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Full show: https://kNOwBETTERHIPHOP.com Artist Played: The Do Gooders, SoyIsReal, conshus, Midaz the Beast, Butcher Brown, Previous Industries, Salty Chick, Velvet Elvis, Kong The Artisan, Rapsody, Hiatus Kaiyote, Gabriel Teodros, Prefuse 73, Che Noir, Tryf Bindope, Tekbeatz, Moonchild, Chuck Strangers, Bryony Jarman-Pinto, DJ Center, Oddisee, Shinobi Stalin, Machinedrum, Mick Jenkins, Jesse Boykins III, Nilüfer Yanya, Common, Pete Rock, Raekwon, OutKast, GOODie MOb, IMAKEMADBEATS
Full show: https://kNOwBETTERHIPHOP.com Artist Played: Okito, conshus, Shinobi Stalin, Traj P, Jazzy Soto, Gareth Donkin, Miranda Joan, Moka Only, Goapele, J Rawls, Cas Metah, Jalen Ngonda, Charlotte Adigery, Bolis Pupul, Mega Ran, DJ DN3, E-Turn, Krohme, Daddy-O, Kool Kim, Chill Rob G, Aaron P-Nut Wills, Deniza Guess, Killer Mike, Damian Jr Gong Marley, The Do Gooders, Soy Is Real, Angii Albanii, Crescendo, Brown Study, El Buho, Nita, Gabriel Teodros, Vitamin D, the sindecut, ijeoma, Tyke, OutKast, GOODie MOb, IMAKEMADBEATS
Gabe is a beloved artist, activist, radio host, and podcaster from Seattle. His new album “From The Ashes of Our Homes” highlights the nightmares of our times through the lens of a recent house fire that put him and his family barefoot in the street. This episode is sponsored by Zakat Foundation and BetterHelp. To get 10% off your first month of therapy, visit www.betterhelp.com/travelers Hear episodes early and ad-free, plus get access to exclusive music, videos, speeches, and bonus content by Brother Ali: https://www.brotherali.com/join Buy Travelers Podcast merchandise: https://www.brotheralistore.com/collections/travelers-podcast
Gabriel Teodros - "An Open Letter to My Cousins in Israel" from the 2023 self-released album From the Ashes of Our Homes Today's Song of the Day comes from beloved local artist/activist (and former KEXP DJ) Gabriel Teodros, whose powerful latest LP, From the Ashes of Our Homes, reflects deeply on the theme of losing your home, whether to an actual fire (as in the case of Teodros himself) or to the pandemic, climate change, or war. In the case of today's Song of the Day, that home is Palestine, a place, as he sings, "where the soldiers show up and they look like us." As he writes on Facebook: I wrote this song thinking of all Ethiopians in the diaspora as “cousins” not knowing I had actual cousins in the IDF. I knew it was possible though.Today I just found out one of our little cousins got summoned to the front lines out there.To be scared for someone and scared about what they might do.Sending love to everyone resisting war, resisting occupation, resisting the killing of innocent people.We all have to do what we can to stop a genocide.Resist. Free Palestine. Read the full story at KEXP.orgSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Full show: https://kNOwBETTERHIPHOP.com Artists Played: The Heart and Brain, conshus, Jorok, Kristen Warren, Niko Is, Marz Mello, Beneficence, Jazz Spastiks, Skyzoo, Allison Russell, BlackLiq, Black Legacy Project, Gabriel Teodros, BeeLyn Naihiwet, CARRTOONS, Mia Gladstone, Keys N Krates, Devin Morrison, Dub Sonata, BlackLiq, Black Legacy Project, Deep of 2 Hungry Bros, Eff Yoo, Homeboy Sandman, Spit Gemz, El Da Sensei, JBiz, Dolo76, The Strangers, Fefe, Jalen Ngonda, Hip Hop Headucatorz, OutKast, GOODie MOb, IMAKEMADBEATS
Chicago's KAINA makes dreamy indie R&B songs that serve as affirmations of joy for the Guatamalen-Venezuelan artist. She released her impressive sophomore record It Was a Home back in March, featuring collaborations with Helado Negro, Sleater-Kinney, and Sen Morimoto. She stopped by KEXP over the summer to play a gorgeous set of songs off the record and spoke with Gabriel Teodros about coming up in Chicago's youth music programs, the role family plays in her new record, and building a home. As an extra gift, we include a snippet from Sen Morimoto's KEXP in-studio session from last year featuring KAINA on backing vocals. Recorded 06/20/2022. Anybody Can Be In Love Good Feeling Friend of Mine Golden Mirror Watch the full Live on KEXP session on YouTube This episode originally aired on November 15, 2022.Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Chicago's KAINA makes dreamy indie R&B songs that serve as affirmations of joy for the Guatamalen-Venezuelan artist. She released her impressive sophomore record It Was a Home back in March, featuring collaborations with Helado Negro, Sleater-Kinney, and Sen Morimoto. She stopped by KEXP over the summer to play a gorgeous set of songs off the record and spoke with Gabriel Teodros about coming up in Chicago's youth music programs, the role family plays in her new record, and building a home. As an extra gift, we include a snippet from Sen Morimoto's KEXP in-studio session from last year featuring KAINA on backing vocals. Recorded 06/20/2022. Anybody Can Be In Love Good Feeling Friend of Mine Golden Mirror Watch the full Live on KEXP session on YouTube This episode originally aired on November 15, 2022.Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
