Posted in music, news, tv, tagged austin city limits, be your own pet, chrisse michelle, craig furguson, daily habit, David Letterman, elbow, estelle, grand archives, jay leno, jay-z, jimmy kimmel, mary j blige, mason jennings, mike doughty, morrissey, music, my morning jacket, Prince, saturday night live, tavis smiley, the roots, walter meego on May 27, 2008 | No Comments »
Here’s the rundown for this weeks TV treats. Mostly reruns.
Tuesday, May 27:
CBS: Late Show With David Letterman: the Roots with Chrisette Michelle (rerun)
CBS: Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson: Grand Archives (rerun)
PBS: Tavis Smiley: Jay-Z, Mary J. Blige (rerun)
FUEL TV: The Daily Habit: Sleepercar
Wednesday, May 28:
NBC: The Tonight Show With Jay Leno: Prince (rerun)
CBS: Late [...]
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Posted in music, tagged music, eargoggles, 2008, the roots, stream, al green, ?uestlove, loretta lynn, bill withers, blue note, corinne bailey rae, john ledgend, tony bennet, santana, james poyser, okayplayer, rushmore drive, the white stripes, dap-king, adam blackstone, lay it down, 05/27 on April 24, 2008 | No Comments »
“We’re doing it because we all idolize Al Green. Ever since word got out that we were doing this project our phone’s been ringing off the hook.”
That was the answer The Roots drummer Ahmir “?uestlove” Thompson gave when recently asked about one of his recent collaborations. While visiting his record company in 2005, Thompson picked [...]
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Posted in music, tagged music, free, mp3, eargoggles, video, hip-hop, the roots, mos def, mos def big band, sasha grey, jvc jazz festival, rising down, rik codero on April 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Well well NYC, it looks like this summer will be sizzling hot. Just announced, the Mos Def Big Band with special guest Gil Scott-Heron will be performing at the JVC Jazz Festival on June 28th. Mos Def describes the event as “an evening of music and spoken words with material drawn from Miles Davis, [...]
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