On the January 19, 2002 broadcast of Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update sketch, host Jimmy Fallon, while reporting on ABC's refusal to show the Roots 25th anniversary special, gave a quick recap on the Roots story, stating: " For those of you who don ’ t remember Roots, it follows a saga of Kunta Kinte from young African tribesman, to slavery, to becoming literate, and eventually being the top of his class at Starfleet Academy ".

It was also announced that Simmons and McDaniels will perform with The Roots at their annual " picnic " show on June 5, 2010.

Eikerapen is also the site of the annual Eikerapen Roots Festival, an international music festival attracting thousands of people from all over Europe.

He also performed at the annual Roots ' Picnic in Philadelphia in June.

Young people are catered for by the thriving drama club, Grass Roots, which produces an annual play ranging from comedy to Shakespeare.

They hold an annual Denison Day ( or " DDay " for short ) concert, which has featured artists such as The Roots, Ben Folds, Rufus Wainwright, Reel Big Fish, Mos Def, Jay Sean, and Asher Roth.

The East Coast International Blues & Roots Music Festival, also known as Byron Bay Bluesfest, is an annual music festival held for five days over the Easter long weekend at Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia.

The band would play 10 more shows in 2011, including high-profile appearances at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago and the annual " Roots Picnic " in Philadelphia.

* The group and Vince Gill served as one-night headliners at the 9th annual ROMP: Bluegrass Roots and Branches Festival Yellow Creek Park in Owensboro, Kentucky June 2012 for International Bluegrass Music Museum ’ s ' largest annual fundraising event.

The issue of the couple's status was officially put to rest on February 11, 2008, when Barker told People magazine " No, I'm no longer with her " over the weekend at the 5th annual Roots Jam benefiting Rock the Vote at West Hollywood's Key Club.

Igor joined Max's current band Soulfly on stage at the 2006 tenth annual D-Low Memorial Show, to play the Sepultura songs " Roots Bloody Roots " and " Attitude ".

Okayplayer organize regular tours and an annual " Roots Picnic " all day event.

For the past five years, the River Music Experience has organized River Roots Live, an annual two-day music festival held on the banks of the Mississippi River in Davenport's LeClare Park.

Core initiatives include GroundWire, Dig Your Roots,! earshot, Women ’ s Hands and Voices, the Community Radio Fund of Canada, sector-wide listservs, and an annual radio conference.

In the proliferation of popular music genres, some traditional folk music became also referred to " World music " or " Roots music ".

* Mutt ( album ), a 2004 album by Roots music group Lost Dogs

Due to the consistently low number of entries for these categories, The Recording Academy decided to combine all these music variations into the new Best Regional Roots Music Album, including polka, which lost its own separate category in 2009.

Old school hip hop ( also spelled " old skool ") describes the earliest commercially recorded hip hop music ( approximately from 1979 – 1984 ), and the music in the period preceding it from which it was directly descended ( see Roots of hip hop ).

Daugherty is also one of the founding members of the Roots music supergroup Lost Dogs with Terry Scott Taylor, Michael Roe and Gene Eugene.

The album is a recording of a benefit concert that Glass Harp headlined for Roots of American Music ( www. rootsofamericanmusic. org ), " an organization dedicated to the preservation, performance and education about traditional American music in our schools.

Annual events include Kilkenny Arts Week, the Cat Laughs comedy festival and music at the Rhythm and Roots festival and the Source concert.

" The album is a recording of a benefit concert that Glass Harp headlined for Roots of American Music ( www. rootsofamericanmusic. org ), " an organization dedicated to the preservation, performance and education about traditional American music in our schools.

Yoakam has never been associated only with Country music ; on many early tours, he played with Hardcore Punk bands like Hüsker Dü, and played many shows around Los Angeles with Roots / Punk / Rock & Roll acts.

* Roots revival performers will often come from very different social and economic backgrounds compared to the people whose style of music they are popularizing.

