Updike at Easter, 2026 Edition
Our 15th installment of Update at Easter, pondering the meaning and purpose of the literary giant's iconic poem…
Tag: Mahalia Jackson
Clara Ward Abides
From Sweden's Gospel Friend label, a 27-track collection of rare and unreleased recordings dating from 1949 to 1971…
Open Up the Doors
Flow down Grace: Is REGINA VANDEREIJK (born in North Carolina, now residing in Gouda, Netherlands) the future of…
BOB MAROVICH’S GOSPEL PICKS
Introducing REGINA VANDEREIJK, the greatest new voice of the year; RIP, The Nelons; Gospel Christmas singles 2024
Gospel at Christmastime
Bob Marovich's overview of gospel music at Yuletide, from the Elkins-Payne Jubilee Singers (1926) to the Edwin Hawkins…
Deep Roots Albums of the Year, 2019
KEB MO' is honored with two Albums of the Year selections for 2019 and he's joined by MARTY…
‘I WONDER AS I WANDER’
STORIES BEHIND THE SONGS: JOHN JACOB NILES's own account of writing 'I Wonder As I Wander,' plus an…
Raymond Myles and the Rocky Road to Redemption
MICHAEL SIGMAN on the late New Orleans gospel icon RAYMOND MYLES and a documentarian's attempt to finish…
The Anti-Slavery Roots of ‘O Holy Night’
Attacked for his opposition to inequality, slavery, injustice and other kinds of oppression, French poet PLACIDE CAPPEAU insinuated…
The Deep Roots 2016 Yuletide Baedeker
A guide to the Christmas content published over the years in TheBluegrassSpecial.com and Deep Roots, including our 2016…