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Please stay tuned for up coming album release tours in 2019

Past Shows

The Pearl Locke

Saturday, September 17th, 2022, 8:00pm

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Point San Pablo Harbor Presents: Live on the Waterfront with The Crooked Jades

Saturday, August 6th, 2022, 7:00pm

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House Concert Ukiah

Friday, August 5th, 2022, 6:00pm

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Jeff Kazor and the Banjos of Mercy

Saturday, February 19th, 2022, 9:00pm
Advance tickets

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Bull Valley Roadhouse

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

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

Thursday, August 19th, 2021. 6:00pm
Advance tickets !

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Virtual Encore Presentation of World’s on Fire!

Friday, March 19th, 2021. 5:15pm
virtual encore presentation of World’s On Fire!

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Casa Verde House Concert

Friday, December 20th, 2019. 7:00pm potluck, 7:30pm music
Casa Verde House Concert
Point Richmond CA
Price: $20 Donation

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Auburn State Theatre

Friday, November 8th, 2019. 7:30pm
Special double bill with Rita Hosking Trio
Auburn State Theatre
985 Lincoln Way
Auburn, CA 95603
(530) 885-0156

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The Arcata Playhouse / Humboldt Folklife Society

Thursday, September 12, 2019. 8pm
1251 9th St. Arcata, Ca 95521
707-822-1575
https://www.arcataplayhouse.org
https://www.humboldtfolklife.org

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McCloud Mountain Bluegrass Festival

September 13 – 15, 2019
Hoo Hoo Park
McCloud, CA 96057
Festival opens September 12 for jamming and camping only
Click here for more info.

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Berkeley Old-Time Music Convention (BOTMC)

Thursday, September 19, 2019. 7pm
Sharing the bill with Jerron Paxton, and Thomas Maupin & Daniel Rothwell & band!
Lots more info to come as it gets closer!
https://www.berkeleyoldtimemusic.org

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Crooked Jades Trio open for HOWE GELB (Giant Sand)

Monday, June 3, 2019. 7pm
Make-Out Room
3225 22nd St.@ Mission
San Francisco, CA 94110
Tickets $12 advance / $15 door at the door
or for sale online

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World’s on Fire ODC/Dance collaboration

March 7-10, 2019
Collaboration with The Crooked Jades and ODC/Dance, “World’s On Fire,” presented March 7-10 at YBCA, San Francisco

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Fifth Street Farms

Saturday, March 2, 2019. 7:30pm
7:00pm Potluck food and drink, 7:30pm Music
$20 Donation
RSVP for address: fifthstfarms.com/reservations

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Palms Playhouse

Friday, March 1st, 2109. 8pm
13 Main Street, Winters, CA 95694
Doors at 7:30, Show at 8:00
Tickets $22
palms@palmsplayhouse.com
(503) 795-1825

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Sweetwater Music Hall

Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019. 8pm
Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave., Mill Valley, CA, 94941 (415) 388-3850
Tickets: $17 advance, $20 day of show
Tickets: sweetwatermusichall.com

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Santa Cruz House Concert

Saturday Feb. 16, 2019. 7:00pm
6:00pm Potluck, bring food and drink to share. 7:00pm Music
$20 Donation
RSVP for address to: sarawsmith@gmail.com
Limited seating

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The Lost Church

Friday, Feb. 15th, 2019. 8pm
65 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
$15 adv and $20 day of show
Doors at 7:30, Show at 8:15
Tickets: thelostchurch.com

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Casa Verde House Concert

Saturday, September 8th, 2018 Point Richmond CA 7:00 PM Potluck 7:30 PM Music $20 Donation RSVP for address: email marylroth@yahoo.com…

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McCloud Mountain Bluegrass Festival

September 14 – 16, 2018 Hoo Hoo Park McCloud, CA 96057 MUSIC, JAMMING, FOOD, BREWS, WINE, ARTISAN CRAFTS & VENDORS,…

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Great American Music Hall

Friday, May 18, 2018 doors 8pm / show 9pm 859 O’Farrell St. San Francisco, California Tickets: $20 advance and at…

