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The Roots
The Roots


Background information
Origin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genre(s) Hip-hop
Jazz
Soul
Rock
Funk
Years active 1987—present
Label(s) Def Jam Recordings
Geffen Records
Interscope Records
Island Def Jam Music Group
MCA Records
DGC Records
Website Website
Members
Black Thought
Questlove
Kamal Gray
F. Knuckles
Captain Kirk Douglas
Damon "Tuba Gooding Jr." Bryson
Owen Biddle
Former members
Ben Kenney
Kenyatta "Kid Crumbs" Warren
Josh "Rubberband" Abrams
Malik B.
Rahzel
Scott Storch
Martin Luther
Scratch
Dice Raw
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Villagers, Erol Alkan Join Field Day Festival 2011 Line-Up

April 6, 2011
Villagers, Erol Alkan Join Field Day Festival 2011 Line-UpVillagers and Erol Alkan are among the latest additions to the line-up for this year's Field Day festival in London.

The one-day event in London takes place at Victoria Park on August 6.

Other new acts on the bill include Benga and Youngman, Carl Craig and Four Tet's Kieran Hebden, who will play a back-to-back set with James Holden.

They join a line-up that already includes The Horrors, Coral, Wild Beats, Gruff Rhys, Tortoise, and Willy Mason.

Tickets for the festival are on sale now.

(by Jason Gregory)





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