Deep Roots Magazine

Deep Roots Magazine

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Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast

The Latest from Komako Sakai

As I’ve made clear before here at 7-Imp, I’m a fan of the illustration work of Komako Sakai (who even visited for a brief interview last year). So, I was happy to see that she’s illustrated a new book, this one written by...
by David McGee
 
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Reviews

TRACES

On IMPRINT, her first solo release since 1998, TERRE ROCHE offers songs quirky, funny, warm and tender. In true Roches fashion, larger truths are revealed between the lines and in odd phrasings.
by David McGee
 
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Away Out There

Death by Black Hole in a Small Galaxy?

A bright, long duration flare may be the first recorded event of a black hole destroying a star in a dwarf galaxy. Two independent studies indicate 'death by a black hole.' NASA.gov. reports.
by David McGee
 
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Classical Perspectives

To The Birthday Bard, Ever Young at 450

Commemorating Shakespeare's 450th birthday, the ULSTER ORCHESTRA, under the direction of conductor JoAnn Falletta, offers two timeless Bard-related compositions by JOHN KNOWLES PAINE.
by David McGee
 
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Sing We Now of Christmas

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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Reviews

Right Where You Need To Be

On TURN TO JESUS, the newly minted DAVE ADKINS TRIO explains what it means to be known by God, to be held in God's gaze, to be 'right where you need to be.'
by David McGee
 
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Sing We Now of Christmas

The First Christmas Stamps

It may seem like Christmas stamps have been around pretty much forever in some form, but in fact the U.S. did not issue a Yuletide stamp until 1962. Canada, in 1889, beat everyone to the punch with its Queen Victoria-approved C...
by David McGee
 
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Bob Marovich's Gospel Picks

Bob Marovich’s Gospel Picks

A great crop of new gospel CDs to consider. Featuring THE FAIRFIELD FOUR, THE NEW CHRISTIANAIRES, THE SUPREME ANGELS, MISSISSIPPI MASS CHOIR, TAY CLEMONS and JOR'DAN ARMSTRONG.
by David McGee
 
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