Deep Roots Magazine

Deep Roots Magazine

Roots Music and Meaningful Matters

 
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Unraveling the ‘Redskins’ Lie: Americans Don’t Know Native History

KEVIN GOVER, director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, on the role of museums in correcting Americans' misperceptions about Native Americans; Honor the Earth protests the Sandpiper Pipeline; review o...
by David McGee
 

 
 
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What’s A Dog For?: John Homan’s Ambitious Journey Through The Canine World

In the new Talking Animals installment, Duncan Strauss chats with JOHN HOMANS, executive editor of New York Magazine and author of the fascinating 'What's a Dog For? The Surprising History, Science, Philosophy and Politics of M...
by David McGee
 

 

 
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Inside the Farm Sanctuary Movement

For nearly 40 years, GENE BAUR's FARM SANCTUARY has been pushing back against the abuses of factory farming. The fight goes on, as Baur explains to DUNCAN STRAUSS.
by David McGee
 

 
 
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In Heavy Rotation: Blues for the Soul

Blues to soothe troubled souls in a troubled time from JIMMY VIVINO, KID RAMOS and OLLEE OWENS.
by David McGee
 

 

 
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The City in Rags

Ragtime is alive and well and ever more vibrant when pianist-composer DAVID CHESKY brings some new, contemporary twists to the style in his love letter to New York City, THE NEW YORK RAGS. Scott Joplin is up there smiling, and ...
by David McGee