I can't believe it's been ten years.

A few weeks ago, the students at Reynolds and Roosevelt got an opportunity to hear their songs played for the first time. From the looks on their faces, they are more than pleased with the way their songs turned out. We think you will be also. Thanks again to all the musicians who worked so hard to make this year's CDs possible.

Next week, The Deep Roots Music Project officially turns ten years old, and we have plenty of festivities planned to help celebrate.

First off, there is an opportunity for you to get a sneak preview. On Monday May 7, a radio podcast featuring several great Deep Roots tunes from this years CDs will air on The Mastan Music Hour. The Mastan Music Hour is produced by one of Deep Roots' primary recording engineers, Jeremy Wilson, and it's a great show. Tune in to http://www.mastanmusic.com/podcast any time after noon on Monday, May 7 to hear the Deep Roots program. 

Also, a Monday, May 14 (5:30-8:30) Deep Roots concert is planned at Roosevelt High School. This is the very first Deep Roots event at Roosevelt, and we'll all be celebrationg the release of their new CD, "The St. Johns Poetry Sessions, volume 1."

Performers at the Roosevelt show will include Madgesdiq, Soul Plasma, Copacrescent, Keegan Smith, Funk Shui, and Barry Hampton.

Later next week, Reynolds High School students will release Deep Roots 10 (Wednesday, May 16 - 5:30-9:30 PM). Their concert celebration will include a gallery of student-created artwork and poetry, and live performances by Zeke Goodrick, Scotland Barr and The Slow Drags, Big Dumb Animals, Jenn Dashney, Ben Fuller, and Kris Kirkman.

We really hope you'll come by at least one of our events and help us celebrate!