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The Roots

May 2024

  • Questlove, in NYC 2024

    ‘Rapper’s Delight planted a seed for the rest of my life’: Questlove on hoarding, capturing hip-hop history and the Kendrick-Drake beef

    The drummer, DJ and Oscar-winning director is a key custodian of Black culture, with 200,000 records to prove it. So why does he think he’s getting too old for rap music?

July 2021

  • Mavis Staples and Mahalia Jackson in Summer of Soul.

    Stevie, Gladys, Nina … Summer of Soul uncovers a festival greater than Woodstock

    As the US boiled with violence, 1969’s Harlem cultural festival nourished spirits with soul, jazz and gospel. Now, Questlove has turned lost footage of it into a brilliant, pertinent documentary

October 2019

  • Questlove, Bon Appetit, October 2013<br>NEW YORK, NY - JULY 11: Musician Questlove is photographed for Bon Appetit Magazine on July 11, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Mackenzie Stroh/Contour by Getty Images)

    Life on a plate
    Questlove: bagels with Amy Winehouse, fish and chips with the Roots

    The drummer and frontman on food and music, his friendship with Anthony Bourdain and much, much more

March 2018

  • Crowds at the SXSW festival.

    Man arrested after bomb threat shuts down SXSW concert

    Concert by the Roots cancelled after threat, which comes amid spate of bomb attacks in Austin that have killed two people

January 2018

  • Questlove in June 2013.

    Questlove of the Roots sued for racial discrimination

    The drummer has denied the ‘ridiculous’ allegations made by two former Tonight Show employees

June 2016

  • Imogen Poots as Kelly Ann and Luke Wilson as Bill in Roadies (season 1, episode 3).

    Real-life roadies review Roadies: 'I felt like a nurse watching an hour of ER'

    We asked some battle-hardened stagehands to watch Cameron Crowe’s new show and give us their verdict on load-in fashion, tour managers and groupies

May 2016

  • ‘I love Prince 4 ever’ … Madonna on stage at the 2016 Billboard music awards.

    Madonna answers critics of her Prince tribute at Billboard music awards

    Tonight Show bandleader and Roots drummer Questlove defends singer’s performance, writing on Twitter that ‘the Purple Standard is hard boots to fill’

March 2016

  • David Bowie’s tribute concert … coming to a stream near you.

    David Bowie tribute concert to be streamed live

    Show featuring Pixies, Blondie, Michael Stipe, J Mascis, the Flaming Lips and more will be streamed live for fans in return for a charity donation

February 2016

  • SHOWBIZ Bowie3<br>David Bowie performs on stage at the relaunch of the Carling Apollo, Hammersmith, in west London, Wednesday October, 2, 2002. PA photo: Myung Jung Kim

    David Bowie tribute will star Debbie Harry, Pixies, Mumford & Sons and Bette Midler

    The lineup for the two tribute shows in New York on 31 March and 1 April also includes the Roots, Cat Power, Laurie Anderson, Michael Stipe and Robyn Hitchcock

January 2016

  • Elvis Costello

    10 of the best
    Elvis Costello: 10 of the best

    He emerged in 1977 as the archetype of the angry young man, but it didn’t take Elvis Costello long to realise he needed to slow down and try something different

July 2015

  • Ohio Gov. and presidential hopeful John Kasich speaks at the the Oakland County Republican Party and the 9th District Republican Party’s Calvin Coolidge Breakfast and reception at the Towers Watson in Southfield, Mich., on Saturday July 25, 2015. (Max Ortiz/The Detroit News via AP)

    John Kasich thinks the Roots are 'offensive' – what about these rap songs?

    The Republican presidential candidate once threw a Roots CD out his car window, so we created a hip-hop playlist even he could get behind
  • Black Thought of the Roots at Brixton Academy on 10 July.

    The Roots review – a hip-hop group like no other keep their freak-flag flying

    Cosmic jazz-funk, blizzards of electro-terrorism – the frantic Philadelphians shock and awe in this sprawling show
  • Black Thought of the Roots performs in the Isle of Wight.

    Readers recommend
    Readers recommend: minimalist songs – results

    The Roots to James Brown, AC/DC to Sigur Rós, RR regular nilpferd strips back a mass of magical minimalism into a pared down playlist from last week’s topic

December 2014

  • Reggie Watts, St Vincent, Fred Armisen and Questlove

    Can bandleaders breathe new life into late-night TV?

    Jimmy Fallon has the Roots, Seth Meyers has Fred Armisen and James Corden has just appointed Reggie Watts as his bandleader. But why does getting the right in-house band matter so much? Britt Julious explains

October 2014

  • A typical location for a Kingston stret paty.

    From Kingston’s car parks to VH-1, soundsystem culture puts bass in your face

    With Jamaican politicians using its impromptu parties to attract tourists, and Red Bull adopting the format to sell energy drinks, MCs, dubplates and dancehall are taking over the mainstream

June 2014

  • pitbull

    Music blog
    This week's best music links: hip-hop cats, Olympic Pitbull and Céline Dion

    From Lana Del Rey feeling sad and a man in Las Vegas feeling lonely, to the jubilation of the World Cup opening ceremonies and some cats with rhythm

May 2014

  • Album cover of ...and then you shoot your cousin by The Roots

    What you should hear this week
    Why the one album you should listen to this week is ... and then you shoot your cousin by the Roots – video

  • the Roots

    The Roots: … And Then You Shoot Your Cousin review – jazzy hip-hoppers on top of their game

  • D'Angelo red bull

    Music blog
    D'Angelo: 'I never claimed to do neo soul. I said I do black music'

  • Spoken word artist Kate Tempest in London

    Listening post
    Five albums to try this week

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