Lilith Fair, the pioneering women-led music festival that Sara Mclachlan founded in the 1990s, is back! And they’re giving locals a chance to take a turn on the Lilith Stage at each stop. Of course I’d love to play and I can’t do it without your vote. I appreciate if you my chances by voting at Ourstage between now and May 21. Here’s how:
1. Sign up at http://Ourstage.com with a Fan account
2. Go to http://www.ourstage.com/profile/deborahcrooks/and CLICK THE “FAN” TAB
3. Click the Green Tab that says “MAKE THIS MY FAVORITE ARTIST”
4. Click the “JUDGE” TAB on Top
5. On the right select “LILITH FAIR CONTEST”
6. Choose “LILITH FAIR : San Francisco/Los Angeles/San Diego
7. Listen to at least 15 seconds of each song. Choose your favorite. Continue until you reach “FALLING – DEBORAH CROOKS” Choose it as your favorite “BY FAR” and put it at the TOP of the list.
Deborah Crooks (www.DeborahCrooks.com) is a writer, performing songwriter and recording artist based in San Francisco whose lyric driven and soul-wise music has drawn comparison to Lucinda Williams, Chrissie Hynde and Natalie Merchant.
Singing about faith, love and loss, her lyrics are honed by a lifetime of writing and world travel while her music draws on folk, rock, Americana and the blues. She released her first EP “5 Acres” in 2003 produced by Roberta Donnay, which caught the attention of Rocker Girl Magazine, selecting it for the RockerGirl Discoveries Cd. In 2007, she teamed up with local producer Ben Bernstein to complete “Turn It All Red” Ep, followed by 2008’s “Adding Water to the Ashes” CD, and a second full-length CD “2010. She’s currently working on a third CD to be released in 2013.
Deborah’s many performance credits include an appearance at the 2006 Millennium Music Conference, the RockerGirl Magazine Music Convention, IndieGrrl, at several of the Annual Invasion of the GoGirls at SXSW in Austin, TX, the Harmony Festival and 2009’s California Music Fest, MacWorld 2010, Far West Fest and many other venues and events. She toured the Northwest as part “Indie Abundance Music, Money & Mindfulness” (2009) with two other Bay Area artists, and followed up with “The Great Idea Tour of the Southwest in March 2010 with Jean Mazzei.