[To follow along with English subtitles, visit our new YouTube channel, "KEXP Podcasts." Learn more about this episode at www.kexp.org/podcasts/el-sonido/.] En el marco del 50 aniversario del inicio de uno de los géneros musicales más influyentes del último siglo, el Hip Hop, somos testigos de una nueva generación brillante de MCs latinoamericanos. El presente del rap en América Latina muestra un largo recorrido de relación que se remonta a su cuna original en el Bronx en 1973. En el cuarto episodio de El Sonido, exploramos el héroe colectivo del que forma parte el rapero sudamericano Trueno, quien enriquece una sólida escena moderna de hip hop latino. Él será el encargado de compartir con nosotros las canciones con las que creció, desde el rock y la salsa que aprendió de su madre, hasta el laboratorio personal que construyó junto a su padre, el MC Pedro Peligro, donde desde su niñez aprendió sobre rimas, improvisación y cultura del hip hop. Su banda sonora personal y su historia familiar se remontan a los años 70 y a las épocas más difíciles de las sociedades latinoamericanas. Siendo nieto del cantautor Yamandú Palacios e hijo del inmigrante uruguayo Pedro Peligro, Mateo nos transporta a las canciones con las que se forjó en el barrio de La Boca en Buenos Aires, rindiendo homenaje a las leyendas y a sus contemporáneos del hip hop global. El podcast El Sonido presenta un nuevo capítulo de su serie "Cancioneros", con contribuciones de artistas fundamentales como Villano Antillano (Puerto Rico), J Noa (República Dominicana), su padre y MC Pedro Peligro (Argentina), Dante Spinetta (Argentina), Rebeca Lane (Guatemala), Ana Tijoux (Chile). Los testimonios del periodista Héctor Elí (El Flowcast, Mexico) y la escritora, historiadora y productora audiovisual dominicana Jennifer Mota, terminan de definir el mapa del episodio. Agradecemos las contribuciones de nuestro equipo de KEXP en los testimonios de Gabriel Teodros, Director Musical Asociado y Presentador del show Early on KEXP, y Larry Mizell Jr., Director editorial de KEXP, host de The Afternoon Show y del podcast 50 years of Hip Hop y Fresh off the Spaceship, quienes brindan perspectivas interesantes sobre una escena musical vibrante y sólida en América Latina.Support the show: http://kexp.org/elsonidoSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This one is for Dave. A full set of music from De La Soul, with words from Skyy Hook of the legendary Wake Up Show, Dave Zirin from The Nation, Gabriel Teodros and a bunch of other friends. "Years just blow by My eyes stay fixed but the picture's kinda out of focus I cry a lot but admit to it Enjoying life now but I've been through it Sometimes I wish that I can go back No bills no kids just getting tore back I want a wife, I love women How could I front like I don't be in love wit em? A little man that I can teach A little sand but not the beach I figure excess'll only bring an excessive amount of fuss So when I'm gone, make sure the head stone reads: He did it for us." Trugoy the Dove, "Trying People"
Gabriel Teodros revisits 1987 with “Paid in Full” by Eric B. and Rakim, whose style of rhyming left an unmistakable mark on the rhythm and flow of rap that came after them. Written by Gabriel Teodros. Audio production by Roddy Nikpour. Read the full transcript on KEXP.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
To kick off the series, host Larry Mizell Jr sits down with KEXP DJs Reverend Dollars, Vitamin D, and Gabriel Teodros to discuss the idea of hip-hop being born on one particular day. They talk about the broader origins and inspirations of hip-hop as an art form.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
An Anarchist Mountains mix for "If You Got Ears" broadcasting on CKUT 90.3FM on Dec. 7, 2022, below is the track listing. 01. Oklou @oklou93, @casey-mq - Lurk. 02. @anarchistmountains - Anarchist Signals. 03. @joni_void + N NAO - Les Grillons. 04. Count G @stathis-gourgouris - Karma fugitive in Tunisia. 05. Joni Void + N NAO - Bonne Sorcière. 06. Gabriel Teodros @gabriel-teodros - Open Letter. 07. Julia E Dyck @ghoultalk - Warp. 08. Esse Ran @esse-ran - Wind Whirl. 09. Ah! Kosmos @ahkosmos - Never Again. 10. PJS @pjs11 - Source. 11. Count G - Fingers on white buttons. 12. Amanda Harvey @irlhuman - How We Negociate Worlds. 13. Devenir-ensemble @devenir-ensemble - Forces de dispersion (Joseph Sannicandro @thenewobjective Remix). 14. Devenir-ensemble - Délicat champ de différences (Nicola Di Croce @nicoladicroce Remix). 15. Stefan Christoff @spirodon - A silver digital glitch. 16. Anarchist Mountains - A Lighthouse at Night. 17. Anarchist Mountains - A Signal at 1 AM. 18. Anarchist Mountains - Alright the Wind Is Beyond It All. 19. Anarchist Mountains - A Yugoslavian Spacecraft (excerpt).
