05:00 pm
Fri Mar 10

Questlove DJ Set w/ Cilantro Boombox, Fort Never, Sphynx, A-Town GetDown & More ($25)

Empire Control Room & Garage
604-606 East 7th St., Austin, TX, 78701
0.15km NE
Sphynx (Austin TX)
Pop
A-Town GetDown (Austin TX)
Funk
Cilantro Boombox (Austin TX)
R & B
Questlove (Philadelphia, PA)
Hip-Hop / Rap
Fort Never (Austin TX)

Heard Presents: Questlove

(3 Hour DJ Set)

with Cilantro Boombox, Fort Never, Sphynx, A-Town GetDown, Terminator Dave + more TBA

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?uestlove

An American percussionist, multi-instrumentalist, DJ, music journalist, record producer, and occasional actor. He is best known as the drummer and joint frontman (with Black Thought) for the Grammy Award-winning band The Roots. The Roots have been serving as the in-house band for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon since February 14, 2014, continuing the role they served during the entire 969-episode run of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. He is also one of the producers of the Broadway phenomenon, Hamilton.

He has produced recordings for artists including Elvis Costello, Common, D'Angelo, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Bilal, Jay-Z, Nikka Costa, and more recently, Al Green, Amy Winehouse, and John Legend. He is a member of the production teams the Soulquarians, The Randy Watson Experience, The Soultronics, and The Grand Wizzards.