Based out of New Orleans, Louisiana, The Crooked Vines is a funk-pop collective that brings exciting "funk-fueled jams" to the stage. "Their heavy-hitting energy sustains and tastefully dips into spacey pleasure" throughout their shows bringing a new sound to life. Mikayla Braun's "sensitive yet compelling voice" leads the ensemble, backed by Taylor Mrowski on bass and Woody Hill on drums. This duo holds down the "gritty" rhythm section grooves where Steven Schwartz perfectly places his sweetly distorted keyboards, creating the perfect pocket for the hard-hitting horn lines provided by Lori LaPatka on saxophone and James Keene on trombone. The group released their first studio effort on October 10th, 2015, self-titled The Crooked Vines, and their second album "Alive" on November 10th, 2017. Both are available on Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music, Amazon, BandCamp, and most other major platforms. You can currently find the group playing around the New Orleans music scene at venues such as...
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Based out of New Orleans, Louisiana, The Crooked Vines is a funk-pop collective that brings exciting "funk-fueled jams" to the stage. "Their heavy-hitting energy sustains and tastefully dips into spacey pleasure" throughout their shows bringing a new sound to life. Mikayla Braun's "sensitive yet compelling voice" leads the ensemble, backed by Taylor Mrowski on bass and Woody Hill on drums. This duo holds down the "gritty" rhythm section grooves where Steven Schwartz perfectly places his sweetly distorted keyboards, creating the perfect pocket for the hard-hitting horn lines provided by Lori LaPatka on saxophone and James Keene on trombone. The group released their first studio effort on October 10th, 2015, self-titled The Crooked Vines, and their second album "Alive" on November 10th, 2017. Both are available on Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music, Amazon, BandCamp, and most other major platforms. You can currently find the group playing around the New Orleans music scene at venues such as Tipitina's,The Howlin' Wolf, The Maison, Gasa Gasa, Hi-Ho Lounge and many others. They have opened for The Grammy Award winning Rebirth Brass Band, George Porter Jr., Cyril Neville, John "Papa" Gros of Papa Grows Funk, Brass-A-Holics, Marbin, and more.
