''Roots 'n All'' is the

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and

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music program on national

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n youth broadcaster

Triple J Triple J (stylised in all lowercase) is a government-funded, national Australian Radio in Australia, radio station intended to appeal to listeners of alternative music, which began broadcasting in January 1975. The station also places a greate ...

. It is broadcast on Monday nights between 10 p.m. and 1 a.m. It started out as a 2-hour program starting at 11pm, but since 2006 has been expanded into a 3-hour show starting at 10pm. ''Roots 'n All'' reflects the contemporary roots music scene worldwide. The show features local and overseas musicians from genres as diverse as Blues, Folk, Jazz, Country, Soul, Reggae and World. ''Roots 'n All'' began hosted by Jordie Kilby began as a replacement for popular program The J Files in 2004. Jordie then left to go overseas in 2005, so Australian

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and guitarist

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temporarily hosted. In late 2005 blues musician

Ash Grunwald Ash Grunwald (born Ashley Mark Groenewald, 5 September 1976) is an Australian blues musician. He has released nine studio albums and has received five nominations for ARIA Music Awards. Five albums have charted in the ARIA Albums Chart top&nbs ...

took over hosting duties. In events that Ash Grunwald had gigs that affected presenting ''Roots 'n All'', Sarah Howells was his regular replacement. On 21 December 2006 Ash presented his last show of ''Roots 'n All'' and finished his role as a Triple J presenter. ''Roots 'n All'' returned on 11 January 2007, with Sarah Howells as the permanent presenter. In 2013, ''Roots 'n All'' moved from Thursday nights to Monday nights. In November 2016 it was announced that Sarah Howells would leave the show, passing hosting duties to Nkechi Anele. Howells now hosts ''Stir it Up'' on Double J.Triple J Announces Matt & Alex Breakfast Replacements
Greg Moskovitch, (22 November 2016 ).

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