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Saturday, August 4, I’m playing both sides of the bay, morning and evening. Pick your pleasure:
Saturday, August 4th, 2012
Tootsweet Garden Westbrae Garden Concert Series – 10am
1277 Gilman Street Albany California 94706 Every Saturday, from spring until fall, local musicians perform from 10 AM until 1 PM in the outdoor garden adjoining Berkeley Bagel and Toot Sweets in Berkeley. Each concert features 3 sets by 3 different artists. This week, I go on first at 10am. Grab some coffee and a bagel and sit back.
Saturday, August 4th, 2012
I’m playing twice during MAPP: The Mission Arts & Performance Project
First at El Jardin Secreto’s Songwriter Showcase – 5pm-6:30pm
Harrison Street between 23rd and 24th ( look for the sign on the sidewalk :)
San Francisco California 94110
The Mission is at its creative best during Mission Arts & Performance Project weekends. There’s literally art and music seeping out of every nook and cranny, and in this case, garden. Curator Cristina Ibarra has fashioned a whole evening of art, music and food, and I’m part of the songwriter line-up that’s leading off the evening. From 5:00-6:30 – a bevy of Bay Area songwriters with be performing mini-sets. Featuring myself, as well as Jay Trainer, Tom Rhodes, Robin Applewood, and Katiana. While you’re listening, enjoy homemade tapas by Lovage Cooking and a visual exhibition by Hannah Quevedo. While the party continues in El Jardin, I’m moving on to play a set at Secret Studios, 2707 Folsom Street @ 23rd @ 7pm. Ole!
Check out all the events at MAPP: http://www.sfmapp.com/
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.
