Deep Roots Magazine

Deep Roots Magazine

Roots Music and Meaningful Matters

 
 

 
Interviews
Raul Malo featured2

Remembering Raul Malo, Pt. 2

Interviews with RAUL MALO as his solo career unfolded, from 2001’s Today to 2010’s Sinners & Saints. Herewith the second part of the Deep Roots tribute to a generational artist, who passed away on December 8, 2025. 
by David McGee
 
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Spotlight Album
Raul Malo featured

Remembering Raul Malo, Pt. 1

The cancer that took RAUL MALO on December 8 will never still one of the most majestic voices of our time. In Pt. 1 of our tribute to Raul, archival reviews capture him solo and with The Mavericks in the spirit of the season.
by David McGee
 
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Sing We Now of Christmas
Louis Frank Christmas banner

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
Holly Tunes cover

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.
by David McGee
 
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Sing We Now of Christmas
Mark OConnor Christmas Duo cover

Holiday Music Stocking Stuffers 2025

A bounty of Stocking Stuffers 2025 including MARK and MAGGIE O'CONNOR, THE TWANGTOWN PARAMOURS, THE SPRINGFIELDS, DARYL MOSELY, ALEX MILLER, a Yule-inspired take on Poe's "The Bells," STELLA COLE, and FRANK SINATRA, among others.
by David McGee
 
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Border Crossings
Ricky Gandhi featured

‘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
 
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Bob Marovich's Gospel Picks
SAMAJE featured

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.
by David McGee
 
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Classical Perspectives
Vox Clamantis Siim Vahur featured

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.
by David McGee
 
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