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Sol Roots

@solroots.bsky.social

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"New Orleans influenced funk, deep blues, heartfelt soul, energetic rock, and hypnotic rhythms." Sol is a Home Grown Music Network artist and a "Next Generation" Music Maker Foundation artist. SolRootsMusic.com

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Sol Roots @solroots.bsky.social · Dec 11

"Sol is a fierce guitarist and soulful singer"- JamBase

"Sol's vocalizing reminds me of Moses Allison, Van Morrison, & Mississippi hill country singers"- Big City Blues Magazine

"Sol Roots and the band provide an upbeat cocktail of equal parts blues, New Orleans funk, rock, and soul"- The Jamwich

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Kilborn Alley Blues Band @kilbornalley.bsky.social · 9h

Astonishing! Better get some Art Blakey today. Thanks to Denise Oliver-Velez! @deniseoliver-velez.bsky.social
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Black Music Sunday: Flowers for drumming legend Art Blakey

� Black Music Sunday is a weekly series highlighting all things Black music, with over 280 stories covering performers, genres, history, and more, each featuring its own vibrant soundtrack. I hope ...

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Sol Roots @solroots.bsky.social · 5h

SUN OCT 12
The Nighthawks
Lustre Kings
at Hangar on Hudson
Troy NY

"For decades, The Nighthawks have performed their low down blues, R&B, soul & rock. The band is led by master harmonica player & blues historian Mark Wenner. The 2025 Nighthawks lineup includes Mark Stutso, Sol Roots & Zach Sweeney"

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PapaJ @michiganpapa.bsky.social · 2d

“I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don’t believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn’t want brotherhood with me. I believe in treating people right, but I’m not going to waste my time trying to treat somebody right who doesn’t know how to return the treatment.”

Malcolm X - 1964

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PapaJ @michiganpapa.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning ☕✌️

"The smallest good deed is better than the grandest intention."

Japanese Proverb

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Sol Roots @solroots.bsky.social · 1d

SAT OCT 11
The Nighthawks
Fanatics
Lima NY

"For decades, The Nighthawks have performed their free wheeling blend of blues, R&B, soul, & rock. The band is led by master harmonica player & blues historian Mark Wenner. The 2025 Nighthawks lineup includes Mark Stutso, Sol Roots, & Zach Sweeney"

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Rock & Blues Muse @rockandbluesmuse.bsky.social · 3d

Exclusive Video Premiere: Eric Bibb’s new ‘This One Don’t”, from the Blues Legend’s forthcoming album ‘One Mississippi’ out January 30, 2026 via Repute Records. Delightful groove. Fun video! Watch here
rockandbluesmuse.com/2025/10/09/v... #ericbibb #blues #rhythmandblues #newmusic #videopremiere

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Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 5d

How to write with style – Vonnegut's 8 tips on harnessing the power of the written word www.themarginalian.org/2013/01/14/h...

How to Write with Style: Kurt Vonnegut’s 8 Keys to the Power of the Written Word

“The most damning revelation you can make about yourself is that you do not know what is interesting and what is not.”

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Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 4d

Be Like Water – the philosophy and origin of Bruce Lee's famous metaphor for resilience www.themarginalian.org/2013/05/29/l...

Be Like Water: The Philosophy and Origin of Bruce Lee’s Famous Metaphor for Resilience

“In order to control myself I must first accept myself by going with and not against my nature.”

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Albumism @albumism.com · 1d

Parliament's 'Mothership Connection' (1975) is included in the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry, which celebrates culturally, historically & aesthetically significant recordings.

Rediscover the album here: album.ink/ParliamentMC

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Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 1d

M.C. Escher - Three Worlds c.1955.
#Lithograph

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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 1d

"And then there’s 'It’s A New Day:' a side-ending track with an introductory two-measure drum break tighter than a miser’s fist and with a headnod-provoking bounce that practically put an exclamation mark on that year’s inaugural class of future-standard hip-hop breaks."

Loop History: Skull Snaps’ “It’s A New Day”

The story of the Skull Snaps’ influential break “It’s A New Day”

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

Understaffing at air traffic control towers has affected flights this week. But the The National Air Traffic Controllers Association president says worker shortages are nothing new.

Shutdown strains already short-staffed air traffic controllers, union president says

Understaffing at air traffic control towers has affected flights this week. But the The National Air Traffic Controllers Association president says worker shortages are nothing new.

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Talib Kweli @talibkweli.bsky.social · 1d

Some thoughts on Assata Shakur. open.substack.com/pub/talibkwe...

