Artist: questlove

Photo by G. Questlove and G I think Questlove gets my vote as the busiest man in music. Born Amhir Thompson, Questlove or ?uestlove, is a drummer, DJ, rock journalist and record producer. I've seen him perform before (and he's amazing), but yesterday, March 3, 2011 was my first up close encounter with Questo. He was much taller than I expected and in fact, when he agreed to take a photo with me, I was barely able to get both of us in the same frame [...]

Red Bull Music Academy feat. Questlove, Bun B & Jimmy Fallon House of Deréon Media Center, Music World Entertainment March 5, 2011 Saturday night, Red Bull hosted an "On the Floor!" music sessi... Continue reading "Saturday: Questlove, Bun B & Jimmy Fallon At Red Bull Music Academy" >

This past Thursday night the stars came out at Carnegie Hall for the XXI Annual Tibet House Benefit Concert . Curated by Tibet House Vice President Philip Glass , the night included a beautiful duet with Taj Mahal and his daughter Deva, The Roots delivering a fantastic cover of Neil Young's Down by the River with a stirring outro of Hendrix's Hey Joe and Philip Glass soloing on piano with The Flaming Lips for Do You Realize. R.E.M. fans got [...]

To our 6152ers, remember that ?uestlove will be holding fort @ Mai tomorrow night. Also added to tomorrow night's soiree are performances from Dee Goodz and Chance Warhol. Ticket sales have been good and steady and we thank everyone for their support. There's still a few reduced priced tickets available @ Bullets & Mullets so go see them tomorrow or click here to get additional ticket and show info. And we'll also be making a big special announcement regarding upcoming shows so [...]

Photo: Warming Glow - It's always fun to play the "What If?" game. This time we did so with rappers and Marvel Comics characters . - David D. Vs. Lupe Fiasco and the co-defendants, all of Lupe's faithful "Lasers." - Kim Kardashian's campaign to win "Best New Artist" at the 2012 Grammys kicked off this week. - The new Shady regime is off to an explosive start . - Arguably the worst in-season week of [...]

Questlove of the Roots remixes recent Charlie Sheen media bits on last night's edition of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon .

• Questlove “Remix the Clips: Charli... » h1s.mp3

Previews of the upcoming Freakin' Weekend, Ke$ha writes for Britney, Pete Yorn to play the Wildhorse, new Classic Williams & the Black Keys discuss the end of the world.

Last year, Soulive helped to celebrate the month of March with a ten-show, guest-laden residency at Brooklyn Bowl that was cleverly dubbed Bowlive. For the second year in a row, the organ-groove trio will make the venue its home away from home with another ten-gig stand that kicks off tonight. Once again, the run will feature a variety of special guests that are already penciled in to sit in with the band throughout the run. Among the announced acts that will be joining Soulive this year will be Maceo Parker, Bernie Worrell, [...]

March shapes up to be a beautifully busy month. SXSW? Check with a full slate of events on deck (more info to come). In the even more immediate future, ?uestlove DJ'ing here in Nashvegas? Check. In the continuing effort to bring live Hip-Hop to life here in Nashville, TSS, Lovenoise & Coffee are proud to present The Roots' ?uestlove at Mai on Monday, March 7th for a full DJ set. Yes, the almighty Afro, Ahmir Thompson, manning the one and two's for one night [...]

The Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts is trying to get you out of your zone and plugged in to an experience of cultural fusion and brotherly love. When you hit up PIFA and

What's good in Nashville for Monday, February 28: Questlove announces date, JEFF set for SXSW, new Titus Jones & Wick-It interviewed.

• Titus Jones “Teenage Kids” » g5r.mp3
• Titus Jones “Unfaithful Sex” » g5s.mp3
• Useless Eaters “Daily Commute̶... » g4z.mp3

We speed-walked up to 30 Rock yesterday to be in the room while Tyler, The Creator and Hodgy Beats of Odd Future taped their appearance on Jimmy Fallon. NBC played Blackalicious while we waited in our seats, a tourist in our row announced the trivia team she'd be on later was going to be called [...]

CLICK HERE TO VIEW VIDEO Short film on The Legendary Roots Crew. OkayPlayer caught up with Black Thought & Questlove and spoke briefly about recent collaborations and what continues to drive the original Hip-Hop band. For the latest from OKPTV, we get an intimate mini-doc on the hardest working band in the biz, and now 4 time Grammy award winners, The Roots. Cam Be (director/editor) and Jeff Baraka (Interviewer/co-producer) tagged along with The Roots for a few stops on last year's Hennessey Artistry tour, and got some great footage. Says [...]

Filed under: Music Appreciation AP, Redferns/Getty Images When news of the White Stripes ' demise broke, Questlove was among those troubled by the announcement -- though it had been a long time coming, given the lack of activity from the garage rock duo in recent years. Taking to his Twitter feed, the Roots ' longtime drummer wrote : "well since they put it like this http://www.thirdmanrecords.com / i [...]

CLICK HERE TO VIEW VIDEO Come take a shopping trip with Questlove as he spends some hard earned cash down at the 'World's Largest Independant Record Store' Amoeba Music ! A must-view for those interested in an insight into Questlove's musical palette, and for those just on the look-out for some new music/movies to check out. As a fan of pretty much anything this dude touches, little candid videos [...]

Full list of picks: http://www.amoeba.com/whats-in -my-bag ... Questlove went shopping at Amoeba Hollywood & shares what he picked up!

Watch the full below. The Roots & John Legend recently covered Arcade Fire. Click here to view the embedded video. MP3: The Roots & Erykah Badu - You... (The Toxic Avenger Mix)

• The Roots & Erykah Badu - You got me (The Toxic Avenger Remix)

FELA! Live in HD The new London production of FELA! will be broadcast live in HD in theatres nationwide on January 13, 2010 (today). Click here for a listing of theaters closest to you. In other Fela Kuti news, Knitting Factory Records is about to release another set of reissues by the Nigerian aforbeat legend, including a six album vinyl box set curated Questlove ( Feb 18 ) and a 10 album (7 CD) series entitled Power [...]

New Okkervil River - "Wake & Be Fine" Okkervil River unveiled our first taste of their forthcoming album, I Am Very Far , in style tonight by giving us the LP's title and release date ( May 10) moments before belting out the new single on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon , backed by ?uestlove and Damon Bryson of the Roots. Watch Will Sheff — who previewed two other new cuts, "Lay of the Last Survivor" and "Walked Out On A Line" , last year — share vocals with the New [...]

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