Deep Roots Magazine

Deep Roots Magazine

Roots Music and Meaningful Matters

 
 

 
Sing We Now of Christmas

A League of Their Own

Hailed as 'so very inventive and so very weird,' THE VENTURES' CHRISTMAS ALBUM is a true holiday treasure.
by David McGee
 
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Bob Marovich's Gospel Picks

Bob Marovich’s Gospel Picks – March 2013

BOB MAROVICH'S GOSPEL PICKS include new CDs, by the LEE BOYS, SHERI JONES-MOFFETT, HALF MILE HOME, MOSES TYSON JR. and SPEAK LIFE
by David McGee
 
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Classical Perspectives

Being About a Compelling ‘Narrative’

Sixteen tracks—some with multiple parts—showcasing the works of a group of female artists born between 1814 and 1970.
by David McGee
 
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Classical Perspectives

The Luxurious Perfection of Chanticleer: 35 Years of ‘Clear Singing’

The early music vocal ensemble CHANTICLEER is marking its 35th anniversary with a new album, The Siren's Call. Herewith a retrospective salute and a listener's guide to Chanticleer musts.
by David McGee
 
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Departments

Always Sweethearts In Song

As The Canadian Sweethearts, Bob Regan and Lucille Starr never had big hits during their prime years of 1963-1967, but they made wonderful records in a folk-country vein, with some straight-ahead honky tonkers spicing up their ...
by David McGee
 
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Talking Animals

Sniffing Out Revelations About the Canine Sense of Smell

After reading ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ’s 'Being a Dog: Following the Dog Into a World of Smell,' it turns out that many of us may have severely underestimated just how much that nose knows. DUNCAN STRAUSS investigates.
by David McGee
 
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Classical Perspectives

The Lost Instruments of Antiquity

ROBERT HUGILL reviews RICHARD BOOTHBY's Alfonso Ferrabosco: Music for the Lyra Viol and JULIAN PERKINS's Handel's Attick: Music for Solo Clavichord
by David McGee
 
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Features / News

Serena Matthews Does ‘Moon River’

Deep Roots fave SERENA MATTHEWS kicked off the new year by sending us her distinctive take on Johnny Mercer's classic 'Moon River,' a beautiful version that brooks favorable comparison to Audrey Hepburn's original. You heard i...
by David McGee
 
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