Welcome back to The Roots Report Podcast, presented by Motif, and hosted by John Fuzek. Today John chats with ALLY THE PIPER. She is an internet bagpipe sensation that made the leap from online videos to successfully touring and recording. She is known for her covers of hard rock songs such as “Crazy Train” by Ozzy Osborne and “The Devil Went Down To Georgia” by Charlie Daniels, and others. She also writes and records her own music. Ally the Piper will be at The Narrows Center for the Arts in Fall River on February 21. For more about the show, “Follow Through” to narrowscenter.org

Welcome back to The Roots Report Podcast, presented by Motif, and hosted by John Fuzek. Today John chats with RANDY JACKSON. He is best known as the front man of the band Zebra who scored hits in the early 80’s with songs such as In “Tell Me What You Want” and Who’s Behind The Door”. Randy Jackson will be the guest vocalist for Windborne's The Music of Pink Floyd and will be performed by the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor/arranger Brent Havens. The orchestra will play Dark Side Of The Moon in its entirety as well as other Floyd favorites at The Providence Performing Arts Center on November 29. For more about the show, “Eclipse” over to PPACRI.org

Welcome back to The Roots Report Podcast, presented by Motif, and hosted by John Fuzek. Today John chats with PAUL WILLIAMS. He is Grammy, Golden Globe and Oscar winning singer, songwriter and actor. He wrote songs for A Star is Born and won an Oscar for “Evergreen”. He wrote “Rainbow Connection” for Kermit the Frog. He scored multiple hits with songs covered by The Carpenters such as “We’ve Only Just Begun”, ‘Rainy Days and Mondays” and Three Dog Night’s “Old Fashioned Love Song” and “Family of Man”. He has a legacy of songs to his credit. He has also appeared in films and TV shows such as Battle for the Planet of the Apes, The Smokey and The Bandit movies, The Love Boat, The Muppet show and was omnipresent on talk shows in the 70’s and 80’s. There is far too much to list. Paul Williams will be at ComicCon in Providence this weekend all three days Fri-Sun.