Questlove on the Odd Way a Song by the Police Helped Him Find His African Roots
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Fascinating new book Music Is History weaves drummer's personal background with American history year by year
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Questlove on the True Genius of Charlie Watts: ‘Only Real Drummers Know’
Posted in: Music FeaturesThe Roots' drummer explains how the late Rolling Stone inspired him to play simple and steady, and how 'Exile on Main St.' inspired the Roots' "The Seed"
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DaBaby Pretends Not to Know Questlove After Drummer Slams His Homophobic Comments
Posted in: Music NewsOr maybe he really doesn't remember playing with him on The Tonight Show
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Questlove Remembers Biz Markie: ‘I’m Using All the Education He Taught Me’
Posted in: Music News"We will miss him. But he will be here forever," Roots drummer writes of his late friend
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How Avant-Guitar Godfather Sonny Sharrock Reconciled Terror and Beauty
Posted in: Music FeaturesGet a fuller picture of the sui generis six-stringer seen playing a fiery, unforgettable solo in new Summer of Soul doc
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‘Summer of Soul’: A Legendary Long-Lost Concert, An Instantly Classic Concert Film
Posted in: Movie ReviewsAhimr "Questlove" Thompson's look back at the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival rescues a milestone series of live shows — and is damn near a music-doc masterpiece
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‘Summer of Soul’: See New Trailer for Questlove’s Documentary About 1969 Fest
Posted in: Movie News"Something very important was happening. It wasn’t just about the music," Gladys Knight says of Harlem Cultural Festival
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A Festival Dream Deferred No More: Inside Questlove’s ‘Summer of Soul’
Posted in: Music FeaturesHow the Roots' drummer brought the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival to the big screen after 50 years
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Movie Stars: They’re Just Like Us?
Posted in: Movie FeaturesIt was an Academy Awards full of speeches decrying social ills. Yet the night couldn’t have happened without them
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‘Summer of Soul’: See First Trailer for Questlove’s Film About Lost 1969 Fest
Posted in: Movie NewsRoots drummer's award-winning directorial debut on 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival arrives July 2nd
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