Watch Sia On Jimmy Fallon

Sia was the musical guest on last Wednesday’s The Tonight Show episode, and the singer — who just released her new album This Is Acting — was joined by Natalie Portman, The Roots, and the host-Jimmy Fallon to perform traditional New Orleans song “Iko Iko.” She also did “Cheap Thrills” from the album. Watch both performances below.

Watch Gwen Stefani Perform “Used To Love You” With The Roots On Jimmy Fallon

Gwen Stefani released her new solo single “Used To Love You” a month ago and last night the No Doubt leader sings the song on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon accompanied by Fallon’s house band The Roots. Watch the performance below.

Watch Mindi Abair Sit In With The Roots On Jimmy Fallon

By The Audio Mug | December 2, 2015


Saxophonist and jazz pioneers’ Mindi Abair stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and sit in with Fallon house band The Roots. Abair performed couple of songs as the program went into and out of commercial breaks. Abair just released live album Mindi Abair And The Boneshakers Live In Seattle in September. Watch a clip of Abair from the show below.

The Roots Albums From Less To Best

By The Audio Mug | November 16, 2015

Since forming in Philadelphia 25 years ago The Roots have become one of the most influential acts in the history of hip-hop. Originally coming up in age where artists like A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul helped define what the left-of-center end of the genre was capable of, the group went on to find a sound that would represent its own notion of Illadelph. The first Roots record was released in 1993, and since then, they’ve gone on to make nine more, consistently proving that while many acts begin to sputter and falter with age, their creative engines are still running at full steam. Over the last two decades, there hasn’t been a huge amount of constancy in the band — the only members to have stayed in the lineup since the beginning are the same two who founded it, emcee Tariq Trotter, aka Black Thought, and drummer Amir Thompson, aka Questlove. Aside from the duo, the cast of the Roots has been ever-evolving, which could also help account for why the music itself never goes stale. These days, Thompson is regarded as one of the best drummers and producers in the business, and the band as a whole has a nice high-profile day job with Jimmy Fallon’ late-night talk show. Here are The Roots’s major releases, ranked from least to most essential.

Watch A Tribe Called Quest Reunite For “Can I Kick It?” On Jimmy Fallon

A Tribe Called Quest, one of the greatest rap groups of all time, just celebrated the 25th anniversary of their seminal debut LP People’s Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm with a reissue, and they reunited for the first time in two years to perform album track “Can I Kick It?” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Friday with some assistance from The Roots. Watch the performance below.

Watch Rod Stewart Interview & Perform With The Roots On Jimmy Fallon

By The Audio Mug | November 1, 2015

Rod Stewart stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last Wednesday to discussed his new and twenty-ninth studio album so far, Another Country with the host Jimmy Fallon. He also talked about a relationship with his fellow musician Elton John. Later on the show, Stewart performed Another Country cut called “Please” with Fallon house band The Roots. Watch all below.

Watch Steve Turre Sit In With The Roots On Jimmy Fallon

By The Audio Mug | October 29, 2015

Trombonist, composer and longtime Saturday Night Live band members Steve Turre stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and sit in with Fallon house band The Roots. Turre performed couple of tunes as the program went into and out of commercial breaks. Turre also shows Fallon and audiences how to make a sound from a conch shell. Turre just released his 18th album Spiritman in March and the album consisted songs from various artist including Bruce Williams, Xavier Davis, Gerald Cannon, Willie Jones III and Chembo Corniel. Watch a clip of Turre from the show below.

Watch Warren Haynes Sit In With The Roots On Jimmy Fallon

By The Audio Mug | October 6, 2015
Blues guitarist Warren Haynes stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and sit in with Fallon house band The Roots. Haynes performed the theme song with Fallon’s house band The Roots at the start of the show and then jammed with the group on his own tunes and covers as the program went into and out of commercial breaks, including “Spots Of Time,” “Sick Of My Shadow,” “Soulshine,” and “The Thrill Is Gone.” Watch below.

Watch Black Simon & Garfunkel Sing “Can’t Feel My Face” With Art Garfunkel On Jimmy Fallon

Posted by @hafis_rosli | October 01, 2015

On The Tonight Show, The Roots members ?uestlove and Captain Kirk Douglas have a recurring bit called Black Simon & Garfunkel. They dress in mock turtlenecks like actual Simon & Garfunkel. They’ve done songs like “Shake It Off,” “Timber,” “Royals,” and “Get Lucky.” Last night, they took on The Weeknd’s “Can’t Feel My Face.” And midway through a special guest came out and joined them: The actual (white) Art Garfunkel, game enough to sing along with this goofy version of The Weeknd’s song. Check it out below.

