Deep Roots Magazine

Deep Roots Magazine

Roots Music and Meaningful Matters

 
 

 
Richard Boothby Music to Hear featured

The Lost Instruments of Antiquity

ROBERT HUGILL reviews RICHARD BOOTHBY's Alfonso Ferrabosco: Music for the Lyra Viol and JULIAN PERKINS's Handel's Attick: Music for Solo Clavichord
by David McGee
 

 
 
Randall Goosby featured

The Right Touch

FLORENCE PRICE and MAX BRUCH violin concertos memorably interpreted by RANDALL GOOSBY, YANNICK NEZET-SEGUIN and the PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA
by David McGee
 

 

 
Lovesick Randall Scotting cover

Of Heartbreak and Loss, 17th Century-Style

Countertenor RANDALL SCOTTING and lutenist STEPHEN STUBBS expressively offer songs of heartbreak and loss from yore.
by David McGee
 

 
 
Rpohaela Gromes Femmes cover

Voices Out of the Shadows

Continuing to champion the work of women composers, RAPHAELA GROMES delivers a double-CD triumph in FEMMES.
by David McGee
 

 

 
Ruth McGinley Aura cover

Inhabiting a World Between

On AURA, RUTH McGINLEY and NEIL MARTIN take ten traditional Irish tunes into new and hauntingly evocative territories.
by David McGee
 

 
 
Byzantine King Cappella Romana featured

Wherein Byzantine Chant Meets Sarum Liturgy

CAPPELLA ROMANA uses its 30th album to honor a little-known occasion when the Byzantine Emperor celebrated Christmas at the English court in Eltham, circa 1400 A.D.
by David McGee
 

 

 
Marian Consort Lusitanio cover

Lusitano: The First Known Black Composer, Acknowledged With Luminous Clarity

THE MARIAN CONSORT resurrects the Motets of VICENTE LUSITANO, the first known Black composer and a highly regarded 16th Century music theorist.
by David McGee
 

 
 
precious things choral music by bernard hughes cd delphian records 240751

When Tonality Means a Journey

Bernard Hughes music is both satisfying and challenging to sing, as well as being rewarding for both singer and audience. PRECIOUS THINGS, by the EPIPHONI CONSORT, is a case in point.
by David McGee
 

 

 
Noah Max Songs of Loneliness Hugill

Where Grief and Anger Share Space

This new disc from Toccata Classics features chamber music by the young composer Noah Max and exudes, as one critic notes, 'a sense of loss pervading almost everything here.' Yet, it's not a downer.
by David McGee