1.   It not only pays respects to the original roots music of North America but includes cutting-edge contributions from members of the European dance-club underground.

2.   Most recently, he has performed under his own name again, playing blues and American roots music with an acoustic ensemble.

3.   Roots music sprang up in various subcultures as if from the soil itself, but it was technology that spread it, namely the phonograph and the radio.

4.   The pumping rhythms, modal harmonies and cantorial cry of this European roots music have filtered into countless Broadway musicals.

5.   The well-traveled singer of Texas roots music is having fun, and his clear voice resonates.

6.   Tonight at the Veterans Wadsworth Theater, Statman will be returning to what might be called Jewish roots music.

7.   Roots music was popping up everywhere.