I’ll admit that I am, like most people, a creature of habit. Every year, The Roots return to Summerfest, and every year, for whatever reason, their set always conflicts with another band that I want to see. And every year, routinely, I tell myself “okay, I’ll catch them next year.” This year, the annual favorites and resident Tonight Show band
Read moreSeemingly out of nowhere, D’Angelo reemerged last week Friday, culminating in this week’s release of “Black Messiah”, his first authentic album in 14 years. To be completely honest, I know D’Angelo best as “that singer who had a creepy video of him singing naked back in 2000”. In truth, D’Angelo is much more than that. There’s been an extended history
Read moreIt sometimes doesn’t take more than a retweet to get you noticed. Harts, for example, fell onto my radar from one mere retweet. Granted, it came from Questlove of the Roots, so it wasn’t exactly just a retweet, but it’s definitely a compliment. Quest knows his music, so much so that he has taught an entire college course on music
Read moreLegendary artist Elvis Costello made an unbelievable announcement last summer when he revealed that he would be doing an album with The Roots. The end result of that was “Wise Up Ghost”, an underrated mixture of a classic alternative artist with a classic hip hop band. Below is a recent studio performance blending the two, featuring the single “Walk Us
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