Watch Major Lazer and members of Dirty Projectros perform their collaborative song on Jimmy Fallon. Read more…
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In an almost awkward interview with a Roots band member, it was confirmed that the band will stay when Jimmy Fallon changes coasts with The Tonight Show.
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About 300 New Yorkers were lucky enough to see an impromptu performance featuring The Roots’ Questlove and frequent collaborator Rahzel yesterday during the lunch rush.
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Thanks to a simple question from the Audience Suggestion Box on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, The Roots’ Black Thought was able to educate the crowd with an impressive Oscars rap.
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Club Nokia will host the Roots for a special gig on Saturday, June 29th – as part of the BET Experience at L.A. Live set to take place from June 28-30.
?uestlove & the gang are reportedly working on yet another new record, which they’re calling & Then You Shoot Your Cousin. Who knows how they’re finding time to work on new music while serving as Jimmy Fallon’s All-Star backing band five days a week, but that’s good news for people who dig cool music.
Tickets for the Roots’ gig at Club Nokia are on sale now via AXS and cost $55-75. Don’t miss out!
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Saturday, June 29th, 2013
Club Nokia
800 W. Olympic Blvd.
90015
11:00 PM
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The Roots MC Black Thought and his hometown charity organization the GrassROOTS Community Foundation are hosting their third annual Lets Move It Philly benefit concert. Tariq Trotter, aka Black Thought, will be bringing together some of the best names from the hip hop community to the legendary Sigma Sound Studios on February 16th for the event. This year’s message behind the benefit concert is to create a “call-to-action to musicians, artists, athletes and industry friends to utilize their collective voices to bring attention to Philadelphia’s disadvantaged girls and women”. Proceeds from the show will go towards the GrassRoots Foundation and their push to help better our communities. This is a night not to be missed!
Saturday, February 16th
Sigma Sound Studios
Doors 9PM | Show 9PM
Tickets $40 (adv)/ $50 (d0s)
Get Tickets and Donate Here!
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The line up for the sixth annual Roots Picnic was announced, as Gary Clark Jr, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Naughty By Nature and the Roots will be amongst the acts performing over two stages. The event is once again held at Philadelphia’s Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing on Saturday, June 1, 2013. Read more…
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Wu-Tang Clan appeared on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon and were joined by the show’s in house band, or better known as the Roots, performing “Six Directions of Boxing” from The Man With The Iron Fists soundtrack. This movie marks the directorial debut of the RZA. Watch the performance below: Read more…
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Another compilation from the hit Nick Jr. television series “Yo Gabba Gabba!” will hit store shelves on October 9. The album not only includes songs from the show itself and other tracks by featured artists The Roots, Biz Markie, Metric and more. Read on for a full track listing and a video of Rocket From The Crypt’s “He’s A Chef.”
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The 2012 version of I’ll Be Your Mirror USA—All Tomorrow’s Parties’ grand urban festival experiment on the Lower East Side of New York City—continued on Saturday, September 22. The roster promised the weekend’s largest selection of performers and activities, including curator Greg Dulli and his partners in The Afghan Whigs. If ever there was a time for this particular incarnation of IBYM to step up and maintain ATP’s rep as a harbinger of good taste, to rock the party and bring the party to rock, this was probably it. Read more…
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