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Michael’s on Main International Music Show Case

Thursday, May 17, 2018 7:30pm 2591 Main St. Soquel, CA 9507 $15 adv / door 831.479.9777 www.michaelsonmainmusic.com

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34rd Annual Claremont Folk Festival

Saturday, May 19, 2018 12 noon – 9pm Sontag Greek Theater, Pomona College 300 E. Bonita Claremont CA 91711 www.folkmusiccenter.com…

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58th Annual Topanga Folk Festival

Sunday, May 20th, 2018 2:00pm – 3:00pm Pavilion Stage Paramount Ranch 2903 Cornell Road Agoura Hills. California 91301 (805) 370-2301…

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Crooked Jades and The Earl Brothers

Friday, June 9, 8:00pm SF Live Arts at St. Cyprian’s 2097 Turk St (At Lyon), San Francisco 94115 $22 door…

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The Crooked Jades at the 42nd Annual Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival

Saturday and Sunday, June 17 & 18, 2017 Time TBA Nevada County Fairgrounds 11228 McCourtney Rd. Grass Valley, CA 95945…

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San Francisco Bluegrass and Old-Time Festival

Sunday October 15th 12 noon – 5:00 pm Jerry Garcia Amphitheater Mclaren Park 40 John F Shelley Dr San Francisco,…

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Fire Relief Benefit Concert at the Sweetwater Music Hall

Thursday, November 16, 2017, 8:00 pm 19 Corte Madera Ave Mill Valley, Ca 415.388.3850 http://www.sweetwatermusichall.com $17 adv / $20 door…

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The Crooked Jades, plus special guest opener Deakin Hicks (Bellingham, WA)

Friday March 11, 7:00pm Make-Out Room 3225 22nd St.@ Mission San Francisco, CA 94110 $10 at the door http://www.makeoutroom.com

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Past Tours/Shows

Jeff Kazor is back again on harmonium and percussion supporting the legendary singer/songwriter Richard Buckner on the next leg of the OUR BLOOD tour... the highly anticipated new release on Merge Records.

  • 09/24 - Columbus, OH Rumba Café
  • 09/25 - Cincinnati, OH Motr Pub
  • 09/27 - St. Louis, MO Billiken at St. Louis University Club
  • 09/28 - Little Rock, AR Sticky Fingerz Chicken Shack
  • 09/29 - Memphis, TN HiTone Café
  • 10/01 - Ft. Worth, TX Ft. Worth Music Fest aftershow at Lola's
  • 10/02 - Austin, TX Cactus Café
  • 10/04 - Mobile, AL Satori Coffee House
  • 10/06 - Charlotte, NC The Evening Muse
  • 10/07 - Columbia, SC Tapp's Arts Center
  • 10/08 - Asheville, NC The Grey Eagle
Crooked Jades backs up Richard Buckner at The Great American Music Hall

Wednesday, August 17th. Doors: 7:30pm. Show: 8:00pm . The Great American Music Hall
859 O'Farrell Street . San Francisco, CA
Tickets $17. Tickets available on-line at: Gamhtickets.com. Charge by phone at 1-888-233-0449

Crooked Jades will be doing a very special show backing up the legendary singer-songwriter alt-country guru Richard Buckner at the Great American Music Hall 8/17. In support of his critically acclaimed new release OUR BLOOD on Merge Records, In stores August 2nd. http://www.mergerecords.com/artists/buckner

Crooked Jades open for Sarah Jarosz

Tuesday, June 7. 8:00pm -11:00pm . Slim's
333 11th Street . San Francisco, CA
Tickets $14. All Ages 6 and Over. Tickets available on-line at: Slimstickets.com

Sarah Jarosz
, Crooked Jades, Megan Keely

WEST COAST LIVE – Kate Weare Co. and Crooked Jades "Bright Land"

Saturday, April 23. 10:00am-12:00pm . ODC Theater Live and on your radio! 3153 17th Street (at Shotwell). San Francisco, CA

