The Roots
Five Must-See Acts at the 2024 Calgary Folk Music Festival
PUBLISHED May 22, 2024
Each summer, Prince's Island Park hosts the Calgary Folk Music Festival — an event that's going strong more than four decades since it was...
Calgary Folk Music Festival Announces Complete 2024 Lineup
PUBLISHED May 1, 2024
Calgary Folk Music Festival organizers have laid out this year's complete lineup after announcing the first wave back in March. Headliners...
Black Thought Readies New Memoir 'The Upcycled Self'
PUBLISHED May 9, 2023
Black Thought has announced a new book. As Tariq Trotter, the Roots co-founder will share memoir The Upcycled Self on November 14 via One W...
Black Thought and El Michels Affair Ready New Album 'Glorious Game'
PUBLISHED Jan 11, 2023
Black Thought and El Michels Affair have joined forces for a new album. The Roots leader and the Leon Michels-led soul group will share Glo...
Questlove to Executive Produce J Dilla Documentary
PUBLISHED Sep 22, 2022
The venerable late hip-hop producer J Dilla's life and legacy will be celebrated and explored in an upcoming feature documentary film execu...
Todd Rundgren's 'Space Force' Tracklisting Looks Out of This World
PUBLISHED Aug 17, 2022
Remember 2020's spacey ska team-up between Todd Rundgren and Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo? Now, the former's latest album featuring that tr...
Danger Mouse and Black Thought Announce Collaborative Album 'Cheat Codes'
PUBLISHED May 11, 2022
Super-producer Danger Mouse and the Roots rapper Black Thought have announced their collaborative album. Cheat Codes is out August 12 throu...
Montreal Jazz Festival Gets the Roots, Ludovico Einaudi, Tash Sultana for 2022 Edition
PUBLISHED Mar 29, 2022
The Montreal International Jazz Festival is returning to action this summer, and organizers have lifted the curtain on their 2022 lineup....
