Deep Roots Magazine

Deep Roots Magazine

Roots Music and Meaningful Matters

 
Recent Articles
 

 

Hard, Stomping and Merciless

Out of Seattle with a Chicago mindset and some southwestern sizzle, RJ Knapp & Honey Robin offer hard, stomping, merciless urban blues on Don't Blame the Dynamite..If You Can't Light the Fuse.
by David McGee
 

 
 
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Updike at Easter, 2026 Edition

Our 15th installment of Update at Easter, pondering the meaning and purpose of the literary giant's iconic poem about Christianity's signal event , with musical interludes by REGINA VANDERJEICK, ELVIS, MAHALIA, THE SENSATIONAL ...
by David McGee
 

 

 

Ruminating About Sandy

If you've ever lived through a catastrophe in which you lost everything (in my case, a house I lived in burned to the ground and I walked away with only my cat and the coat on my back-and the coat was stolen the next day!) you ...
by David McGee
 

 
 

Bringing a Giant’s Music Ministry to a New Generation

When Grammy winning gospel artist MYRON BUTLER decided to honor the songs of the towering ANDRAE' CROUCH, he wound up, in MY TRIBUTE, with one of the most moving albums of the year. Interview by BOB MAROVICH .
by David McGee
 

 

 

Jammin’ On the High Seas

Originally given away free as a collectible to patrons of the annual Rhythm & Blues Cruise , Robert Mugge’s hour-and-a-half documentary offers an in-depth look at the fabled after-hours jams sessions aboard ship, when...
by David McGee