Jim James’ debut solo record is out today! He was on Fallon’s show last night to celebrate that fact (well, promote it) and he put in a performance of “A New Life” with the Roots while he was there. It’s a little bit of a reworking from the album track, so definitely pop your headphones [...]

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#35: The Head and the Heart @ Forecastle [Original Post] I’d heard a song or two by Head and the Heart going into their show at Forecastle, but I’ll admit that I was really just seeing them because there wasn’t a lot of competition for their time slot at Forecastle. But just like what happens [...]

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What an incredible show. This was my first time seeing the Roots, but within a minute of them taking the stage I understood why they were often called America’s best live band. I knew probably two or three songs they performed that day, but every one of them had me absolutely hooked. The Roots are [...]

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Look guys, I try to keep this blog clean enough so that 8-year-old me would’ve been allowed to read it. So it’s killing me not to put the title of the song The Roots played for Michelle Bachman’s entrance on last night’s Jimmy Fallon in the title of this post. Let’s just say that ?uestlove [...]

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