Deborah Crooks

I'm just returned from three weeks of camping, glamping, gigging, cabining, friends & family-ing, birding, hot springs-dipping, dinosaur-visiting adventures across the Western states. It was good for my mind and body to get out of town, see some new sights and generally reset for what's next. This month features playing a lot of relaxed, outdoor gigs with Bay Station and planning for some special shows and another Love the Bay tour this fall. I'd love to see you out there!

Live music this month 

August 6…

I'm looking forward to playing this songwriter showcase — the Music My Mother Would Not Like 2nd Anniversary Show — on June 28 with the amazing and excellent Michael McNevin and Tom Prasada-Rao! Register now to save your Zoom-room seat.

A showcase concert celebrating two years of presenting Music My Mother Would Not Like shows on Zoom with National touring artists. 
Our guest performers will be: 
Deborah Crooks 
Michael McNevin and Tom Prasada-Rao 

REGISTER HERE

There may be a surprise or two as well. 
We are…

With shows around the SF Bay and on the coast most every weekend in May, it's gearing up to be a busy month.  I'm so down to play a bunch of new and vintage songs at these mostly outdoor events and venues, starting tomorrow, Sunday, May 1 with Bay Station, when we play outside at Alameda's new Waterfront Park on The Point. Join me! 
 

Sunday, May 1, 2022 1-3pm

I was a guest on a recent episode of DJ Webble's Hangover Sessions podcast/radio show. Take a listen here:

At the very beginning of March 2020 I was immersed in a songwriting residency at Chalk Hill, slated to perform some of what I'd worked on there at their Spring Open Studio. Well, that got shuttled as the pandemic shutdowns began. I went home and started a residency of another kind altogether, and porch concerts and other pandemic-related projects got underway. Blink, and here I am, two years later, happy to say that belated Spring Open Studio is happening Saturday, April 2, 1-4pm at Warnecke Ranch and…

Very much looking forward to returning to play the Golden Gate Bandshell on March 16 as part of the music series that Illuminate Arts SF Recreation and Parks and SF Parks Alliance are presenting at the iconic stage. Full band show with an opening set by Aireene Espiritu. Free/All Ages | 4pm-7pm. Mark your calendar and join us in this special place!

Happy Valentine’s Day “My New Sweet” redux for you. Put on your red dress, eat some chocolate and love who you love!  In other news, I’m starting to add some live music dates to the calendar, including a March 16 return to the Golden Gate Bandshell with my band. Save the date! Woo-hoo! 

I haven't embraced live streaming as much as may have been advisable for an indie artist making music amid a pandemic; nonetheless, I've participated in a bunch of the monthly Quaranpalooza livestream music fests since John Rybak started them in 2020. Equal parts virtual music fest, song-relay and musician 'open-studio', each Quaranpalooza represents a wide swath of the musical stew out there bubbling away while we all weather the variables and variants of living amid Covid. I'm going to put into the…