Commercial radio typically plays twenty minutes of commercials every hour. That’s the equivalent of three to five songs. They also play the same 500 songs repeatedly. On The Roots you can hear thousands of songs with NO commercial breaks and no daily repetition. We aim to repeat songs no more than once per month unless they are part of a unique program. 

Most of our music is out of print and hard to find. We constantly comb local record shows and search for rarities you will not hear elsewhere. Rare, 50+-year-old vinyl is restored digitally, checked for quality, verified by MusicBrainz, and retagged before finally archiving into our massive uncompressed audio retrieval system.

The Roots offers twelve different membership levels for you to choose from. You can pay monthly or yearly. You can even create your payment plan to fit your finances. We now offer several gift incentives based on your support amount. Any membership can be adjusted up or down at any time. Just log onto our Member Portal and make any changes you wish. Every Roots member receives a unique discount code for use in The Roots Loot Store. 

We offer two ways to get help. You can e-mail our founder, John Stephens, at john@theroots.fm.  Or we have built a support document that is available at Membership-Support@theroots.fm. 

Our memberships never expire, and auto-renew once a year following notification.