Deep Roots Magazine

Deep Roots Magazine

Roots Music and Meaningful Matters

 
Recent Articles
 

 
Johnny Rawls Make Them Dance cover

In Heavy Rotation: Blues ‘n’ Soul

Blues and soul for what ails you, and the times, from JOHNNY RAWLS, DUDLEY TRAFT and BOB CORRITORE & FRIENDS. Be well!
by David McGee
 

 
 
Tom Rush Gardens Old Flowers

The Deep Roots Elite Half-Hundred, 2024 Edition

The Best of the Rest: Fifty albums that made life worth living in 2024. Blues, bluegrass, Classical, jazz, classic pop, gospel in the house.
by David McGee
 

 

 
Mike Zito Life Is Hard

Deep Roots Albums of the Year, 2024 Edition

MIKE ZITO's 'Life is Hard' tops the 2024 Deep Roots Albums of the Year selections
by David McGee
 

 
 
brucebrown featured

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
 

 

 
mindy smith snowed featured 260x152 1392735121

EPs of the Year 2013

Our first-ever citations of the Best EPs we received in 2013--an Elite Four, you might say.
by David McGee
 

 
 
Ragged Heart

Glorious Simplicity

Hailing from Portland, Oregon, SILVER LAKE 66 offers an interesting take on folk-country in its new album, RAGGED HEART. Attention must be paid, says our JOSEPH MCSPADDEN.
by David McGee
 

 

 
442s cover 260x152 1409065744

Out of Nowhere, Making a Joyful, and Most Memorable, Noise

Out of St. Louis and in the spirit of The Goat Rodeo Sessions, The Punch Brothers and Mark O'Connor, The 442s have made a joyful, and most memorable, noise on their debut album.
by David McGee
 

 
 
antique persuasion cover 260x152 1440427383

The Eternal Ache in Full, Glorious Flower

The timelessness of CARTER FAMILY songs is underscored in DON'T FORGET ME LITTLE DARLING, an homage by ANTIQUE PERSUASION, a trio of roots veterans that has made one of 2015's finest albums.
by David McGee
 

 

 
allegany park featured

Natural Comfort

When she got lost in ALLEGANY STATE PARK as a child, KIMBERLY DANIELS found unexpected comfort in the natural world.
by David McGee