Posted Feb. 06, 2012, at 2:05 p.m. Last modified Feb. 06, 2012, at 3:19 p.m. In April of 2011, Nick Noonan and Amy Heidemann ? the adorable engaged couple, both in their mid-20s, better known as the musical duo Karmin ? had just barely buckled in for the ride of their lives.

A Grammy-winning producer and record-label owner is in the studio to talk about an increasingly popular corner of Latin roots music.

Led by the songwriting team of vocalists Jeb Puryear and Tara Nevins, DONNA THE BUFFALO has spent the last 20 years perfecting a giddy marriage of roots music?folk, country, zydeco, Cajun, reggae and various shadings of Americana, all filtered through a singer/songwriter sensibility.

Backstage at 'Rocking the Roots' with local rock icons, (L-R) ace guitarists Rene Garcia, Resty Fabunan, Gary Perez and bassist Eggpie De Castro (photo by Annie S. Alejo) ?Rocking the Roots? Music Museum / Jan. 27, 2012   MANILA, Philippines ? It?s a rare happening these days, this assembly of local rock giants on one stage. It was a not-so-quiet, if a little under-promoted gathering not meant ...

TARIQ TROTTER, a/k/a Black Thought, of The Roots, hosts Let's Move It Philly, a charity concert/party for his GrassROOTS Community Foundation Feb. 18 at Sigma Sound (212 N. 12th), a place near and dear to his heart, as it is where the Roots rehearsed and recorded their first few albums.