Deep Roots Magazine

Deep Roots Magazine

Roots Music and Meaningful Matters

 
 

 
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Deep Roots Albums of the Year, 2025

REGINA VANDERJEIK's gospel masterpiece leads the way. Joining her at the top: BUDDY GUY, DANNY GATTON, THE TWANGTOWN PARAMOUS, DUDLEY TAFT, SIERRA HULL, CHRISTOPHER TIN, LANCE COWAN, ABBA via RAMEAU, and PARCHMAN PRISON inmates.
by David McGee
 

 
 

With a Swagger and A Wink

CHRIS LEIGH wouldn’t be the first hard-core country artist to attribute a burst of inspiration to a wrecked marriage but he may be the latest. His impressive, bare-knuckled debut, Broken Hearted Friends, tells the tale.
by David McGee
 

 

 

Dem Bones, Dem Bones, Dem Beautiful Bones

On her sixth album, Kansas City-born and –bred soul/blues chanteuse and pianist Kelley Hunt puts it all together—the writing, the singing, the playing—and says what’s in her heart and on her mind in compelling fashion.
by David McGee
 

 
 

It Takes Two…

Two great Christmas albums emerged in 1964, and one of the artists in question did it again in '69.
by David McGee
 

 

 

Reality Check

An ad from Malaysian Airlines that needs to be retired, if it isn't already...
by David McGee
 

 
 

ECSTASY (1933)

ECSTASY, the film that made teen Hedy Kiesler notorious before she was HEDY LAMARR and inventing cell phone technology, plus an essential 1933 cartoon, MICKEY'S GALA PREMIER
by David McGee
 

 

 

‘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'
by David McGee
 

 
 

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.
by David McGee