Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG Would you call it Weird Roots? Madlib and Doom aligned in 2004 to form Madvillain. Their debut LP Madvillainy for Stones Throw included the song "Accordian". Now The Roots have banded together with Weird Al (!) to record... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Jill Scott's great new album, "The Light of the Sun", is out June 21st. If you have any doubts, stream the whole thing now at NPR.Scott has come a long way since she was working as The Roots' hook... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Brian Wilson played the Highline Ballroom [Sunday] night as part of its sister club's month-long Blue Note Jazz Festival, and though the two-set show featured his entire current Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin album of Gershwin standards, it wasn't ... more info

ContactMusic — Members of The Roots rapper Black Thought's side project have been arrested for drug possession. Hip-hop stars DICe Raw and Truck North, members of Black Thought's Money Making Jam Boys, were apprehended by police in New Jersey on Sunday night (12Jun... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: SBTRKT - "Wildfire" (Feat. Little Dragon) (MP3) Little Dragon at MHOW in January (more by Brook Bobbins) If you won't be able to make it out to Philly this Saturday (6/4) for The Roots Picnic, you're in luck because... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Karmin have got themselves a record deal and to celebrate this, they invited Queslove of The Roots to assist them in doing their own cover of “Super Bass”.   a2a_linkname="Karmin And Questlove Cover Nicki Minaj Super Bass"; a2a_linkurl="http://w... more info

ContactMusic — Hip-hop star Ahmir 'Uestlove' Thompson enjoyed an impromptu jam session with Elvis Costello on Tuesday (24May11) when the veteran rocker invited The Roots drummer to join him onstage in New York. Costello was performing with his band, The Imposter... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Booker T. Jones released The Road From Memphis earlier this month (5/10 via Anti-) with a notable list of guest artists. The Roots act as Jones' backing band on the album, and Matt Berninger of The National, Yim Yames... more info

Totally Fuzzy — John Stephens (born December 28, 1978), better known by his stage name John Legend, is an American recording artist, musician and actor. He is the recipient of nine Grammy Awards, and in 2007, he received the special Starlight award from the Songwr... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Galactic is a funk and jazz jam band from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. "The Other Side Of Midnight: Live In New Orleans" was released today May 3, 2011 on ANTI- Records. Originally formed in 1994 as an octet (under the name Galacti... more info