Deep Roots Magazine

Deep Roots Magazine

Roots Music and Meaningful Matters

 
 

 

Bobby Sharp, Heart Unchained

Remembering BOBBY SHARP, who passed away on January 28. Sharp wrote Ray Charles's #1 R&B/#9 pop hit of 1962, the classic 'Unchain My Heart.'
by David McGee
 

 
 

Of the Human Heart in Full

THE TWANGTOWN PARAMOURS return with a 'contemporary folk album' that explores the heart in full.
by David McGee
 

 

 

‘I’m a Servant at Heart’: Anthony Brown’s Gospel Music Journey

ANTHONY BROWN & GROUP THERAPY have released their debut CD and the gospel world is taking note. Bob Marovich interviews Brown in a Deep Roots exclusive.
by David McGee
 

 
 

Video Moment of the Week

TRAVIS TRITT and his impressive 15-year-old daughter TYLER REESE are terrific on a remake of the 1992 rock smash 'Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough'
by David McGee
 

 

 

Healing and Connecting to Something Beyond

Honoring lost friends and their own connectedness, FAITH i BRANKO return with Serbian-Romani flair on DUHAVI.
by David McGee
 

 
 

‘A Man of Exceptional Character’

Oklahoma football great STEVE DAVIS died in a plane crash in Indiana on March 18. As the quarterback of the OU Sooners from '73--'75, Davis won two national championships, three Big 8 titles and 32 of 34 games.
by David McGee
 

 

 

Bob Marovich’s Gospel Picks

Reviews of two new albums from a pair of promising young gospel artists: AIDIA's HOLD IT ALL TOGTHER, and JARRED ALLSTAR's THE GIFT AND THE CALLING 3.
by David McGee
 

 
 

And A Proud Mama She Would Be

AUTUMN IN AUGUSTA, the blues-jazz-folk combo led by the wondrous LUCY SMITH, has a winner in SONGS MY MAMA WOULD LIKE. It's Ms. Smith's tribute to the music her mother loved. Mama, Ms. Smith writes, 'had awesome taste.' We agree.
by David McGee