The annual Summer Spirit Festival is coming to the Merriweather (10475 Little Patuxent) on August 7th. This year Erykah Badu, Common, The Roots, Janelle Monae, Chuck Brown and B.O.B. are all performing. Don’t miss it! Click here for tickets.

The Roots crew with John Legend Join the Earth Day Network and environmental advocates at on Sunday, April 25 for a day full of Earth Day celebrations! In honor of the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day, musicians such as Sting, John Legend, The Roots, Bob Weir, Patrick Stump, Mavis Staples, Passion Pit, Q-Tip and Booker [...]

One of the smartest hip hop groups in 2009 (ever since they took that late night gig that had many skeptics giving them the *side eye*) The Roots hit up the 9:30 Club this week.

Last night, The Roots hosted a Christmas party at B. B. Kings; which brought out a few familiar faces! Questlove and John Legend take a picture with party guests Black Thought (#mmmm) John Legend and Mos Def! TV and radio personality, Sway, was also there. . . Fun times. . .

Yes, it’s here! The Rock the Bells Tour at the Comcast Center (885 South Main Street *Mansfield is about 50 minutes from Boston) featuring NAS, Damian Marley, The Roots, KRS-1, Common, House of Pain – to name a few! Show starts at 2 p.m. Tickets are $45 - $125 and can be purchased here!! Or at the box [...]

The Rock the Bells tour is coming back to the DMV at Merriweather Post Pavilion on July 12. It’s always a great one with so many banging acts, you can’t even put your head around it. This year, it’s no different with headliners such as Nas, Damian Marley, The Roots, Common, Busta Rhymes, Big Boi, [...]

The Legendendary Etta James peforms with BostonFab! Fav The Roots at the newly opened House of Blues (15 Lansdowne St. Fenway) Friday, May 8 Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets are $37.50 – 47.50. Tickets can be purchased here!!

So I was so amp’d – that’s my word of the week in case you hadn’t noticed – about this whole Roots thing that I even got tickets for the after-party…well, it was actually a “how could I not” situation when the venue was literally 50 yards away from the concert. Downstairs again me and [...]

I was invited by the folks at Red Bull Sound Clash to cover this event (I felt so special!) I arrived early almost falling l to my death on the ice…I shoulda worn better shoes…I headed in past 2 or 3 stragglers still tryin’ to scrounge for extra tickets. At first, when I heard a couple of [...]

So you already should have it marked in your calendars to head to The Redbull Soundclash at The Roxy this Thursday…but just in case you need another excuse R.O.B. and FutureClassic  are giving you yet ANOTHER opportunity to check DJ ?uest Love and DJ Frank White  at Underbar (275 Tremont St downstairs) This is one of my favorite venues [...]