I came home from a fun run through Los Angeles (thank you, Cinema Bar & Java w/Javelyn) & San Diego to preview a song at Chez Mana’s inaugural art & music soiree at The Fremont Hills Country Club. The event was a great success, featuring music by Larry Vuckovich, Mike Hallesey, Akira Tana, Sana Craig and Kay Kostopoulos.
Kay also recited poetry about jazz, while Larry shared stories from his personal experiences with jazz greats. Dinner, the paintings of Nilou Farzeneh and sculpture by Fabienne Bismuth rounded out a pretty lovely show. I’m looking forward to playing at Chez Mana’s Art in Context November 7.
In the meantime, I’m pulling together a variety of recordings I’ve started in the year and recorded a brand new song with my band “Off Sides” for a new EP I just might have ready by then. Projects are us!
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.
