Deep Roots Magazine

Deep Roots Magazine

Roots Music and Meaningful Matters

 
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Where Senior and Hospice Dogs Find TLC

An interview with JENNIFER LANGSTON, founder of Golden Ears, is a specialized refuge for senior and hospice dogs, with a stated mission to provide the dogs with dignified end of life comfort and care.
by David McGee
 

 
 
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Remembering Raul Malo, Pt. 2

Interviews with RAUL MALO as his solo career unfolded, from 2001’s Today to 2010’s Sinners & Saints. Herewith the second part of the Deep Roots tribute to a generational artist, who passed away on December 8, 2025. 
by David McGee
 

 

 
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Remembering Raul Malo, Pt. 1

The cancer that took RAUL MALO on December 8 will never still one of the most majestic voices of our time. In Pt. 1 of our tribute to Raul, archival reviews capture him solo and with The Mavericks in the spirit of the season.
by David McGee
 

 
 
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The Deep Roots Yuletide Baedeker 2025

The annual DEEP ROOTS YULETIDE BAEDEKER is online, with links to new and vintage content published in Deep Roots over the years--a holiday bonanza of vintage music, animated evergreens, holiday-themed films, holiday fiction, ho...
by David McGee
 

 

 
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In Trim: Bruce Brown’s Endless Epic

Writing for Longboard magazine in 2005, PAUL HOLMES captured the entire epic saga of the making of BRUCE BROWN's THE ENDLESS SUMMER.
by David McGee
 

 
 
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Playing Chess at Christmas

Keep Christmas well--and for the duration--with 14 holiday gems from the Chess Records vaults, featuring CHUCK BERRY, MINNIE RIPERTON, SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON, THE RASEY LEWIS TRIO, KENNY BURRELL, THE MOONGLOWS and other roster st...
by David McGee
 

 

 
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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