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Sing We Now of Christmas

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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Spotlight Album

A Jolly Holly Tunes Holiday

Guitarist WAYNE WILKINSON leads his seasoned trio through a mellow, invigorating jazz excursion, often improvisational , exploring the outer limits of some choice Yuletide evergreens.
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Sing We Now of Christmas

Holiday Music Stocking Stuffers 2025

Our first group of Stocking Stuffers for 2025 includes new holiday singles by THE TWANGTOWN PARAMOURS, MICHAEL DINALLO, and--channelling Edgar Allan Poe, PREMIK RUSSELL TUBBS and MARGEE MINIWE-Tubbs, plus Yuletide SINATRA.
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Border Crossings

‘A Humble Offering to Keep the Flame Alive’

‘Music has the power to transcend boundaries, just as Gandhi’s message did…’ Multi-Grammy winner RICKY KEJ and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate KAILASH SATYARTHI honor GANDHI's 'Mantras of Compassion'
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Bob Marovich's Gospel Picks

BOB MAROVICH’S GOSPEL PICKS

SAMAJE, one of the finest young gospel artists to emerge in recent years, hits one out of the park on his '92 album. Also reviewed: a moving new single inspired by Ghandi's philosophy, abide with me, by RICKY KEJ.
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Classical Perspectives

Aethereal Beauties: Vox Clamantis Celebrates Arvo Pärt @90

Honoring composer Arvo Pärt's 90th birthday, VOX CLAMANTIS, conducted by JAAN-ELK TULVE, offers aetherial beauties from the Pärt oeuvre in And I heard a voice... Review by ROBERT HUGILL.
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Spotlight Album

Rising Above Time

BUDDY GUY has the blues album of the year, and his producer, TOM HAMBRIDGE, a one-man musical juggernaut, has another mighty fine solo long-player of his own. Both are reviewed herein.
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Spotlight Album

Clara Ward Abides

From Sweden's Gospel Friend label, a 27-track collection of rare and unreleased recordings dating from 1949 to 1971 featuring Clara Ward and the Ward Singers, including Marion Williams, in their peak years.
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