Roots to Grooves

Originally founded as a DJ collective back in 1995, Berlin based Jazzanova have since released three full-length LP's, consisting of intricately programmed beats topped with beautiful flowing melodie…

Jim James is an American musician and songwriter who came to prominence as the lead singer for My Morning Jacket. Branching off into a solo career, James has found success displaying a kaleidoscopic …

Real Estate are an American indie rock band from Ridgewood New Jersey.

Noted for their style of warm, hazy indie rock, with breezy melodies and jangly guitars, the band has experienced numerous lineup…

Shawn Lee is a prolific American composer and producer, credited on over 40 albums of assorted genres and shows no signs of slowing. After gaining a footing in the LA music scene, Lee relocated to Lo…

Polyphia are an American rock band from Dallas, Texas.

Known for conjuring up their own blend of progressive metal and math rock, the guitar led, instrumental quartet continue to innovate by integrati…

Actress is Darren J. Cunningham. Once a promising young English footballer, a debilitating injury led Darren to immerse himself in the London club scene. Cunningham experiments with avant-garde, cutt…

The Polish Ambassador is David Sugalski, an American electronic music producer and DJ from Oakland, California. Not only does this funky diplomat continue to experiment with electronic, dub, and worl…

Glass Animals is an English psychedelic pop band spearheaded by frontman, Dave Bayley. After dropping out of medical school at King’s College, Bayley and company were signed to a record label and beg…

Adrian Younge is an American composer, arranger, and producer. Looking back in time in order to move music forward, Adrienne focuses on production techniques of the late 60s and early 70s, recording …

The Avalanches are a plunderphonics and psychedelic hip hop group formed in Melbourne, Australia. After humble beginnings as a ‘noise punk’ outfit , the group shifted to using samples as the main com…

King Krule is Archie Marshall - an English musician, rapper and record producer, credited with creating the ‘bluewave’ genre. Inspired by disparate artists ranging from Elvis Presley to the Pixies, A…

Ariel Pink is Ariel Rosenburg: A producer, singer and songwriter based out of Los Angeles, California, with a proclivity towards low fidelity pop-rock music. With a do-it-yourself approach, Ariel Pin…

Toro y Moi is Chaz Bundick, an American songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist. In 2009, Toro y Moi gained worldwide acclaim pioneering a genre of music, dubbed chillwave, and continues to pr…

DJ Shadow is Joshua Paul Davis: An American hip hop producer and DJ.

Appearing on the scene in 1996, DJ Shadow debuted an influential, instrumental hip hop album titled ‘Endtroducing….’. With his coll…

In this debut episode of "Roots to Grooves", musicians Jay Purcell & Jesse Quigley discuss the history, music and career of Houston based trio "Khruangbin".

"Khruangbin" is Mark Speer, Laura Lee, and …