Deep Roots Magazine

Deep Roots Magazine

Roots Music and Meaningful Matters

 
Recent Articles
 

 

Silenced: Magic Slim’s ‘Raw, Unadultered Chicago Blues’

Remembering MAGIC SAM, keeper of the flame of 'raw, unadulterated Chicago blues,' who passed away on February 21.
by David McGee
 

 
 

On the Spiritual Cost of Leaving

Produced by LORRAINE JORDAN, North Carolina's THE GENTLEMEN OF BLUEGRASS make a thorough examination of the physical and metaphysical cost of leaving on their debut album.
by David McGee
 

 

 

The Power of a Song

GHANDI's inspiring Salt March of 1930 provides the inspiration for a powerful new album by CHANDRIKA KRISHNAMURTHY TANDON, who reimagines the 241-mile trek, which led to India's independence, for a new generation. Interview and...
by David McGee
 

 
 

Bob Marovich’s Gospel Picks

A terrific trio of new gospel albums featuring BRENT JONES; ARMSTEAD FORD & CALVIN IVY; and EMMANEUL DICKSON
by David McGee
 

 

 

Mighty Fine (The Best Albums of 2015)

Melody Gardot (Currency of Man), Anonymous 4 (1865), Benedictines of Mary (Easter at Ephesus), Jerry Lawson (Just a Mortal Man), Keith Richards (Crosseyed Heart) and Jeremiah Lockwood (Lockwood).
by David McGee