The Deep Roots Elite Half-Hundred, 2023
The best of the roots music rest for the year recently completed...
Quoth the Bard…
AL BASILE, one of contemporary music's most literate artists, reaches new heights of eloquence and musicality on B'S EXPRESSION, with production, for the 12th time, by DUKE ROBILLARD.
The Elite Half Hundred of 2015, Part 2
Part 2 of the Elite Half Hundred selections for 2015. 'Fifty Albums That Made Life Worth Living in 2015.'
The Philosopher Ascendant
AL BASILE brings his voice, his cornet and his songwriting skills to bear most impressively on a new album that speaks to respect for those who came before even as it addresses contemporary issues.
The Elite Half Hundred of 2016, Part 2
Albums 26 through 50 in Part 2 of the Elite Half Hundred of 2016
The Deep Roots Elite Half-Hundred of 2018, Pt. 1
Part 1 of the Deep Roots Elie-Half Hundred of 2018 features ROGER MCGUINN, MELODY GARDOT, RORY BLOCK, RODNEY CROWELL, et al.
The Deep Roots Elite Half-Hundred of 2019
Albums of the Year are not the only game in town. Here are 50 long players that made 2019 special for us.
Always The Winning Hand
Ever-prolific AL BASILE returns with arguably his strongest effort yet, LAST HAND, a musical radio play concerning a May-to-December romance between an older man and a younger woman. Don't give away the ending.
The Elite Half-Hundred of 2020, Part 1
THE ELITE HALF-HUNDRED OF 2020, Parts 1 and 2, is topped by the REV. LUTHER BARNES and THE RESTORATION WORSHIP CENTER CHOIR’s LOOK TO THE HILLS.