Deep Roots Magazine

Deep Roots Magazine

Roots Music and Meaningful Matters

 
 

 
Spotlight Album
Danny Gatton featured

‘There is no ‘best’ of anything’: Yes, there Is…

DANNY GATTON, hailed by his fellow virtuosos as mastering the guitar in ways beyond those of mere mortals, lives again on a new live album capturing him and his Funhouse band in a brunch concert in 1987 at a Virginia Holiday Inn.
by David McGee
 
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Spotlight Album
ChristopherTin featured

A ‘Joyful Rebellion’ for Our Times

India's Nobel Prize winning poet Rabindranath Tagore provies the inspiration for composer CHRISTOPHER TIN's 'Joyful rebellion' in addressing the temper of our times in his new work, SONG OFFERINGS and TRANSFIGURATIONS with the...
by David McGee
 
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Classical Perspectives
Israel Golani album cover

The Other Brother

An appraisal of 17th century lute music written by MICHELANGELO GALILEI, brother of GALILEO, the groundbreaking astronomer-physicist, as performed by ISRAEL GOLANI on a new EP.
by David McGee
 
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Spotlight Album
Maria Muldaur featured

Channeling Victoria, Remembering Johnnie

MARIA MULDAUR honors VICTORIA SPIVEY in another tribute to pioneering female blues singers, and we honor JOHNNIE JOHNSON's artistry in previously unreleased sessions featuring BONNIE RAITT and JOHNNY RIVERS, among others.
by David McGee
 
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Sing We Now of Christmas
Chess Christmas featured2

Playing Chess at Christmas

Keep Christmas well--and for the duration--with 14 holiday gems from the Chess Records vaults, featuring CHUCK BERRY, MINNIE RIPERTON, SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON, THE RASEY LEWIS TRIO, KENNY BURRELL, THE MOONGLOWS and other roster st...
by David McGee
 
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Bob Marovich's Gospel Picks

Bob Marovich’s Gospel Picks

A terrific trio of new gospel albums featuring BRENT JONES; ARMSTEAD FORD & CALVIN IVY; and EMMANEUL DICKSON
by David McGee
 
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Talking Animals

Where Senior and Hospice Dogs Find TLC

An interview with JENNIFER LANGSTON, founder of Golden Ears, is a specialized refuge for senior and hospice dogs, with a stated mission to provide the dogs with dignified end of life comfort and care.
by David McGee
 
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Interviews

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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