Join Brian Ball, Host of WomensRadio Music Review, in welcoming two extremely talented San Francisco Bay Area songwriters, Deborah Crooks and Jean Mazzei.

Deborah and Jean have been independently studying yoga for decades, and join WomensRadio in bringing together local, national and worldwide community members through music, inspiration and healing à la The Great Idea Tour 2010.

Discover the roots of The Great Idea Tour, where you can catch an exclusive performance, and how you can help make your very own “great idea” possible, along with a preview of Deborah’s speaking engagement at SXSW 2010 on March 19th, as part of a panel titled, The Power Pie: People, Passion, Purpose & Performance.  Also, Jean shares a bit about her new yoga teacher training (Sri Yoga Training Academy), and Deborah alludes to a new album being mixed + mastered throughout February.

Name Drops: Ariel Hyatt, Rynda Laurel, Jody Gnant, Samantha Crain, Ella Fitzgerald, Wilco, Calexico, Mario DeSio, Kwame Copeland, Shakira, The Pretenders

More about Deborah Crooks:

Crooks' lyric-driven and soul-wise music has drawn comparison to Lucinda Williams, Chrissie Hynde and Natalie Merchant. The San Francisco based artist has had her tunes included on compilation CDs (including the Rocker Grrl Magazine Discoveries CD) and appeared on many stages including at Sunset Junction, the Harmony Festival, and California Music Fest. She released a full-length CD Adding Water to the Ashes (2008) that continues to receive radio airplay and critical praise. She recently recorded a 5-song CD with Alex Walsh, dubbed the Crooks/Walsh Blues Project, slated to be released in September, 2009, the same month she'll tour the Northwest as part "Indie Abundance™ Music, Money & Mindfulness" a campaign she co-founded with two other Bay Area artists. Deborah's songwriting is backed by a firm commitment to faith practice and community: she's studied Ashtanga Yoga for more than a decade in both the US and India as well as Buddhism.

More about Jean Mazzei:

A diverse and dynamic performer, Jean Mazzei is equally entertaining whether fronting her rock band Flying Venus, playing a jazz gig, or performing her solo acoustic 'caffeinated folk rock.'  Captivating audiences with both her magnetic stage presence and commitment to the art and craft of songwriting, she has appeared on the Bay Area’s premier stages including The Little Fox Theater and The Boom Boom Room and released five full-length CD's.  Her song “Face of a Nation” won 4th placer in the Unisong International Song Contest (LUNCH category), while her latest CD release, 2008’s Breathing Under Water, produced by Grammy nominee Ronan Chris Murphy has aired on more than 70 radio stations nationwide.  When not playing music, Jean inspires others as a yoga teacher.  She is currently putting together a Yoga Teacher Training (Sri (SHREE) Yoga Training Academy) which will train yoga teachers to find their own voice as teachers, as well as deepening their yoga practice. She will also be leading a Sri (shree) Yoga Retreat in Baja April 2-7 2010, called Finding Balance: Yoga, Ayurveda, and Mantra.

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