Deep Roots Magazine

Deep Roots Magazine

Roots Music and Meaningful Matters

 
 

 
Tinsley Elllis Naked Truth

In Heavy Rotation: Really the Blues

A quintet of impressive new blues albums from seasoned vets.
by David McGee
 

 
 
lee boys live

‘A Smoking-Hot Sanctified-Meets-Steel Workout’

According to gospel editor BOB MAROVICH, the LEE BOYS' new album, LIVE ON THE EAST COAST, 'doesn't blur the line between sacred and secular--it erases it altogether.'
by David McGee
 

 

 
charlie rich going home

Home and Heart

An outstanding tribute to a great artist, FEEL LIKE GOING HOME; THE SONGS OF CHARLIE RICH finds a host of artists revealing the man whose songs they honor.
by David McGee
 

 
 
Zito Life is Hard Cover

The Knight of Faith

In his first recordings since his wife's death, MIKE ZITO shares some profound reflections, his own and others'.
by David McGee
 

 

 
paul simon seven cover

Here He Is

BILLY ALTMAN considers what PAUL SIMON has wrought on the seven interwoven tracks of SEVEN PSALMS.
by David McGee
 

 
 
Five Minutes for Earth Yolanda cover

Hope Is the Thing With Feathers

As birds go, so goes humanity. Three nominally classical albums poetically address the looming threats to the natural world.
by David McGee
 

 

 
Jack Jones ArtWork cover

‘ArtWork’: Work of Art

Attention must be paid: At age 86, JACK JONES offers a masterpiece in ARTWORK.
by David McGee
 

 
 
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