Biography

The Crooked Jades are on a mission to reimagine 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. The Crooked Jades core consists of founders Jeff Kazor (vocals/guitar/ukulele) and Lisa Berman (vocals/slide guitar/banjo/harmonium), with long-time member Erik Pearson (vocals/banjos/ukulele/harmonium/slide guitar,) composer of the Crooked Jades tune selected by Sean Penn in his 2007 film “Into The Wild”. An important former member who has recently rejoined is Megan Adie (bass), back in San Francisco after a decade of living and playing 17th and 18th century double bass in Europe (Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Concerto Copenhagen, and La Chambre Philharmonique; Copenhagen Phil and Malmö Opera; and various chamber groups in Denmark and southern Sweden.) A key member of the Crooked Jades evolution, touring and recording with the Jades for several years, Megan’s iconic (arco) bass can be heard on the band’s acclaimed album “Worlds on Fire.” The newest member of the Jades is Emily Mann, a young up-and-coming fiddler in demand, who is also half of the folk duo Paper Wings. Emily is a Big Sur native with her heart in the old Appalachian mountains, and she fits into the Jades musical jigsaw seamlessly.