The Roots drummer talks about 50 years of "Saturday Night Live" music and the "powerful" performance that nearly drove him to ...

Like the DJ he is, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson is highly adept at keeping a lot of things spinning.

Questlove's documentary, Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music, highlights the show's most iconic musical performances and comedy sketches — and addresses the show's "unhummable" theme song.

“Ladies & Gentlemen…50 Years of SNL Music" co-director Questlove on clearing music rights and the one artist he couldn't get.

Questlove initially intended the documentary to count down the 50 greatest musical moments on SNL, but the project evolved as he dug deeper into the show's musical history.

QUESTLOVE: The deal is that I am four or five years older than SNL. I grew up in grew up in a no TV household, but music shows were allowed. My all-time favorite music show is Soul Train.

The post The 12 Biggest Revelations from Questlove’s SNL Music Documentary appeared first on Consequence.. As part of the ongoing festivities surrounding the 50th anniversary of Saturday Night ...

Questlove watched every episode of 'SNL' over three years “SNL” executive producer Lorne Michaels pitched Questlove on a documentary about the show's music in early 2021, ...

Questlove, who won the best documentary feature Oscar in 2022 for Summer of Soul, co-directed 50 Years of SNL Music with Oz Rodriguez and it features interviews with Mick Jagger, Billie Eilish ...

Questlove can still remember seeing Billy Preston perform on the first Saturday Night Live on Oct. 11, 1975. Technically, he wasn’t allowed to watch TV, but his parents were Soul Train devotees ...