The Key » Roots Picnic http://thekey.xpn.org Discover Philly's Best Local Music Tue, 21 May 2013 03:16:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Copyright WXPN, The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Watch Macklemore and Ryan Lewis on Saturday Night Live (playing Roots Picnic in June) http://thekey.xpn.org/2013/03/04/watch-macklemore-and-ryan-lewis-on-saturday-night-live-playing-roots-picnic-in-june/ http://thekey.xpn.org/2013/03/04/watch-macklemore-and-ryan-lewis-on-saturday-night-live-playing-roots-picnic-in-june/#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2013 13:35:30 +0000 Bruce Warren http://thekey.xpn.org/?p=71386
Photo by John Keatley

Photo by John Keatley

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis performed on Saturday Night Live last Saturday night. They’ll be back in Philly at the Roots Picnic on Saturday, June 1st along with Gary Clark Jr., Naughty By Nature, Grimes, Lushlife, How To Dress Well, DJ Premier, Solange and others. Go here for tickets to the show and more information. Watch their performances below.

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Photo by Pete Troshak | flickr.com/photos/petryfrompa/sets | twitter.com/shak74

The lineup for the 6th Annual Roots Picnic includes Gary Clark Jr., Lushlife and more [link]

Dave Hartley‘s Top of the Key returns to tell you why the NBA should #LetBonnerShoot [link]

Folk-inspired Philly songwriter Gretchen Lohse records a stunning Key Studio Session [link]

The latest album from Joe D’Amico gets the Unlocked treatment [link]

Portland dance-rock artist ONUINU chats about his upcoming show at Kung Fu Necktie [link]

Get your vote on in The Deli and Tri-State Indie‘s year-in-review polls [link]

Pitchfork gave Bleeding Rainbow‘s new LP a bad review, then premiered it anyway [link]

UK pop singer Jessie Ware played Union Transfer, reminisced about World Cafe [link]

Listen to Simian Mobie Disco recorded live on Making Time RADio [link]

Elder grunge statesmen Soundgarden brought their reunion tour to The Tower Theater [link]

Listen to Yo La Tengo cover The Spinners’ classic “I’ll Be There” from Free at Noon [link]

Ohio singer-songwriter Dolfish is spotlighted in this week’s Folkadelphia session [link]

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Photo by Pete Troshak | flickr.com/photos/petryfrompa/sets | twitter.com/shak74

The annual Roots Picnic returns in 2013 with an ever-eclectic lineup of rock, pop, hip-hop, electronic music and more. According to an Instagram post from Roots drummer Questlove, the show will be one day this year – Saturday, June 1 – at the Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing. On the lineup will be rock guitarist Gary Clark Jr., buzzing pop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (of “Thrift Shop” fame), mysterious electronic artist Grimes, a reunion of Naughty by Nature, Philly hip-hop impressionist Lushlife and more. Tickets go on sale this Friday at noon via Ticketmaster; full lineup after the jump.

6th Annual Roots Picnic Lineup
The Roots
Gary Clark Jr.
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Grimes
Naughty By Nature
AraabMUSIK
DJ Premier
Solange
Trinidad James
Gaslamp Killer
Hitboy
How to Dress Well
Joey Bada$$
Robert Glasper
Sonnymoon
Lushlife
Jennah Bell

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Today, Dice released the latest single from the album – an eerie soul groove called “Rear Window.” The song was produced by Rick Friedrich, who also worked with Dice on the harmonious banger “Lighthouse” from The Roots’ 2011 album Undun. Get a taste of the picnic and help yourself to a download below; you can also check out Dice’s previous tracks “Dining Alone” and “The Illest.”

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