The Roots

...partners in some very unique contexts - jamming, at various points, with Queen Latifah, the Jaco Pastorius Big Band and rap titans The Roots. Possessing such incredible skill and a seemingly unquenchable fire in the belly, McBride...

In this article: Pop Matters, Chick Corea, Sting, Queen Latifah, and McCoy Tyner

Published Thursday, November 19, 2009 12:14 PM Philadelphia Hip-Hop band The Roots will be one of many star acts performing at this years Christmas in Rockefeller Center special which will air in NBC this December. The annual Christmas...

In this article: Rockefeller Center, Alicia Keys, Arbor Day, NBC News, Brian Williams, Barry Manilow, Shakira, Aretha Franklin, and James Tupper

...know that Jimmy Fallon is, as a rule, scarily unfunny. But the segments of his late-night show in which he "slow jams the news" with The Roots, his house band, are actually quite funny. And they're surprisingly informative to boot. Below,...

In this article: Jimmy Fallon

...artists his music inspired. Green's recent Lay It Down album featured guest appearance from contemporary R&B heroes such as The Roots, John Legend and Corrine Bailey Rae. As lifelong fans of Al Green know all too well, the great singer...

In this article: Al Green, Reverend, Australia, Peter Jackson, New Zealand, R&B, Auckland, Lay It Down, Xbox, and Fran Walsh

...by the Grammy Award-winning Roots, an alternative Hip Hop band from Philadelphia that creates a jazzy flair using living instruments. The Roots are currently the house band on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Public tickets are $25.00. Call...

In this article: Pelican Brief, Hip Hop, Tulane University, Grammy Award, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and Philadelphia

...and Joe Strummer. Keyboardist James Poyser has contributed to records by Erykah Badu, Al Green and Common, and is a member of The Roots' house band on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. Legendary R&B drummer James Gadson - who's performed on...

In this article: Norah Jones, Tom Waits, Come Away with Me, Okkervil River, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Man of the Hour, Will Sheff, Joe Strummer, and Modest Mouse

...asked me who I was thinking of for a house band, and I said that I didn't know," Fallon says. "'You should ask the Roots,' he said. 'The Roots? You think they'd do it?' 'No,' he said. 'But maybe they'd know someone.'" "Back in the day,...

In this article: Rising Down, NEW YORK, R&B, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and Recession

October 17, 2009: THE ROOTS bassist OWEN BIDDLE had U.S. TV audiences doubled up in laughter on Thursday night (15Oct09) when he donned drag to film a spoof of THE REAL HOUSEWIVES... reality series. The acclaimed hip-hop group serves as...

In this article: Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Real Housewives, and U.S.

THE ROOTS - THE ROOTS' BASSIST DONS DRAG FOR LAUGHS Caption: The Roots (Picture) VH1 presents 2009 Hip Hop Honors at Brooklyn Academy of Music - Arrivals New York City, USA .... THE ROOTS' BASSIST DONS DRAG FOR LAUGHS THE ROOTS bassist...

In this article: All rights reserved, VH1, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Real Housewives, and Brooklyn Academy of Music

Other than that, the VH1 Honors tributes were a confusing mess. The Roots & Eminem Honor LL Cool J With 'Rock The Bells' Other than that, the VH1 Honors tributes were a confusing mess. <p>Other than that, the VH1 Honors tributes were...

In this article: Eminem, Rock the Bells, LL Cool J, Scarface, Nate Dogg, Def Jam, VH1, Warren G, and Black Thought