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*Stevie Wonder is drawing a crowd to the summer kickoff series, Hangout Fest. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, along with “Harlem Shake” creator, Baauer, have also been added to the list of performers. The Roots are scheduled to do what they do best and the fest will have new fan favorite, Kendrick Lamar. A total of 50 acts [...]
*Drummer ?estlove of The Roots is constantly evolving. His latest project is a book. “Mo’ Meta Blues: The World According to ?uestlove,” his memoir, will be released June 18. The book includes encounters with fellow celebs like Stevie Wonder, KISS and Jay-Z, who is also ?uest joins the ranks of Common and Jay-Z who have [...]
*BET has announced it is teaming with AEG to create “BET Experience at L.A. Live (BETX),” which involves three days and nights of music and comedy concerts, film screenings, “106 & Park” tapings, BET Fan Fest, seminars, BET Grammy Museum exhibit, various social events and celebrity appearances at the sprawling entertainment complex in downtown Los [...]
*The lineup has been announced for the 6th Annual Roots Picnic Festival, taking place June 1 at Festival Pier at Penns Landing in Philadelphia. This year, the roster includes headliners and festival organizers The Roots backing Naughty By Nature for a full set, reports Billboard. Performers during the event include Grimes, Gary Clark Jr., Macklemore [...]
*Jimmy Fallon never fails to satisfy his audience with the laughs. But, last night, he started off the week before christmas with a musical tribute like we’ve never seen before. Fallon enlisted Mariah Carey and The Roots to help him sing her unforgettable “All I Want for Christmas is You”…with a twist. When they start [...]
*Last night on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,” the host and his house band The Roots teamed with Mariah Carey to perform her signature holiday song “All I Want for Christmas Is You” — but this version was a little different. The members of the Roots played the track using nothing but toy instruments – [...]
*Fans of Earth Wind and Fire’s original keyboard player, Larry Dunn, will be glad to know he’s still doing it. Larry recently sat in with the Roots on NBC-TV’s “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” show. In the photo above, Jimmy Fallon is shown greeting the keyboard whiz, welcoming him to the show and wishing him [...]
*Jay-Z has been tapped to headline and curate the first Budweiser Made in America Music Festival in Philadelphia, to take place this fall. Set for Sept. 1 and 2, the event will feature as many as 28 acts spanning a breadth genres such as rock, hip hop and jazz, reports the Huffington Post. The lineup, [...]
*Our president is the “Potus with the Mostus” as Tariq of The Roots band put it. He has a great sense of humor, but he keeps it relevant and handles OUR business. He has made his rounds on some of the late night talk shows, but there was one he missed. But, he quickly cleared [...]
*Going hard after the youth vote, President Barack Obama will make an appearance on NBC’s most youth-oriented late night talk show. NBC and the White House announced today that the president will appear as guest Tuesday (Apr. 24) on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,” the network’s 12:35 a.m. program aimed directly at the 18-24 demographic. [...]
*Los Angeles – The Legendary Roots Crew, named one of the greatest live bands around by both Spin and Rolling Stone, are returning on the eve of the GRAMMY Awards, for the 8th annual ROOTS JAM SESSION at the House Of Blues in Los Angeles, CA on February 11th. The event, which has become a [...]
*Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn’t cover in today’s issue. (It’s sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE. ——– EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE If you want to be happy, be. – [...]
*Activist and university professor Angela Davis – the former Communist Party associate and Black Panther Party member whose afro and raised fist alone personifies the black power movement of the 60s and 70s – says she isn’t 100 percent satisfied with the current occupant of the White House. “Of course there are critiques that I would [...]
*NBC now has to approve the songs the Roots play on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” after the band performed “Lyin’ Ass B****” during Michele Bachmann’s appearance last month. Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson of The Roots says now he’s “gotta clear a lot of the song choices” with the network. “It’s still a comedy show, so [...]
*In his defense of GOP presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann being introduced on Jimmy Fallon’s Monday broadcast to the song “Lyin’ Ass Bitch,” conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh on his Wednesday show said that if Michelle Obama were to appear on his radio show, he would introduce the first lady with Sir-Mix-A-Lot’s 1992 hit “Baby [...]
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