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Drummer Blog: Echosmith’s Graham Sierota Talks The Tonight Show, “You Ought to Know??? Concert, and HALO Awards

Hello! I recently had my craziest week yet. All my friends were in a classroom while I was in New York City during the craziest week of my band’s life. My name is Graham, and I’m fifteen years old and…

Dec 5, 2014

Drummer Blog: Echosmith’s Graham Sierota Talks The Tonight Show, “You Ought to Know??? Concert, and HALO Awards

Hello! I recently had my craziest week yet. All my friends were in a classroom while I was in New York City during the craziest week of my band’s life. My name is Graham, and I’m fifteen years old and…

Dec 5, 2014

Guitar Center Celebrates New Times Square Store With The Roots Live In Concert

Guitar Center has announced the grand opening of the retailer’s brand new store location in world-renowned Times Square. The new store is located at 218 W. 44th St. and opens its doors at 7 p.m. on Thursday, August 7, 2014.  This opening coincides…

Jul 30, 2014

Questlove Helps Bring Music Back to NYC Public Schools

Grammy Award winning artist to DJ at the Music Crossing Borders' 2nd Annual Take a TourTM Gala on Thursday, May 10th Questlove, of the Grammy Award–winning hip-hop collective the Roots, will guest DJ at Music Crossing Borders’ second annual Take a Tour gala, a…

Mar 21, 2012

Ryan Berty of SOJA

Hello, MD readers! If you had told me at age fifteen that I would grow up to be a professional drummer, I would have thought you were crazy. Playing drums seemed like the last thing I would be able to…

Feb 16, 2012

June 2010 Issue of Modern Drummer Featuring The Roots' Questlove

On the Cover The Roots' AMIR "QUESTLOVE" THOMPSON Their time on Fallon has left the hip-hop pioneers pumped and playing stronger than ever. Quest and Co. harnessed that energy, booked studio time, and produced the "live" R&B album of their…

May 10, 2010

Ahmir “Questlove" Thompson: Quest's Best

(June 2010 Issue) Hip-hop’s greatest band might be spending most of its energies rehearsing and performing on Fallon. But the Roots’ new album proves they’re still an awesome force in the studio. Here Quest, in his own words, gives us…

Apr 20, 2010