The Crooked Jades will be joining Kate Weare live to talk about "Bright Land" and to play a few songs! Come attend the live show or tune in to West Coast Live on your radio.
www.wcl.org/affiliates | www.wcl.org/schedule

And don't forget the upcoming BRIGHT LAND Live performance with Kate Weare Co. and Crooked Jades at ODC on April 29, 30, and May 1! www.odcdance.org/performance | www.kateweare.com/brightland

April 28, 29, 30 & May 1 . West coast premiere of "Bright Land" at ODC New Theatre. 3153 17th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110 . Box Office Hours: Wed-Sat 12-6pm
Tickets $18 General . Tel (415) 863-9834 . Online

CROOKED JADES... Go Boldly where no old-time string band has gone before.... And this time We are very excited to premiere "Bright Land" on the west coast - performing the music live at ODC theatre in San Francisco for our unprecedented modern dance/old-time music collaboration with the New York-based Kate Weare Company. We are still in the afterglow of the world premiere of "Bright Land" at the Joyce Theater in New York (August 2010). It was gratifying beyond our wildest dreams to be greeted with passionate, receptive, intelligent and enthusiastic audiences that filled the house to the brim every single night. We hope you’ll check out our photos in our Facebook gallery, especially in the Bright Land photo gallery, plus hundreds hundreds more on Flickr and read quotes and reviews from the show by clicking onto Kate Weare Company site. www.kateweare.com/brightland.html

We're looking forward to welcoming back east coast musicians Charlie Rose and Rose Sinclair to join us for the two weeks of intense rehearsal with the dancers before the west coast premiere.

April 29 . West coast premiere of "Bright Land" at ODC New Theatre
3153 17th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110 . Box Office Hours: Wed-Sat 12-6pm
Tickets $18 General . Tel (415) 863-9834 . Online

April 30 . West coast premiere of "Bright Land" at ODC New Theatre
3153 17th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110 . Box Office Hours: Wed-Sat 12-6pm
Tickets $18 General . Tel (415) 863-9834 . Online

May 1 . West coast premiere of "Bright Land" at ODC New Theatre
3153 17th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110 . Box Office Hours: Wed-Sat 12-6pm
Tickets $18 General . Tel (415) 863-9834 . Online

Saturday, Jan 22 . 8pm . The Arcata Playhouse

1251 9th St. Arcata, Ca 95521 . 707-822-1575
Tickets $15 ($13 for playhouse members) . All ages

Crooked Jades duo: Jeff Kazor (guitar/uke/ vocal) Lisa Berman (slide/banjo/harmonium/vocal) will be joined by special guest members of The Water Tower Bucket Boys Josh Rabie (Fiddle/Harmonium) Kenny Feinstein (bass/mandolin/). Opening with Gwyneth And Monko CD Release Show.

Sunday, Jan 23 . 8pm . The Caspar Inn

14957 Caspar Rd. Caspar, Ca 93420 . 707-964-5565
Tickets $10 in adv / $12 door . 21+

Crooked Jades duo: Jeff Kazor (guitar/uke/ vocal) Lisa Berman (slide/banjo/harmonium/vocal) will be joined by special guest members of The Water Tower Bucket Boys Josh Rabie (Fiddle/Harmonium) Kenny Feinstein (bass/mandolin/). Opening with Gwyneth And Monko CD Release Show.

Sunday, Jan 30 . 6 - 8pm . Pirate Cat Radio

Che's Kitchen Show
2781 21st Street (The Mission) San Francisco, CA.

Crooked Jades Live in studio - interview and music. Find out what's up-and-coming in the new year from the horse's mouth. Listen to the broadcast on 87.9 FM on your radio dial, stream it on your computer, or come on down to the cafe studio were you can watch us live in the flesh.

