A pair of prolific lifechampions joined forces last night, when J and Questo and the rest of the Roots jammed on a series of bumpers, walk-on songs, and covers (Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky,” Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs”) on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. There was a Dinosaur Jr jam thrown in, a...

New Order weren’t the only musical guests on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon last night. Fallon’s fellow SNL alums the Lonely Island were also on the show, and they did an elaborately choreographed version of their Adam Levine/Kendrick Lamar Digital Short nugget “YOLO,” with the Roots backing them up. And sin...

ELvis Costello and the Roots have worked together before, including a jam session on Colbert back in 2009, and last year, when they joined forces to do a Springsteen cover on Fallon. It was announced back in January of this year that Costello and the Roots would be teaming up on an LP, and since [...]

ELvis Costello and the Roots have worked together before, including a jam session on Colbert back in 2009, and last year, when they joined forces to do a Springsteen cover on Fallon. It was announced back in January of this year that Costello and the Roots would be teaming up on an LP, and since [...]

The Roots drummer Questlove also joins the debate