Deep Roots Magazine

Deep Roots Magazine

Roots Music and Meaningful Matters

 
Recent Articles
 

 

An On-Time Messenger for the Lord

It takes no special insight to point out the kinship of blues and gospel but 81-year-old LEO 'BUD' WELCH's debut album, Sabougla Voices, presses that truth home with a ferocity and unwavering conviction remarkable even for thes...
by David McGee
 

 
 

History, Addiction and Community

A Q&A with Pulitzer Prize-nominated author TOMMY ORANGE about his new novel, WANDERING STARS.
by David McGee
 

 

 

A Yuletide Evergreen Grows Here

LISA BIALES's first holiday album may become essential to keeping Christmas well in our time ahead. Hearing is believing.
by David McGee
 

 
 

‘A Perfect Blue-White Diamond, And Just As Rare’

Remembering the silver screen's, and one of the 20th Century's, greatest vocalists, DEANNA DURBIN, 1921-2013, plus a guide to her essential recordings on CD.
by David McGee
 

 

 

Bob Marovich’s Gospel Picks

An awesome lineup of new gospel reviews from BOB MAROVICH, ranging from retrospectives of giants THE PILGRIM TRAVELERS and MARION ANDERSON to impressive newcomers such as Australia's GURRUMUL.
by David McGee