* The Black Roots of Salsa ( Trailer )-a trailer of a documentary about the African roots of salsa music and dance, especially Afro-Cuban rumba.

Riffs & Rhymes appeared on the daily weekday schedule between 5 and 6 p. m., and it featured videos and bands that combined the sounds of rock and rap music, such as The Roots, Linkin Park, P. O. D., and Limp Bizkit.

According to music journalist Greg Kot, musical collective Soulquarians, consisting of such artists as D ' Angelo, The Roots, Erykah Badu, Bilal, Mos Def, Common, James Poyser, and Q-Tip, contributed significantly to the neo soul movement during the late 1990s to the early 2000s with its members ' " organic soul, natural R & B, boho-rap ".

While a member of Sepultura, Cavalera had shown an interest in world music as shown in Roots, featuring elements of the music of Brazil's indigenous peoples.

The music on these albums was played by Roots Radics, his most frequent collaborators.

Acts such as Fat Freddy ’ s Drop, Shapeshifter, Cornerstone Roots, Kora, and Trinity Roots as well as the new wave of Australian acts like Budspells, Rastawookie, King Tide, Red Eyes, and the likes, can all thank Salmonella Dub for paving the way to opening Australian ears to an alternative to a music scene that was largely house influenced dance music or straight guitar rock.

* The Roots & Heritage Festival: An event that takes place throughout the month of September and consists of a wide variety of culturally enriching activities including art exhibits, literary readings, film presentations, the Festival Ball and the ever-popular two-day street festival featuring live musical performances from internationally renowned artists.

In recent years the festival became so popular that there are now several such large summer festivals near the Connecticut-Rhode Island border: The Great Connecticut Cajun and Zydeco Music & Arts Festival, The Blast From The Bayou Cajun and Zydeco Festival, Rhythm & Roots Festival also in California the Cajun / Zydeco Festival ; Bay Area Ardenwood Historic Farm, Fremont, Calif. and The Simi Valley Cajun, Creole Music Festival.

Roots Around the World is another such festival, bringing what is described as the best in global music to the city and surrounding village halls.

The Coral toured with Arctic Monkeys during their 2007 summer festival gigs, releasing the single " Who's Gonna Find Me " on 30 July 2007 followed by the album Roots & Echoes on 6 August 2007.

The festival has sister events including West Coast Blues & Roots Festival, put on by Sunset Events in Western Australia, and the Point Nepean Music Festival which ran in Victoria in 2008, which feature similar artists.

Around the release of the album, the Roots performed at the Lollapalooza alternative music festival and Montreux Jazz Festival.

During that year's fest the new Celtic Roots stage was added, and the President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, attended the festival.

Exit 06 had 22 stages with more than 600 performers in total: Main Stage-the main festival ground ; Dance Arena-former DJ Arena, the 2nd biggest stage reserved for electronic music ; Fusion stage-stage reserved for performers coming from South-Eastern Europe ; World Music stage-World and ethno music ; Happynovisad stage-second-in-size electronic music stage ; Hip-Hop stage-new stage as of 2006 reserved for hip-hop performers ; Future Shock stage-unknown bands have a chance to get heard on this stage ; Metal stage-metal, hard rock and punk stage with a capacity of 5, 000 ; DJ Super Star stage ; Café del Danube stage ; Roots & Flowers stage ; SUS stage ; Elektrana stage ; MTV Free Your Mind stage ; Positive Vibration stage ; Latino stage ; Reggae stage and also smaller stages: Agora stage ; Stripanziva stage ; Cinema stage ; VIP stage and Crossroad stage.

Instead, in collaboration with The Lincoln Square Chamber of Commerce, Old Town School hosted the Square Roots festival.

Every September, Bristol hosts the old-time music festival, Rhythm & Roots Reunion.

They were garnering raves for their unique sound and exciting live shows and had become a staple act on the line-up of any Roots, Folk or jam-band festival.