Rare Essence

Usher replacing Diddy at Roots Picnic 2023

The Philly festival returns on June 3-4 at The Mann in Fairmount Park.

Roots Picnic 2023: Lauryn Hill 'Miseducation' set, Diddy, Dave Chappelle, Lil Uzi Vert & more

The lineup also includes Black Thought’s Live Mixtape ft. Eve & Busta Rhymes, Ari Lennox, City Girls, Syd, GloRilla, a Soulquarians icons set with Roy Ayers and The Isley Brothers, and more…

Lettuce team with members of Rare Essence & Trouble Funk on new go-go song/video (watch)

”We all grew up bumpin late 80s hip-hop and didn’t realize until later that we were listening to samples of go-go bands like Trouble Funk and Rare Essence,” says drummer Adam Deitch.

free 2017 Betsy Head Park SummerStage shows (DJ Premier, Ginuwine, more)

The lineup of free 2017 SummerStage shows is announced, and as always, it includes concerts happening in city parks in all five boroughs. Here’s what’s going on in Brownsville’s Betsy Head Park.

SummerStage 2017 free show lineup: Digable Planets, Yo La Tengo, Jadakiss, Laura Mvula, Valerie June, more

Also: Margaret Glaspy, George Clinton, Main Source, KRS-One, Slick Rick, Robert Glasper, Denzel Curry, DJ Premier, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Capone-N-Noreaga, GZA, Bilal, and so much more.

globalFEST 2017 lineup (Jojo Abot, Maarja Nuut, Rare Essence, Septeto Santiaguero, more)

The lineup includes the Lauryn Hill-approved singer Jojo Abot, Estonian folk singer/violinist Maarja Nuut, DC go-go vets Rare Essence, Indian-classical and jazz fuser Rudresh Mahanthappa, Cuban group Septeto Santiaguero, and more.