Reuters - Oct 23, 2009
For the past seven months, Questlove has been on the run. The Roots drummer, whose driver's license reads Ahmir Thompson, wakes up every day between 6 and 7 a.m. to catch an 8 a.m. train from his...
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The Roots are making sandwiches. The band is holed-up in a Manhattan studio, preparing for their new gig as the house band on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, the NBC show that will take Conan O Brien s...
More »Reuters - Apr 27, 2008
Philadelphia's hip-hop collective the Roots are off to a rough start at their new label. After seven studio albums with MCA and Geffen, they signed to Def Jam in 2006 at the behest of then-label...
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The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival will present a showcase curated by the Ponderosa Stomp Foundation, which is dedicated to revitalizing the careers of veteran musicians of blues, R&B, swamp pop...
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Looking for an excuse to avoid celebrating Earth Day? There s nothing going on nearby is probably not going to fly. The Roots, Ricky Skaggs, Los Lonely Boys, the Neville Brothers and Mickey Hart from...
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Stephen Perkins of Jane s Addiction, Brooks Waterman of Bad Religion and ?uestlove of The Roots will bring their beats to the 19th annual Drum-Off Grand Finals. They are scheduled to perform at the Music...
More »USRN - May 14, 2003
(5/14/03, 3 p.m. ET) -- The Roots, Talib Kweli, and N.E.R.D. are among the early confirmed participants for the Sprite Liquid Mix Tour 2003. Kweli and N.E.R.D. were onboard for last year s inaugural tour...
More »USRN - Apr 15, 2003
(4/15/03, 4 p.m. ET) -- Beastie Boys, Beck, Blur, the Roots and N.E.R.D. are among the artists confirmed for the Field Day festival in Riverhead, New York, on June 7 and 8. Tickets for the two-day festival...
More »USRN - Apr 7, 2003
(4/7/03, 4 p.m. ET) -- Incubus and longtime bassist Dirk Lance have parted ways. No explanation for the split was available at press time. The band has named Ben Kenney, the former guitarist of the the...
More »USRN - Mar 26, 2003
(3/26/03, 5 p.m. ET) -- Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid has stepped in to temporarily fill the void left by the departure of the Roots s guitarist Ben Kenney. Reid is performing with the hip-hop band...
More »USRN - Mar 21, 2003
(3/21/03, 4 p.m. ET) -- Eminem was named the most important artist making music right now by Spin. The magazine s Ultimate List featured their choices for the 40 most important artists working today....
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(3/20/03, 10 a.m. ET) -- The Roots, one of hip-hop s hardest working groups, have decided to move forward with a European tour in spite of the imminent possibility of war with Iraq. The group s spokesperson...
More »Yahoo! Music - Feb 25, 2003
(2/25/03, 1 p.m. ET) -- The Roots got the 45th Annual Grammy Awards crowd bouncing as they backed up Eminem on a performance of Lose Yourself, the mega-hit single from the soundtrack to 8 Mile, Eminem...
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(2/19/03, 4 p.m. ET) -- Musiq, Angie Stone, Amel Larrieux, Questlove, Scratch, Donnie, Aaries, and visual artist Mike Thompson are the stars of a new series of Coca-Cola ads. The ads featuring several...
More »USRN - Jan 8, 2003
(1/8/03, 1 p.m. ET) -- The Roots , who continually tour even when in between releases, will hit the road in February in support of their latest album, Phrenology, which is Number 76 on the Billboard 200...
More »USRN - Oct 22, 2002
(10/22/02, 12 p.m. ET) -- The Roots are planning to perform at midnight on Halloween (October 31) in full costume at the House Of Blues in Los Angeles. The hip-hop band will perform staple hits as well...
More »USRN - Jan 7, 2002
(1/7/02, 4 p.m. ET) -- Hip-hop band the Roots are scheduled to perform at Avery Fisher Hall in New York s Lincoln Center on January 17. Wordsmith and socially conscious rapper Talib Kweli will serve as...
More »USRN - Dec 26, 2001
(12/26/01, 6 p.m. ET) -- The Roots drummer Ahmir ?uestlove Thompson isn t accustomed to having much downtime during the holiday season. Since the Philadelphia hip-hop band s national debut with 1995 s...
More »USRN - Oct 19, 2001
(10/19/01, 4 p.m. ET) -- The Grammy Award-winning rap outfit the Roots is reportedly at odds with its MCA Records label. The group and MCA president Jay Boberg aired their differences in a recent interview...
More »USRN - Aug 16, 2001
(8/16/01, 6 p.m. ET) -- Philadelphia-based rapper Black Thought of the Roots is set to make his cinematic debut in the Mark Levin-directed film, Brooklyn Babylon. The movie premieres in the U.S. tonight...
More »USRN - Aug 3, 2001
(8/3/01, 7 a.m. ET) -- Jodeci, the Roots, Chante Moore, Avant, Melky Sedeck, Keke Wyatt, Rahsaan Patterson, Pam & Dodi, Chico & Coolwadda, Yasmeen, Jersey Ave., and newcomers Damozel are some of the artists...
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