SOME THOUGHTS ON ASSATA SHAKUR. SAY HER NAME.

“It is our duty to fight for our freedom.

open.substack.com

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JamBase @jambase.com · 2d

Tour Dates: Khruangbin will perform in intimate venues across the U.S. to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their album 'The Universe Smiles Upon You."

Check out the November 2025 dates and find out how to score tickets ...

Khruangbin Announces Intimate ‘The Universe Smiles Upon You’ 10th Anniversary Tour

Khruangbin will tour the United States in November 2025 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their debut album "The Universe Smiles Upon You."

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This Is CNY @thisiscny.com · 10d

At La Casita Cultural Center, 33 Latinos — mothers, fathers, grandmothers, aunts, sisters, cousins, couples and friends — came together to create Corpórea, a collective art installation born from each participant’s story of resilience, inspiration and memory.

www.thisiscny.com/living/2025/...

Art therapy at La Casita creates a ‘healing space’ for Latino community in Syracuse

La Casita Cultural Center hosts Arts as Mindfulness, an art therapy project where Latino residents share their stories and build community through collective creativity.

www.thisiscny.com

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This Is CNY @thisiscny.com · 2d

Syracuse nonprofit community arts organization Folkus Project, which hosts performances out of May Memorial Unitarian Universalist Society, is celebrating 25 years of bringing folk and acoustic music to the area.

www.thisiscny.com/living/2025/...

‘Intimate’ Syracuse music venue celebrates 25th anniversary (photos)

For 25 years, Syracuse's Folkus Project has given a platform for "beautiful and poetic" folk and acoustic music.

www.thisiscny.com

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Account reposting Peter Parcek's tweets @peterparcekrepost.bsky.social · 2d

Happy B'Day Oct 10 to Cyril Neville singer-percussionist with The Neville Brothers & Royal Southern Brotherhood (1948)!
Yellow Moon youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Fire On The Bayou youtube.com/playlist?lis...

#neworleans #singer #percussionist #themeters #nevillebrothers

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DJ Mike V @djmikev.bsky.social · 2d

Cyril Neville - The Blues Is Here to Stay (ft Taj Mahal)

Cyril Neville is celebrating a birthday today! He is the youngest of the Neville Brothers, and was in the Meters, too. Amazing and influential artist!

#CyrilNeville #MusicBirthday #MusicSky #TheNevilleBrothers #NOLA

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The Blues Is Here to Stay (feat. Taj Mahal)

YouTube video by Cyril Neville - Topic

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bobsjazz.bsky.social @bobsjazz.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Birthday Cyril Neville, born 10/10/1948. From his work with The Meters and Neville Brothers to his solo career, always socially conscious, soulful and funky. “Jah please come to the crossroads/ You can save the children I know/Jah please come to the crossroads/ Tell them to let the people go “

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Sol Roots @solroots.bsky.social · 2d

Fri Oct 10
The Nighthawks
Moondog's
Blawnox PA
"The Nighthawks perform their mix of blues, R&B, soul, & rock. The band is led by master harmonica player Mark Wenner. The 2025 'Hawks lineup features longtime drummer Mark Stutso, talented guitarist Zach Sweeney, & powerful bassist/vocalist Sol Roots"

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Rock & Blues Muse @rockandbluesmuse.bsky.social · 3d

Langhorne Slim Announces ‘The Dreamin’ Kind’ New Album. Produced by Greta Van Fleet’s Sam F. Kiszka, the Nashville-based artist strapping on an electric guitar and embracing his longtime love of larger-than-life rock & roll. Listen to the 2 singles!
rockandbluesmuse.com/2025/10/09/l...

Langhorne Slim, Tge Dreamin Kind, album cover

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Martin Luther King III @officialmlk3.bsky.social · 6d

“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” – Frederick Douglass

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PapaJ @michiganpapa.bsky.social · 4d

"Why is it that people with the most narrow of minds seem to have the widest of mouths?"

Lewis Carroll

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PapaJ @michiganpapa.bsky.social · 3d

"In a political struggle of class against class, organization of trade unions is the most important weapon."

Friedrich Engels

It is one of the characteristics of a free and democratic nation that it have free and independent labor unions.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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jazzandbluesjrny.bsky.social @jazzandbluesjrny.bsky.social · 4d

youtube.com/watch?v=XDK9... Derek Trucks Live

Derek Trucks Performing "Soul Serenade" at Guitar Center's King of the Blues 2010

YouTube video by Guitar Center

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