Louisiana bilingual pop project Sweet Crude is a young 6-piece composed of New Orleans musicians creating a sound that sets English and Louisiana’s native French dialect to decidedly non-Cajun music. The band, boasting surnames like Marceaux, Arceneaux, and Chachere, seeks to reconnect with their lineage in the context of 5-part harmonies, tribal rhythms, and pop hooks.
With confirmed appearances at Bonnaroo, High Sierra Festival, and the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival this year the band’s North American Tour will bring them to the Entry on 4/20 supported by Motel Radia and The Counterfactuals. Tickets are still available HERE
“We’re making the quirky, energetic compositions that we’d otherwise come up with given our indie rock influences. We’ve got five people playing drums, we’ve got everybody singing, shouting, and dancing. We’re just singing a lot of the time in Louisiana French. We want to show that the language is still alive and kicking, and that it sounds great in any genre,” says primary lyricist Sam Craft.
Tour Dates:
Apr 18 Record bar Kansas City, MO
Apr 20 First Avenue & 7th St. Entry Minneapolis, MN
Apr 21 The Frequency Madison, WI
Apr 22 Shubas Tavern Chicago, IL
Apr 25 The Drake Hotel Toronto, Canada
Apr 26 Divan Orange Montreal, Canada
Apr 27 Great Scott Allston, MA
Apr 28 Mercury Lounge New York, NY
Apr 29 World Cafe Live Philadelphia, PA
Apr 30 DC9 Nightclub Washington, DC
May 02 Cat’s Cradle Raleigh, NC
May 03 The Earl Atlanta, GA
May 04 d.b.a. New Orleans, LA
May 05 Jazz Fest New Orleans, LA
May 06 The Civic Theatre New Orleans, LA
