All About Jazz — Randall Kline, the Executive Artistic Director of SFJAZZ—the leading non-profit jazz organization on the West Coast and the presenter of the San Francisco Jazz Festival today announced the addition of The Roots on Saturday, May 30 at 8:00pm at ... more info

AllHipHop — MC Lyte and Doug E. Fresh helped Carnegie Hall launch their Honor! A Celebration of the African American Culture Legacy in New York City this past Wednesday (March 4th).   The festival, curated by renowned soprano Jessye Norman, will run 20 events ... more info

Rolling Stone — With due respect to Paul Shaffer and the Max Weinberg Seven, when Late Night With Jimmy Fallon premiered on March 2nd, the Roots instantly became the hottest band on late-night television. Rock Daily recently caught up with ?uestlove and the Roots as... more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) From his early days as a member of the '80s group Tony! Toni! Tone! through his work as a producer with artists such as Joss Stone, The Roots, Snoop Dogg and John Legend, Raphael Saadiq [ tickets ] has always kept the faith--especiall... more info

Stereogum — Add Robert De Niro and you've got yourself an opening night bill trying to please everyone on a show that's otherwise clearly about targeting young men and their twitter accounts. So maybe the Astral Weeks-pimping Van Morrison fit on the show abou... more info

Abeano — Pretty Much Amazing Roots version of A Milli featuring Lil Wayne. more info

JamBase — DANCE DUO PLAYS POSSIBLY THE HIPPEST KIDS SHOW EVER Chromeo If you're under 50 and have small children, you're likely already aware of the twisted pleasures of Yo Gabba Gabba. But, if you've missed this day-glow Nickelodeon treat, trust us, ther... more info

Boston GlobeReady or Not, Here Comes Jimmy Fallon To Update 'Late Night'Washington PostBy Paul Farhi Does this sound familiar? NBC, scrambling to replace a departed star, picks a gangly neophyte to host one of its signature late-night talk shows.Midn... more info

ContactMusic — THE ROOTS frontman BLACK THOUGHT will make his acting debut in forthcoming movie EXPLICIT ILLS. The rapper, real name Tariq Trotter, will join a cast led by Rosario Dawson ... more info

Idolator — Things Fall Apart, the Roots album that bumped the Philadelphia band from hip-hop underdogs to the favorite rap group of thousands of white kids (this one included, for awhile), celebrated its 10th anniversary on Monday. With the band being installed... more info