Jun
05
After hearing Chrisette Michele for the first time on The Roots‘ Rising Down , I thought that Michele was a new type of singer that would change the sound of music. Her track on that album, “Rising Up,” has one of the most original beats (of course thanks mainly to ?uestlove of The Roots) and a bit of a political edge to it. When I found out that Chrisette Michele’s sophomore album, Epiphany, debuted at the number 1 spot on Billboard, I went out and bought the album to see what exactly this talented artist had in store.
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Apr
08
When it was announced that The Roots were going to be the house band for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, I figured that would be the end of The Roots as a band. I couldn’t have been more wrong. A couple of weeks ago I noticed that they are playing some shows across the country during the month of April, that was big news and it meant that we would not only be getting The Roots in 10second sound bites every night. It was also announced that they would be holding the 2nd Annual Roots Picnic on June 6th in Philly. But the biggest news was what I saw today, they are going to be releasing their 9th studio album this summer titled “How I got Over” (a shout out to Gospel legend Mahalia Jackson).
