"Deborah Crooks pours stiff shots of brains, soul, and guts into her compositions."
Deborah Crooks: Press
Light, Shade and Everything in Between - Turn It All Red by Deborah Crooks
"Turn It All Red is the title of the excellent new janglerock album from Bay Area songwriter Deborah Crooks. Backed by a tight three-piece band, singer/guitarist Crooks opens the album with the catchy, bouncy title track. It’s about pulling out all the stops: “pull out your purple heart and turn it all red,” she cajoles. And what a fine song stylist she is, sounding like Chrissie Hynde at her late 80s peak as a vocalist on the next track, the beautifully pensive Land’s End. In a highly nuanced, subtly soul-inflected delivery, she retraces the steps of someone who’s finally come into her own, finally ready to stop burning her bridges." — Lucid Culture, http://lucidculture.wordpress.com/
- Lucid Culture (Mar 24, 2008)
"Her lyrics are both honest and courageous. She has a black velvet style that reminds me of Alana Myles."
Monica Yonge
"thought-provoking arsenal of sensitive material."
"Crooks is moody like Stevie Nicks and Midnight Oil and somewhat melancholic all on her own... "Dream Me," is a great song of compassion. Listeners should be eager to hear the rest of 5 Acres." -- December 2004
- Woman Rock
" Crooks sings meaty lyrics. Her voice roughness is rich in its simplicity, especially against the delicately keyed "Dream Me." … [her] album is worth listening to for the storytelling and lyrics.”
Michelle M. Wallace - The Owl Mag
Interview/Review: Deborah Crooks' Prayer for the World
Podcast Interview:
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