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Questlove was skeptical. In early 2019, the Roots’ drummer was approached by two Hollywood producers who claimed to have 45 hours of footage from a long-forgotten music festival in Harlem that had included performances from Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Sly and the Family Stone, Mahalia Jackson, B.B. King, and more. …

Questlove has announced a new book, titled Music Is History, that will look back at the past 50 years through the “prism” of popular music. The Roots drummer’s latest book will focus on one song from each year between 1971 to 2021 and elucidate on how that track was informed …