LEWISTON – The Roots, a hip-hop sextet recently nominated for two Grammy Awards, will perform at 8 p.m. Monday, March 26, in the Bates College’s Gray Athletic Building, Central Avenue.

Doors open at 7 p.m. General-admission tickets, $30, are on sale at Bates, Bowdoin and Colby colleges, all Bull Moose Music locations and online at www.batestickets.com. For more information, call 795-7496.

The Roots are applauded for expanding hip hop’s stylistic and thematic boundaries. “Incorporating live instrumentation and thought-provoking lyrics, the Philadelphia band expertly blurs the lines separating artistic integrity and commercial acceptance,” a reviewer for National Public Radio’s “World Café” wrote.

The Roots were recently nominated for two Grammy Awards. Released last August on Def Jam, the song suite “Game Theory” was nominated for best rap album. A cut from that recording, “Don’t Feel Right,” was nominated for best rap performance by a duo or group.

Visit the Roots’ Web site at www.theroots.com/.