Watch John Scofield Sit In With The Roots On Jimmy Fallon

By The Audio Mug | October 1, 2015

A legendary jazz guitarist John Scofield stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night as a guest. On the show, Scofield sit in and playing with Jimmy Fallon mainstay band The Roots from the start to finish. Watch Scofield played with The Roots in the video below.

Watch Micky Dolenz Sit In With The Roots On Jimmy Fallon

By The Audio Mug | September 29, 2015

The Monkees’s Micky Dolenz stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and sit in with Fallon house band The Roots. Fallon greeted Dolenz warmly and spoke of the time when he opened for The Monkees at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles in 1997. Dolenz sang several Monkees songs throughout the evening, accompanied by The Roots, including “I’m a Believer,” “Last Train to Clarksville,” “Steppin’ Stone,” “Pleasant Valley Sunday,” and “Mary, Mary.” Watch below.

Watch Sara Bareilles Perform “I Choose You” On Jimmy Fallon

Sara Bareilles performed “I Choose You” with a little help from The Roots on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The song off her new album The Blessed Unrest. Watch the performance below.

Watch Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon Sit In With The Roots On Jimmy Fallon

Posted by @hafis_rosli | February 02, 2014

Bon Iver frontman Justin Vernon stopped by the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and sit in with Fallon house band the Roots. Fallon welcome Vernon and stated that he is the show final guest to sit in with the Roots before their switch to The Tonight Show in a couple weeks coming. Vernon and the Roots sing Bon Iver’s “Woods” in a transition segment of the show, watch below.

[WATCH] Dierks Bentley w/ Mike McCready – “Alive” (Pearl Jam Cover) 10/23/2013 Jimmy Fallon

Dierks Bentley brought back the memory of early era of Pearl Jam when he covered the band classic album Ten hit “Alive” on the third night of Pearl Jam Week on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Joining him on stage is Pearl Jam lead guitarist Mike McCready and The Roots. Watch the performance below:

Elvis Costello w/ The Roots – “Cinco Minutos Con Vos” 9/19/13 Jimmy Fallon

Posted by @theaudiomug | September 21, 2013

Elvis Costello and The Roots performed “Cinco Minutos Con Vos” on the Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. The song also featured Spanish singer Marisol performed with them. The song off their recent collaborative album Wise Up Ghost. Earlier in the week their had performed together and watch them performed once again below.

[WATCH] Elvis Costello – Interview + “Walk Us Uptown” w/ The Roots 9/17/2013 Jimmy Fallon

Elvis Costello stopped by the Late Night With Jimmy Fallon for a short interview and play a song with the Roots at the end of the show. Recently, Costello teamed up with the Roots to make the surprisingly collaborative album Wise Up Ghost. Sitting down with Fallon, Costello talked a bit about how the collaboration came together. And then, they performed “Walk Us Uptown” together. Watch the interview and the performance below:



Wise Up Ghost is out now via Blue Note. Buy on iTunes/Amazon 

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Watch J Mascis Sit In With The Roots On Jimmy Fallon 7/29/13

Posted by @hafis_rosli | August 01, 2013

Dinosaur Jr.’ J Mascis sit in and playing with Jimmy Fallon mainstay band The Roots as a guest on the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Mascis play a teaser from the new Dinosaur Jr. album I Bet on the Sky. More than just a preview of new cut “Just Like Heaven”, With The Roots, Mascis covered the hot Daft Punk single “Get Lucky” (surprisingly with Stephen Colbert suddenly came out to dance with Fallon) and the Black Sabbath classic “War Pigs” later in the show. Watch all in the video below.

Watch Black Simon & Garfunkel Cover Daft Punk’ “Get Lucky” On Jimmy Fallon

Posted by @hafis_rosli | June 23, 2013

Jimmy Fallon’s suggestion box has led to some iconic crazy moments for the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon episodes. This week saw awesome moments courtesy of requests from Fallon fans. One of those request from Simon & Garfunkel fans and would like Fallon have it as Black Simon & Garfunkel on the set. Watch Black Simon & Garfunkel, who covered Daft Punk’s single “Get Lucky” with quiet grace below.

Mike McCready sit in with The Roots on Jimmy Fallon 12/7/2012

Pearl Jam’ Mike McCready sit in and playing with Jimmy Fallon band The Roots as a guest on the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. He played alongside The Roots in the whole show. He also revealed that Pearl Jam were in the middle of working on new album and the band will start touring next year.

Watch the video below:
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Watch John Pizzarelli Sit In With The Roots On Jimmy Fallon

By The Audio Mug | September 14, 2011

Jazz guitarist’s John Pizzarelli stopped by the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and sit in with Fallon house band The Roots. On the show, Pizzarelli sit in and playing with the Roots from the start to finish. He also show his skills sounding guitar tune by mouth sounds. Watch below.