Thursday, Feb 17 . 8pm . Don Quixotes

6275 Highway 9, Felton CA 95018 . 831-603-2294
Tickets $ 10 adv/door . All ages

Crooked Jades Trio: Jeff Kazor (guitar/uke/ vocal) Lisa Berman (slide/banjo/harmonium/vocal) Erik Pearson (banjos/harmonium/slide/vocal). We will be joined by special guests: The Water Tower Bucket Boys

Sunday, Feb 20 . 8pm . San Francisco Bluegrass and Old-Time Festival

Freight and Salvage . 2020 Addison St. Berkeley, CA 94704 . 510-664-2020
Tickets $20.50 adv / $22.50 door . All ages

Crooked Jades Trio: Jeff Kazor (guitar/uke/ vocal) Lisa Berman (slide/banjo/harmonium/vocal) Erik Pearson (banjos/harmonium/slide/vocal). We will be joined by special guests: The Water Tower Bucket Boys. Opening with Frank Fairfeild.

2/19/2010, 7:30pm . The Crooked Jades play with Jackstraw and Black Crown String Band

San Francisco Bluegrass and Old-Time Festival @ Noe Valley Ministry 1021 Sanchez St, San Francisco, 94114
Cost: $18 advance and $20 at the door

2/11/2010, 7:30pm . Don Quixote's

6275 Highway 9 in downtown Felton, California 95018
Cost: $10
Crooked jades co bill w/ Red Molly www.redmolly.com . www.myspace.com/redmollyband

7/16/2010 8:00pm. Water Stories in the Illuminated Forest. The Lab

2948 16th street, San Francisco, California 94110 . Cost: $10-$15 sliding scale
Water breathes life and destruction to the world. Water stories looks into the power of these forces in our lives. Crooked Jades Trio will be playing old-time water songs and also exploring the ritual songs of Baptism-submerging the body in the beautiful pool to wash away your sins, rebirth and salvation.

7/25/2010, 4:30pm. Which Way West Music Series at Bird and Bechett Books and Records

653 Chenery Street, San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood 94131 . Cost: donation
Crooked Jades Trio with special guest Genessa Kealoha on bass

8/10/2010 (7:30pm), 8/12/2010(8pm), 8/14/2010 (8pm) Joyce Theatre

175 8th Ave., New York, New York 10011 . Cost: TBA

The Crooked Jades Collaborate with the critically acclaimed modern dance group Kate Weare Company.

The lineup of the Crooked Jades for this special event is Jeff Kazor (vocals/guitar/ukulele) Lisa Berman (slide/banjo/harmonium) Rose Sinclair (banjo/banjo uke/minstrel banjo/slide guitar) Collin Gallahue (Fiddle) Charlie Rose (bass/and so much more)

The dance, entitled "Bright Land" features a quintet of dancers and explores the cyclical nature of human experience with piercing, powerful choreography and fiery, soulful live music. Premiering in its entirety at New York's Joyce Theatre in August, the collaboration tackles the emotional undertakings-kinship, belief, suffering, love-that shape us in our lifetimes and repeat in cycles through the ages. www.kateweare.com

Our May residency at ODC with Kate Weare and Company was just an amazing experience all around, culminating in a raucous showing at SF's Noe Valley Ministry on May 22.

See our photo montage (complete with music) here (by the fabulous Mike Melnyk) or click here to learn more about Kate Weare Company. We hope to see you! Joyce Show Information and Ticket Purchase >

9/29/2010. doors 7 show 8:30. Crooked Jades and Water Tower Bucket Boys

The Crepe Place 1134 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz California 95062
The lineup of the Crooked Jade Trio for this special event is Jeff Kazor (vocals/guitar/ukulele) Lisa Berman (slide/banjo/harmonium) Erik Pearson (banjo/dobro and harmonium). We will be backed up by the entire Water Tower Bucket Boys, this is very cool!

