Deep Roots Magazine

Deep Roots Magazine

Roots Music and Meaningful Matters

 
Recent Articles
Recent
Most Commented
Random
 

 
Talking Animals
tigers featured

After the Roar, Top Expert Assesses ‘Tiger King’

Sensation though it was, Netflix's TIGER KING was far less than all that. DUNCAN STRAUSS checks in with a tiger expert to discover what's all wrong about JOE EXOTIC and his claim to fame.
by David McGee
 
Full Story »

 
 
Border Crossings
juaneco combo 1968 880x385 13906930581

Juaneco y su Combo and The Birth of Jungle Cumbia

Out of the Peruvian jungle in the late '60s came JUANECO y su COMBO with a new sound known as Jungle Cumbia. Two new releases highlight the band's incredible music and tragic-laden history. This is an event.
by David McGee
 
Full Story »

 

 
Spotlight Album
jennie wade2

Voices From Beyond the Glow in the Sunset Skies

An all-star cast of roots songwriters, musicians and vocalists join forces on GOD DIDN'T CHOOSE SIDES: Civil War True Stories about Real People, Volume 1. Ye shall be moved.
by David McGee
 
Full Story »

 
 
Classical Perspectives
whaley nights not spent

Beauty, Ease and Contemplation in Equal Measure

Beautiful and moving, this recording of song cycles by JONATHAN DOVE, rendered with sensitivity and passion by MARY WHATELY, draws on poems by the likes of EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY.
by David McGee
 
Full Story »

 

 
Border Crossings
jason seed stringtet spotlight 880x385 1377705037

Down and Dirty Strings

On his Stringtet's new album, In the Gallery, composer/guitarist JASON SEED, unites classical players, jazz freedom and imaginary folk music. Jason explains it all in our interview.
by David McGee
 
Full Story »

 

 
 

Subscribe


The Bluegrass Special
Before Deep Roots existed, it was TheBluegrassSpecial.com, from April 2008 through July 2012.

panthera

Save The Manatee

Matthew Shepard Foundation