For Seattle rapper and DJ, Gabriel Teodros, a morning ritual is sacred. Waking up, getting ready, and getting out the house to commune with others is that stuff that keeps him alive. Music is a way to contain the spirituality of everyday connection. ““At my best, I'm just listening,” Teodros says, “I feel like that's all artists' jobs basically, to look at a moment and try to find the poetry in it.” In this inaugural episode of our Soul Ladder Music series, Jack and Gabriel explore, among other things, the poetry of the every day, the radical world-building of community organizing, and the wisdom within diverse spaces. Climb with us on this week's Soul Ladder Music! Learn more: https://www.gabrielteodros.com/ Songs: Gabriel Teodros “Service” Common “G.O.D.” CopperWire “Be with Me in the Darkness” Gabriel Teodros “Colored People's Time Machine” Gabriel Teodros “Thankful You're Still here” Curtis Mayfield “The Makings of You” Gabriel Teodros “First Cut” Soul Ladder Music Playlist: https://spoti.fi/3VASImF +++ Leave a Review! bit.ly/interfaithish Social: www.instagram.com/interfaithish/ www.facebook.com/interfaithish/ www.twitter.com/interfaithish/ Email: interfaithish@gmail.com
Because there are too many good stories and music to share in our main episode, let's take it to the next level with this podcast extra! Gabriel shares about the devastating fire that cost him his home and his beloved record collection, how he started to rebuild, and why Gil Scott Heron has been one of his top artists to listen to during the pandemic. Learn more: https://www.gabrielteodros.com/ Songs: Gil Scott Heron "I Think I'll Call It Morning" Soul Ladder Music Playlist: https://spoti.fi/3VASImF +++ Leave a Review! bit.ly/interfaithish Social: www.instagram.com/interfaithish/ www.facebook.com/interfaithish/ www.twitter.com/interfaithish/ Email: interfaithish@gmail.com
Chicago's KAINA makes dreamy indie R&B songs that serve as affirmations of joy for the Guatamalen-Venezuelan artist. She released her impressive sophomore record It Was a Home back in March, featuring collaborations with Helado Negro, Sleater-Kinney, and Sen Morimoto. She stopped by KEXP over the summer to play a gorgeous set of songs off the record and spoke with Gabriel Teodros about coming up in Chicago's youth music programs, the role family plays in her new record, and building a home. As an extra gift, we include a snippet from Sen Morimoto's KEXP in-studio session from last year featuring KAINA on backing vocals. Recorded 06/20/2022. Anybody Can Be In Love Good Feeling Friend of Mine Golden Mirror Watch the full Live on KEXP session on YouTubeSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Chicago's KAINA makes dreamy indie R&B songs that serve as affirmations of joy for the Guatamalen-Venezuelan artist. She released her impressive sophomore record It Was a Home back in March, featuring collaborations with Helado Negro, Sleater-Kinney, and Sen Morimoto. She stopped by KEXP over the summer to play a gorgeous set of songs off the record and spoke with Gabriel Teodros about coming up in Chicago's youth music programs, the role family plays in her new record, and building a home. As an extra gift, we include a snippet from Sen Morimoto's KEXP in-studio session from last year featuring KAINA on backing vocals. Recorded 06/20/2022. Anybody Can Be In Love Good Feeling Friend of Mine Golden Mirror Watch the full Live on KEXP session on YouTubeSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Formerly known as A Tribe Called Red, The Halluci Nation's Tim "2oolman" Hill and Ehren "Bear Witness" Thomas make what is often labelled as “powwow-step,” blending hip hop, reggae, moombahton, and dubstep with elements of First Nations music. The result is a type of dance music that's powerful in its ability to be both fun and carry an important message. The duo chat with Gabriel Teodros about amplifying activist voices then play a whirlwind set of nine songs for this week's Live on KEXP episode. As a bonus, we also share a track from Alaskan Indigenous artist Ya Tseen recorded for Live on KEXP at Home in 2021. Recorded 05/06/2022. JHD Ba Na Na The OG Crow Hop Fresh & Clean Land Back Bread & Cheese The