Deep Roots Magazine

Deep Roots Magazine

Roots Music and Meaningful Matters

 
 

 
Bob Marovich's Gospel Picks
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Bob Marovich’s Gospel Picks — August 2013

Gospel CD reviews: ROBERT RANDOLPH AND THE FAMILY BAND, LISA PAGE BROOKS, WIN THOMPKINS & THE STOMPERS, SERVANTS OF PRAISE, TY TIBBETT, THE WARDLAW BROTHERS and KERSTEN STEVENS
by David McGee
 
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Talking Animals
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Inside the Beagle Freedom Project

At some 380 U.S. research institutions and labs, 70,000 dogs are being experimented on--and 96 percent of those dogs are beagles. DUNCAN STRAUSS has the story.
by David McGee
 
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Sky Above, Earth Below
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Sustainable Agriculture News

CHIPOTLE expands market for naturally raised meats; new insights into honeybee colony collapse; managing water in California; high-res global cropland maps
by David McGee
 
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Spotlight Album
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Godfather II, Eric Brace & Peter Cooper & Me

ERIC BRACE & PETER COOPER have come up with a rootsy gem on their third duo effort, THE COMEBACK ALBUM. Stellar in all respects, it's one of 2013's finest long players.
by David McGee
 
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Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
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Bully: A Visit with Laura Vaccaro Seeger

Pictured above is an early image from Caldecott Honor medalist Laura Vaccaro Seeger’s Bully, released in July from Neal Porter/Roaring Brook. A little birdie (named Neal Porter, in fact) told me months ago that Laura created ...
by David McGee
 
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Features / News
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He Wrote ‘Two Steps from the Blues’

TEXAS JOHNNY BROWN, who died in Houston on July 1, will always be remembered for writing Bobby Blue Bland's classic "Two Steps from the Blues." But there was more...
by David McGee
 
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Nature's Temple
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Natural Comfort

When she got lost in ALLEGANY STATE PARK as a child, KIMBERLY DANIELS found unexpected comfort in the natural world.
by David McGee
 
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Christine Santelli's Video Of The Month
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‘Dragonfly’

From her 100 Videos in 100 Days project, Christine Santelli performs the title track from her latest album, Dragonfly, a Deep Roots Album of the Year in 2012. For those in or visiting New York City, the PATH Café at 131 Chri...
by David McGee
 
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