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roots

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adjective

(of popular music) going back to the origins of a style, esp in being genuine and unpretentious
roots rock

Roots

(1976) A Pulitzer Prize –w��ԲԾ��Բ� novel by the African-American author Alex Haley, later made into a popular television drama. It traces a black American man's heritage to Africa, where his ancestors had been captured and sold as slaves.

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Take the section during the recording of "Music from Big Pink" when The Band was bringing the American roots classic “The Weight” to fruition.

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“They’re not out here, but this represents my roots,” he said.

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In “Pulsefield” pieces numbered 1, 2 and 3, Riley returns to the modular roots of “In C” a half century later.

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Many have lived in California for years, and have put down roots and started families.

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And many in those circles have immigrant roots or came to political consciousness during the 1990s when anti-immigrant sentiment roiled the state.

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