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Mississippi Studios presents @ The Mission Theater
Thurs, 8/21: 8pm - $12/15
The Crooked Jades / Celilo
THE NEW RELEASE
Due for release at the end of July, The Crooked Jades' newest CD illuminates the shadows and exploring the alchemy of art and darkness. "Shining Darkness" features the current lineup playing 19 original compositions from driving fiddle and banjo tunes to beautiful and haunting ballads, all with the usual inspired arrangements and eclectic instrumentation, including harmonium, bao (Vietnamese one-string box zither) and mbira in symphony with string-band standards fiddle, banjo, guitar, ukulele and arco bass.
THE CROOKED JADES
The Crooked Jades are on a mission to reinvent old-world music for a modern age, 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.
Known for their rare and obscure repertoire, beautiful original compositions, inspired arrangements and eclectic, often vintage instrumentation, The Crooked Jades began with band leader/founder Jeff Kazor's vision to revive the dark and hypnotic sounds of pre-radio music. With this old-time foundation, the band has created the unique Crooked Jades sound by exploring the roots of Americana and interweaving the diverse musical influences of Europe and Africa. Filtering these old-world sounds with universal and ancient themes through a post-9/11 lens, they seek to make sense of the future.
A collective of West and East Coast pickers with equal parts attitude and respect, always led by Kazor, the band performs with a thrilling energy that has audiences on their feet dancing and critics comparing them to everyone from The New Lost City Ramblers and The Pogues to Gillian Welch, Nick Cave and Tom Waits.
The Crooked Jades have 5 critically-acclaimed CDs, the latest full-length CD "World's on Fire" released in February 2006.
Four-piece PDX band Celilo, fronted by songwriter Sloan Martin, opens with their brand of rain-soaked, boot-gazing American rock, moody roots pop - a fusion of drawling rural charm with dark and dreamy indie city skylines.
Crooked Jades' myspace
Mission Theater site
Celilo's myspace
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