10/10/10. 7:00pm - 8:30pm PDT. The Episcopal Church of St. Mary the Virgin Candlelight Concert Series

2325 Union Street. San Francisco CA 94123. www.smvsf.org. Free.
Crooked Jades play beautiful intimate church, totally acoustic with candlelight

West Coast Shining Darkness Tour

Friday August 7th, 7pm . The Martin Hotel

$ 10. Railroad & Melarkey Streets, Winnemucca, NV 89445. (775) 623-3197

Saturday August 8th, 7:30 pm Arcata Veterans Hall monthly Barn Dance

$ 7. 1425 J Street,  Arcata, CA 95521

Sunday August 9th. 8 pm. Arcata Theater

$ 8 adv, $10 door. 1036 G street Arcata, CA  95521. (707) 822-1220.

Tuesday August 11th. 8 pm. Cafe du Nord w/ Lady A and Her Heel Draggers

$ 12 adv/door. 2174 Market St. San Francisco, CA 94114.  (415) 861-5016

Thursday August 13th. 9 pm. The Crepe Place

$ 10 adv/12 door. 1134 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz, CA 95062. 831.429.6994

Friday August 14th. 8 pm. The Grand Annex

$15. 434 W. Sixth Street. San Pedro, CA 90731

Saturday August 15th. 8pm. The Fret House

$15. 309 N. Citrus Ave Covina, CA 91723

Sunday August 16th. 3pm. Livermore Public Library, Friends Authors and Arts Series

1188 S. Livermore Avenue. Livermore, CA 94550

Past Tours 2008. Shining Darkess, Northwest CD Release Tour

Thu Aug 14, 8:30pm . Monterey Live . Monterey CA w/Dave and Evan (and Friends)

$12 adv/$14 door. 414 Alvarado St, Monterey CA 93940. (877)548-3237 box office.

Fri Aug 15, 9pm . The Crepe Place . Santa Cruz CA

$TBA. 1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz CA 95062. (831)429-6994

Sat Aug 16, 8pm . Freight & Salvage . Berkeley CA Evening with The Crooked Jades

7:30pm doors. $18.50/$19.50. 1111 Addison St, Berkeley CA 94702. (510)548-1761

Tues Aug 19, 9pm . Boundary Bay Brewery . Bellingham WA w/The Gallus Brothers

$10. 1107 Railroad Ave, Bellingham WA 98225. (360) 647-5593

Wed Aug 20, 7pm . KEXP 90.3FM . Seattle WA.

Live on the radio. The Roadhouse

Wed Aug 20, 9pm . Tractor Tavern . Seattle WA, w/The Gallus Brothers & Zoe Muth

$10. 5213 Ballard Ave. NW Seattle WA 98107. (206)789-3599

Thu Aug 21, 8pm, 7pm doors . Mission Theatre . Portland OR w/support TBA

$12 adv/$15 door. 1624 NW Glisan St. Portland OR 97209. (503)223-4527

European CD Release Tour

Thu Oct 9 8:30 pm . Kulturforum . Fürth, Germany
Sat Oct 11, 8pm . Sudhaus . Tubingen, Germany
Sun Oct 12, 8pm . Laboratorium . Stuttgart, Germany
Mon Oct 13, 8:30pm . Innsbruck, Bierstindl
Tue Oct 14, 8 pm . Haus International . Kempten, Germany
Wed Oct 15, 8pm. Haus International
Thu Oct 16, 7:30pm . Halle QuerFeld . Basel, Switzerland
Fri Oct 17, 8pm . Salmen . Offenburg, Germany
Sat Oct 18, 8:30pm . Kulturclub Haberhaus . Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Tue Oct 21, 8:15pm . Bottich . Pforzheim, Germany
Wed Oct 22, 9pm . Nachtleben . Frankfurt, Germany
Thu Oct 23, 8pm . St. Petri Kirche . Mönkebude, Germany
Fri Oct 24, 8pm . Bugewitz . Gasthaus Zum Mühlengraben
Mon Oct 27, 8pm 13599 Berlin, Zitadelle Spandau, Gotischer Saal
http://www.kulturhaus-spandau.de
Tue Oct 28 . Town Hall . Ballymoney, Northern Ireland
Wed Oct 29 . Belfast Festival at Queens . Belfast, Northern Ireland
Thu Oct 30 . UK-BANGOR, North Down Museum, The Castle
Thu Oct 30 . The Castle, North Down Museum . Bangor, Northern Ireland
Fri Oct 31 . Regional Cultural Centre . Letterkenny, Northern Ireland
Sat Nov 1 . Island Arts Centre . Lisburn, Northern Ireland

