DEEP ROOTS ALBUMS OF THE YEAR, 2020

Akiko Miyakoshi: Pure Magic

In this installment, JULES waxes properly rhapsodic about author-illustrator AKIKO MIYAKOSHI's new book, THE TEA PARTY IN THE WOODS: 'The visuals are pure magic.'

by David McGee

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No longer incommunicado, BILL POWERS and SHELLEY GRAY are back with some friends as HONEY DON'T. The group's second album, HEART LIKE A WHEEL, is a solid advance over the group's 2009 self-titled debut.

by David McGee

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Los Grobo — A Farming Model of the Future?

The second largest grain producer in Latin America generates revenue of about $550 million USD per year, produces or handles more than 2.6 million tons of grain per year, farms more than 617,000 acres every year, employs 900 st...

by David McGee

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Strictly Coolsville

A trio of brilliant holiday albums bearing title variations of WONDERLAND rank with the essential anthologies of seasonal fare. Released in 2003, the recordings range from rare to familiar, the artists from obscure to beloved. ...

by David McGee

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Daryl Mosley A Life Well Lived Album Cover

Turn the Volume Down on Living

Like a bluegrass and folk version of Our Town, DARYL MOSLEY's A LIFE WELL LIVED limns the hopes and dreams of a small town populace of his own making.

by David McGee

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