How I Got Over, which takes its name from Clara Ward’s gospel classic (made popular by Mahalia Jackson), is the Roots‘ first new release since joining Late Night with Jimmy Fallon for a full time gig as the show’s house band. Grammy Award winners the Roots characterize the songs on How I Got Over as “depicting the everyman’s search for hope in this dispiriting post-hope zeitgeist”. The lead single from the Roots new set is “Dear God 2.0.” The track re-imagines the Monsters of Folk song “Dear God” and features MOF members Yim Yames from My Morning Jacket, Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis from Bright Eyes and M. Ward.
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