-style. It is the familiar embraced by the strange. It is the antique and the modern, in a distinctly idiosyncratic meaning of each. This is a music that feels at once fiercely inside time yet also above and around it. And all of this is accomplished without a hint of rock, electronica, or the other flourishes to which less imaginative folk bands turn when they think they’ve exhausted the language of tradition. Tradition, the Jades insist, speaks in a host of tongues. If you know what you’re doing, you can speak in as many as you’d like, sometimes at once."
https://crookedjades.com/testimonials/9/
"American Gothic for a new age."

-Americana UK

2018-10-15T04:14:16+00:00

-Americana UK

"American Gothic for a new age."
https://crookedjades.com/testimonials/10/
"Wild, wooly, totally unpredictable but always tasteful, soulful. They’ve got chords in unexpected places, out of this world harmonies and some of the most powerfully arranged material I’ve ever encountered."

-Bluegrass Breakdown

2018-10-15T04:14:43+00:00

-Bluegrass Breakdown

"Wild, wooly, totally unpredictable but always tasteful, soulful. They’ve got chords in unexpected places, out of this world harmonies and some of the most powerfully arranged material I’ve ever encountered."
https://crookedjades.com/testimonials/11/
"This young quintet rooted in old-time music toss African and Asian instruments into the usual sawing fiddle, gnarly banjo, guitar and mandolin stew. There are eerie folk songs, instrumentals and a maniacal Vietnamese Jews harp."

-Mojo

2018-10-15T04:15:14+00:00

-Mojo

"This young quintet rooted in old-time music toss African and Asian instruments into the usual sawing fiddle, gnarly banjo, guitar and mandolin stew. There are eerie folk songs, instrumentals and a maniacal Vietnamese Jews harp."
https://crookedjades.com/testimonials/12/
The Crooked Jades ensemble, with its polished but vital roots sound, is no stranger to modern media. They’ve contributed to the soundtracks of the PBS documentary Seven Sisters: A Kentucky Portrait and the Oscar-nominated dramatic movie Into The Wild. Their sound can be as cinematic as it is tradition-grown. If you have it, you’ll be richly rewarded. Visualize the dancing in your mind’s eye while this lovely, lively and compelling music flows into your ears. The Crooked Jades’ soundtrack for the Kate Weare Company’s Bright Land is happy evidence that old-time music is not only a relevant contemporary art form,...

BLUEGRASS UNLIMITED

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BLUEGRASS UNLIMITED

The Crooked Jades ensemble, with its polished but vital roots sound, is no stranger to modern media. They’ve contributed to the soundtracks of the PBS documentary Seven Sisters: A Kentucky Portrait and the Oscar-nominated dramatic movie Into The Wild. Their sound can be as cinematic as it is tradition-grown. If you have it, you’ll be richly rewarded. Visualize the dancing in your mind’s eye while this lovely, lively and compelling music flows into your ears. The Crooked Jades’ soundtrack for the Kate Weare Company’s Bright Land is happy evidence that old-time music is not only a relevant contemporary art form, it will probably prove timeless.
https://crookedjades.com/testimonials/55/
"I love The Crooked Jades. Weird, ecstatic music. How can anyone with a brain dislike it? What was the Aldous Huxley line? "Stronger wine, madder music."

Peter Stampfel, The Holy Modal Rounders

2018-11-12T02:16:23+00:00

Peter Stampfel, The Holy Modal Rounders

"I love The Crooked Jades. Weird, ecstatic music. How can anyone with a brain dislike it? What was the Aldous Huxley line? "Stronger wine, madder music."
https://crookedjades.com/testimonials/56/
"The Jades are the perfect combination of fresh energy and raw antiquity, staying so true to the old stuff you feel like you’re hearing ghosts of the past. Yet their performance is vibrant enough that at one point I actually had an honest to goodness religious experience."

MerleFest

2018-11-12T02:16:47+00:00

MerleFest

"The Jades are the perfect combination of fresh energy and raw antiquity, staying so true to the old stuff you feel like you’re hearing ghosts of the past. Yet their performance is vibrant enough that at one point I actually had an honest to goodness religious experience."
https://crookedjades.com/testimonials/57/
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