{"id":211,"date":"2008-06-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-26T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-11-05T16:28:15","modified_gmt":"2010-11-05T21:28:16","slug":"songs_and_stories_34_jeff_kazor_of_the_c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/songs_and_stories_34_jeff_kazor_of_the_c\/","title":{"rendered":"Songs and Stories #34: Jeff Kazor of The Crooked Jades"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5747\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-211-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories34.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories34.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories34.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories34.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/?powerpress_pinw=211-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories34.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"songs_and_stories34.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Click to hear <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories34.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Songs and Stories&#8221; #34<\/a> (time = 22:59, size = 26.4 mb)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Dark, Appalachian dance music&#8221;. That&#8217;s how I&#8217;ve always described The Crooked Jades, a bay area-based collective of musicians dedicated to keeping old-tyme string-band music alive and quite well. In this episode of &#8220;Songs and Stories&#8221;, I talk with Jeff Kazor, who since 1996 has pursued this vision through the Jades and their revolving roster of quite talented musicians. (The band currently features Kazor, along with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leahabramson.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Leah Abramson<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/profile.myspace.com\/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&amp;friendid=368419347\" target=\"_blnk\">Sophie Vitells<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/profile.myspace.com\/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&amp;friendID=115209796\" target=\"_blank\">Charlie Rose<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.judyhyman.com\/rosesinclair.html\" target=\"_blank\">Rose Sinclair<\/a>.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/crookedjades.com\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/michaelgaither.com\/b2\/blogs\/media\/jades-grey.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/center><br \/>\nA California native (born down south, raised in Santa Cruz, now residing in San Francisco) and lifelong musician, Kazor is a music historian, as you&#8217;ll learn when he discusses how string-band music gave way to bluegrass (and the advent of radio). He also gives a good argument as to how technology (iPods, the Internet) has *helped* promote old-tyme music in the modern age. You&#8217;ll also hear Kazor talk about about about the new Crooked Jades  release, &#8220;Shining Darkness&#8221;, their first album of completely-original material.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contest Announcement:<\/strong> You can still register to win a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.live365.com\/stations\/conscrew\" target=\"_blank\">Grateful Dread Public Radio<\/a> t-shirt.  Listen to this interview for details.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few links to go with this episode:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crookedjades.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Crooked Jades official web site<\/a> (and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/crookedjades\" target=\"_blank\">their Myspace page<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crookedjades.com\/store.html\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Shining Darkness&#8221;, their new record<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefreight.org\/2008\/0808-august\/info_080816.html\" target=\"_blank\">Buy tickets for their August 16th show at The Freight and Salvage in Berkely<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/michaelgaither.com\/b2\/blogs\/index.php?blog=2&amp;title=songs_and_stories_11_the_mark_o_connor_i&amp;more=1&amp;c=1&amp;tb=1&amp;pb=1%3Cbr%20\/%3E\" target=\"_blank\">My &#8220;Songs and Stories&#8221; interview with Mark O&#8217;Connor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.recordconnexion.nl\/utah.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Recordings of Reverend Utah Smith<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/browserRedirect?url=itms%253A%252F%252Fax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net%252FWebObjects%252FMZStore.woa%252Fwa%252FviewPodcast%253Fid%253D216646993\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/subscribe-with-itunes.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.michaelgaither.com%2Fhome%2Fsongs_and_stories_34_jeff_kazor_of_the_c%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;&amp;width=800&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:800px;height:30px;margin-top:5px;\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click to hear &#8220;Songs and Stories&#8221; #34 (time = 22:59, size = 26.4 mb) &#8220;Dark, Appalachian dance music&#8221;. 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