Mama Juke

Mama Juke is a gumbo of New Orleans influenced blues, blue-eyed soul, funk, and folk. Actor/singer Elijah Bridges brings elements of bluegrass and rag with his soulful harmonica, acoustic guitar, and voice. Amos Rose is a world traveling multi-instrumentalist who also sings and plays lead Telecaster guitar, and was recently featured by Jazz at Lincoln Center. Brendan O’Grady is an in-demand session musician and fixture on the greater New York scene since his roots growing up in Yonkers. Drummer Jon Wert is a sought-after musician, collaborating with a wide variety of artists in the jazz, rock, pop production shows and songwriter worlds.

The band has original music as well as a crowd-pleasing repertoire of cover songs, some well known, others more obscure gems. They've held a weekly residency at East Village Social, a St. Marks music hub in the heart of the East Village, since September 2015. The Village Voice once described their performance as "a party volcano!" They are known for bringing an energetic, uplifting show that engages any audience. The combination of wide genre variety, excellent vocal harmonies, dazzling instrumentalism and years of experience playing together is what always gets a crowd on their feet at a Mama Juke show!