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Sol Roots

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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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PapaJ @michiganpapa.bsky.social · 1d

"You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom."

Clarence Darrow

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PapaJ @michiganpapa.bsky.social · 1d

"The balancing of the budget will not in itself place a teaspoonful of milk in a hungry baby's stomach or remove the rags from its mother's back."

John L. Lewis (1880 - 1969)

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AllMusic @allmusic.com · 16h

AllMusic Staff Pick
Dadawah
Peace and Love

Of all the many albums heralding the arrival of roots, and driving it to ascendency in the Jamaican and international reggae market, few were as uncompromising in vision as Ras Michael's Dadawah -- Peace & Love.

Peace and Love - Dadawah | Album | AllMusic

Peace and Love by Dadawah released in 1974. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

www.allmusic.com

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Live Music Archive Updates @livemusicarchiveupdates.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 17h

Oteil and Friends Live at The Neighborhood Theatre on 2025-10-07 https://archive.org/details/OBF2025-10-07

Oteil and Friends Live at The Neighborhood Theatre on 2025-10-07 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Oteil Burbridge And FriendsThe Neighborhood TheatreCharlotte, North Carolina10/7/2025Source: Schoeps CCM4V'S>Sound Devices Mix-Pre 6 II...

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Rock & Blues Muse @rockandbluesmuse.bsky.social · 16h

Blues Harmonica Legend, Billy Branch To Release New Album ‘The Blues Is My Biography’ feat. Bobby Rush, Shemekia Copeland and Ronnie Baker Brooks. Listen to the new single here!
rockandbluesmuse.com/2025/10/08/b... #billybranch #blues #bluesharmonica #newmusic #newrelease

Billy Branch To Release New Album 'The Blues Is My Biography'

Blues Harmonica Legend, Billy Branch To Release New Album 'The Blues Is My Biography' out November 7, 2025 on Rosa’s Lounge Records

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Matt Burdetsky @mattburdetsky.bsky.social · 20h

Tomorrow night, Thursday, 10/9/2025, at the legendary JV's in Falls Church, VA. A great opportunity for the DMV to take in the sounds of Sol Roots and #SupportLiveMusic.

Sol Roots @solroots.bsky.social · 20h

Thurs Oct 9
Sol Roots band (with guests)
at legendary JV's
Falls Church VA

"an award-winning blend of raw Funk, deep Blues, heartfelt Soul, & energetic Rock"

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

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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 17h

Warner Music Group and Bain Capital team up for a $1.2 billion venture to acquire legendary music catalogs—pairing WMG’s global reach with Bain’s financial power to preserve and grow timeless artistry. zurl.co/w4my8

Warner Music Group and Bain Capital Launch $1.2 Billion Music Catalog Investment Venture - That Eric Alper

Warner Music Group, the global music entertainment company, and Bain Capital, a leading global private investment firm, are launching a joint venture to allow for the purchase of up to $1.2 billion of legendary music catalogs across both recorded music and music publishing. The partnership was formed through equal equity commitments from WMG and Bain Capital. This new […]

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Sol Roots @solroots.bsky.social · 17h

"If we are to have peace on earth...our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and this means we must develop a world perspective " - Martin Luther King Jr

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Sol Roots @solroots.bsky.social · 1d

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

Fri Oct 10 Blawnox PA
Sat Oct 11 Lima NY
Sun Oct 12 Troy NY
Tues Oct 14 & Wed 15 Syracuse NY

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S.T.O.P.—Surveillance Technology Oversight Project @stopspyingny.bsky.social · 2d

Amazon Ring devices will start including #FacialRecognition. Learn why this is such a dangerous move here, with commentary from STOP's @foxcahn.bsky.social. @shiraovide.bsky.social's www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Analysis | Amazon’s Ring plans to scan everyone’s face at the door

For the first time, the company is putting facial recognition into its home security doorbells and video cameras.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Sol Roots @solroots.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks @esmereldaohara.bsky.social !!

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SAT OCT 4
Sol Roots band
at Two Nineteen
Alexandria VA

"Sol performs an award-winning blend of New Orleans influenced Funk, deep Blues, Soul, & Rock"

219 is a hot spot for some of the Washington D.C. & Northern Virginia area's top bands, & features delicious southern and New Orleans cuisine.

Sol Roots @solroots.bsky.social · 4d

Sun Oct 5
Takoma Park Street Festival
Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band, The Nighthawks, Dave Chappell band, Dance Flamenco DC, and many more
10am-5pm

Sol Roots @solroots.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks @debramayberry.bsky.social !!

Sol Roots @solroots.bsky.social · 5d

FRI OCT 3
Sol Roots band
at Two Nineteen
Alexandria VA

"an award-winning blend of New Orleans influenced Funk, deep Blues, Soul, & Rock"

219 is a hot spot for some of the Washington D.C. and Northern Virginia area's top bands, and features delicious southern and New Orleans cuisine

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Sol Roots @solroots.bsky.social · 6d

dig deep in your roots,
and reach high to the sky.
one love

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Rahawa Haile @rahawahaile.bsky.social · 6d

“One of my favorite varieties of hip-hop is the deeply subterranean kind. The sort you stumble upon by accident: a barely discernible but promising little secret stubbing against your toe. And then you dig.”
- @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social for @coyotemedia.org

A Journey Into Self: The Bay Area Filipino Artist Blending Abstract Painting with Rap

THEALLSEEINGEYE is a Gen Z throwback to the golden era of hip-hop.

www.coyotemedia.org

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Sol Roots @solroots.bsky.social · 6d

Thurs Oct 2
Sol Roots Band
Private Event
Alexandria VA

"award-winning blend of New Orleans influenced Funk, heartfelt Soul, deep Blues, energetic Rock, and hypnotic rhythms"

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Account reposting Peter Parcek's tweets @peterparcekrepost.bsky.social · 6d

The Cool Sound Of Albert Collins brilliant 1965 compilation LP ( re-released in '69 as Truckin' With Albert Collins)!
The Cool Sound Of Albert Collins youtube.com/watch?v=NFHg...
Truckin’ With Albert Collins youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#Blues #bluesmusic #bluesguitar #albertcollins

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PapaJ @michiganpapa.bsky.social · 8d

"What has destroyed every previous civilization has been the tendency to the unequal distribution of wealth and power."

Henry George

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PapaJ @michiganpapa.bsky.social · 8d

"As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as they please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the outcome."

Noam Chomsky

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PapaJ @michiganpapa.bsky.social · 8d

"There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true."

Soren Kierkegaard

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 7d

The naturalist Jane Goodall died today at 91. Hope, she argued, is not merely “passive wishful thinking” but a “crucial survival trait.” Revisit a conversation with Goodall, from 2021: nyer.cm/F55JtsS

An image of Jane Goodall and a chimpanzee, from 1965. Photo courtesy CBS Photo Archive / Getty.

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RVAMAG @rvamag.bsky.social · 7d

Goose is back in Richmond this week for a two-night stand at the Allianz Amphitheater at Riverfront. For guitarist and vocalist Rick Mitarotonda, it’s another chance to chase what he calls “flow state” the unpredictable current that runs through both their songs and their shows.

Goose Takes Richmond: Rick Mitarotonda on Flow and Freedom

Goose guitarist Rick Mitarotonda talks with RVA Mag about improvisation, songwriting, and chasing “flow state” ahead of the band’s two-night run at Richmond’s new Allianz Amphitheater at Riverfront. F...

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