Venues (Select)

361 Konzerte, Offenburg Germany
Amager Kulturpunkt, Copenhagen Denmark
The Attic, Santa Cruz CA
The Borderline, London England
Café du Nord, San Francisco CA
Café Mokka, Thun Switzerland
Castaways, Ithaca NY
Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro NC
Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis MN
Club Helsinki, Great Barrington MA
Coffee Gallery Backstage, Alta Dena CA
Crystal Ballroom, Portland OR
CSPS, Cedar Rapids IA
Depot, Tubingen Germany
Det Bruunske Pakhus, Fredericia Denmark
Don Quixote’s, Felton CA
The Fillmore, San Francisco CA
Folk Music Center, Claremont CA
Freight and Salvage, Berkeley CA
The Garage, Winston-Salem NC
Great American Music Hall, San Francisco CA
Grey Eagle, Asheville NC
Hideout, Chicago IL
Higher Ground, Burlington VT
Hotel Café, Los Angeles CA
Johnny D’s, Boston MA
Jumpin’ Hot Club, Newcastle England
Kennedy Center, Washington DC
Kreuzkirche, Kassel Germany
Left Hand Grange, Niwot CO
Logo, Hamburg Germany
The Martin Hotel, Winnemucca NV
Mercury Lounge, New York NY
Music on the Square, Jonesborough TN
The Musician, Leicester England
Nellie Nashorn, Lorrach Germany
Noe Valley Ministry, San Francisco CA
Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago IL
The Palms, Winters CA
Pete’s Candy Store, Brooklyn NY
Red Light Café, Atlanta GA
Rodeo Bar, New York NY
Rosendale Café, Rosendale NY
Sierra Nevada Big Room, Chico CA
Slim’s, San Francisco CA
Starry Plough, Berkeley CA
Sweetwater, Mill Valley CA
Tin Angel, Philadelphia PA
Tractor Tavern, Seattle WA
Unity Centre, Unity ME
White Trash, Berlin Germany

Festivals & Events (Select)

Austin Friends of Traditional Music, Austin TX
Bean Blossom Old Tyme Festival
Belfast Festival at Queens
Brampton Live Festival, England
Brandywine Friends of Old-Time Music
Buhl International Bluegrass Fest, Germany
Calgary Folk Festival, Canada
CBA Fathers’ Day Bluegrass Festival
Claremont Folk Festival
Common Fence Music Series, RI
European Banjoree, Germany
Folk Alliance, Official Showcase
Four Lakes Traditional Collective, WI
(Hardly) Strictly Bluegrass Festival
Heartland Film Festival “Seven Sisters” (Crystal Heart Award), Indianapolis IN
Hebridean-Celtic Festival, Scotland
IBMA, Main Stage Showcase
The Living Tradition, CA
Mayberry Days, Andy Griffith Playhouse, Mt Airy NC
MerleFest
Mission Creek Festival
Naasville Bluegrass Association, Sweden
Neusudende Fest, Germany
Old Time Music Gathering, Denmark
Pickathon Roots Music Fest
Portland Old-Time Music Gathering
Rudolstadt, Germany
San Diego Bluegrass Society
San Francisco Bluegrass & Old-Time Fest
San Luis Obispo Folk Society
Strawberry Music Festival
Swiss Bluegrass Association, Switzerland
SXSW
Wintergrass Bluegrass Festival

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Crooked Jades Albums Also available at:

  • CDbaby.com
  • iTunes
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  • Select Stores including: our friends at Amoeba (SF), Bird & Beckett Books & Records, Streetlight (SF and Santa Cruz), The Music Store (SF) and Down Home (El Cerrito).

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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

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–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

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–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

2018-11-12T02:15:49+00:00

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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