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Watch Lucinda Williams Play With The Roots On Fallon

3754 days ago

Stereogum — Lucinda Williams was the musical guest on last night’s Fallon, and the host called the singer-songwriter one of his favorites. She performed “Protection” off of her new double LP, Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone, along with some assistance... more info

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The Rainbow Room reopening, The Roots playing first show

3761 days ago

Brooklyn Vegan — The Roots @ Brooklyn Bowl, 2013 (more by Dana [distortion] Yavin) After four years of being closed, The Rainbow Room, located on 30 Rock's 65th floor, is set to reopen next month with dining, dancing and entertainment -- all with... more info

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The Roots' Questlove gets funky at Monterey Jazz Festival

3764 days ago

Mercury News, California — Saturday's rock star moment at the Monterey Jazz Festival happened when Roots drummer Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson walked onstage to perform with bassist Christian McBride and keyboardist Uri Caine. The trio is known as the Philadelphia Experiment, and... more info

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Monterey Jazz Festival: Saturday's best bets

3766 days ago

Mercury News, California — We make our recommendations for Day 2 (Saturday) at the 2014 Monterey Jazz Festival. Who's on our list of top acts? Jason Moran? The Roots? Take a look and see. The festival runs through Sept. 21 at the Monterey County Fairgrounds. more info

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Watch Public Enemy Do “Public Enemy No. 1″ With The Roots On Fallon

3768 days ago

Stereogum — 1987′s “Public Enemy No. 1″ was the first single from Long Island’s Public Enemy. The group recorded the track before they got explicitly political, but its blaring, needling synth line laid the groundwork for the chaotic noise that the group... more info

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Kanye West and Jay Z to co-produce new Chris Rock film 'Top Five'

3774 days ago

NME — Questlove of The Roots acts as executive music producer on forthcoming comedy title more info

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Jimmy Fallon Lets Steve Harvey Turn The Tonight Show Into Family Feud! Watch All The Hijinks HERE!

3776 days ago

Perez Hilton — Jimmy Fallon may be the undisputed host of The Tonight Show, but for one segment, he gave the reins of his program over to Steve Harvey, and the result was pure television magic! Steve hosted a very late night edition of Family Feud, which had Jim... more info

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Meghan Trainor, Jimmy Fallon, & The Roots Are All About That Bass & Those Classroom Instruments! Watch Their Incredible Performance HERE!

3780 days ago

Perez Hilton — We absolutely LOVE this!! Jimmy Fallon and his musical segments with classroom instruments never cease to AH-Maze us, but this session with Meghan Trainor totally blew us away! Mainly because her voice is super incredible, but everything else going o... more info

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John McCain -- GOES FULL CYBORG .... Busts Out Robot At Hamptons Dance Party

3797 days ago

TMZ — John McCain is a DANCING MACHINE -- no seriously, he's like a fully functioning cyberdyne robot ... and this weekend he busted out his mechanical dance moves in front of Jamie Foxx at a party in the Hamptons. With The Roots providing the beat,… ... more info

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