The Crux & the Rad Trads

This might be the top double bill of the year – two headlining bands rocking the stage at Rossi’s.

Blues, jazz, and all around good time band from NYC the Rad Trads hit the stage at 9:00pm followed soon after by the Gypsy Pirate Gospel Klezmer Jazz Blues sound of Josh Windmiller and THE CRUX.

Be saved from the doldrums of post summer blues with this high energy show –

Oh boy Sonoma- you don’t know what is coming….but you better be here to see it!

Taking no prisoners, New York City’s favorite new horn-powered band has turned Jazz into Rock & Roll, and their triumphant fanfare reminds a quickly growing fan-base that soulfulness does come from anywhere.

Based in New York City, The Rad Trads have quickly gained a reputation as one of New York’s most entertaining live acts. They bring their love of the game to a diverse style of soulful American music, with influences ranging from early jazz to New Orleans brass band and funk, to the Chicago and Delta blues, to Rock & Roll. Featuring four powerful horns, a driving rhythm section, and three captivating lead vocalists, The Rad Trads consistently win over audiences with their relentless energy, charisma, and enthusiasm. One year after releasing their debut EP, “Self Help”, the band is releasing a single, “Rosalie”, with a b- Side “Since You Been Gone” on May 19th, in anticipation of their upcoming debut album featuring all original music. The band performs regularly in NYC at Brooklyn Bowl, Rough Trade, Baby’s All Right, Webster Hall, The Blue Note, BB King’s, and Radegast Hall when not touring across the USA and Europe. Members of The Rad Trads continue to perform with top groups such as Truth & Soul Record’s “Lee Fields & The Expressions,” “Lady,” EMEFE, Broadway giant Jason Robert Brown, and have performed or recorded with artists such as Deer Tick, Jonathan Batiste & Stay Human, Antibalas, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Ikebe Shakedown, Lenny Pickett, and Joe Lovano among many others.

THE RAD TRADS ARE:

Jared LaCasce – Trumpet/Vocals

Michael Fatum – Trumpet

Patrick Sargent – Tenor Saxophone

“Tall” Sam Crittenden – Trombone

Alden Harris McCoy – Guitar/Vocals

Johnny Fatum – Drums/Percussion/Vocals

Michael “Big Red” Harlen – Bass

Jamie Eblen – Drums/Percussion

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The Crux is an encyclopedic band of multi-instrumentalists, performing barn dance tunes, klezmer jams, pirate shanties, and bluesy dirges in a theatrical performance style. Our sound is an energetic brand of folk music enlivened with a taste of punk.