Offering Tanokumbia Watch the full Live on KEXP session on YouTubeSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Formerly known as A Tribe Called Red, The Halluci Nation's Tim "2oolman" Hill and Ehren "Bear Witness" Thomas make what is often labelled as “powwow-step,” blending hip hop, reggae, moombahton, and dubstep with elements of First Nations music. The result is a type of dance music that's powerful in its ability to be both fun and carry an important message. The duo chat with Gabriel Teodros about amplifying activist voices then play a whirlwind set of nine songs for this week's Live on KEXP episode. As a bonus, we also share a track from Alaskan Indigenous artist Ya Tseen recorded for Live on KEXP at Home in 2021. Recorded 05/06/2022. JHD Ba Na Na The OG Crow Hop Fresh & Clean Land Back Bread & Cheese The Offering Tanokumbia Watch the full Live on KEXP session on YouTubeSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Full show: https://kNOwBETTERHIPHOP.com Artists Played: WordChemist, Marz Mello, conshus, EyeQ, Shamis, Rebiere, Soul Supreme, Gabriel Teodros, Kendra Morris, Rahill, Eligh, DJ.Fresh, Arjuna Oakes, Serebii, KOE The Flavekid, Mega Ran, DJ DN3, E-Turn, Divino Niño, LYZZA, The Good People, Jade Lawhon, Sincere Vega, Marlowe, Blu, Joell Ortiz, Georgie Sweet, Hip Hop HeadUcatorz, Dinco D, Erykah Badu, OutKast, GOODie MOb, IMAKEMADBEATS
Livt - Let It Go (feat. Dave B) from the 2022 album Pink and Orange on LIV Free Media / DAY ONE ENT. If you weren't able to make it to our KEXP 50th anniversary party earlier this summer, then you missed an incredible performance by local artist LIVt kicking the festivities off. KEXP has become a major champion of the Tacoma, WA-raised musician's poetic lyricism touting messages of radical self-love and acceptance. Her most recent record, 2022's Pink and Orange expands on the soulful soundscapes LIVt created on 2020's Flowers in the Void. Our Song of the Day “Let It Go” sees her team up with another local hero, Dave B, for a laid-back bop with the cathartic (if not exactly radio-friendly) message of, “Fuck it /Let it go.” LIVt stopped by KEXP back in March for an in-studio with Gabriel Teodros. Watch it and read the full post at KEXP.org.Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mystic - "Here, Alive (Spirits High)" from the 2022 album Dreaming In Cursive: The Girl Who Loved Sparklers on Beautifull Soundworks. As KEXP's Gabriel Teodros says, "Every Mystic album is an event, and something to come back to for years and years." The long-running Bay Area-based artist/activist (real name: Mandolyn Wind Ludlum) returns with her third full-length Dreaming In Cursive: The Girl Who Loved Sparklers, another release of "healed Black woman music," as she puts it. Her debut full-length — 2001's Cuts for Luck and Scars for Freedom — had a huge impact on Teodros. As he writes on Instagram, "Mystic's debut album was a record that changed me, an album that made me feel loved in a way I hadn't felt from other hip-hop albums before: that real kind of love that will hold you accountable, see your flaws and your beauty and just love you to your best self… all in the music though!" Read the full story at KEXP.orgSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tacoma, WA-raised musician LIVt is a master at poetic lyricism that touts messages of self-acceptance, independence, and radically soulful love. For her recent KEXP in-studio, LIVt chats with Gabriel Teodros about being a girl unbothered as well as the escapism she found through music during the tough moments of the pandemic before playing songs off of 2019's Black Girl Unbothered and 2020's Flowers in the Void. Recorded 04/21/2022. Social Nomad One Track Mind Sade To Infinity Unbothered Watch the full Live on KEXP session on YouTubeSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tacoma, WA-raised musician LIVt is a master at poetic lyricism that touts messages of self-acceptance, independence, and radically soulful love. For her recent KEXP in-studio, LIVt chats with Gabriel Teodros about being a girl unbothered as well as the escapism she found through music during the tough moments of the pandemic before playing songs off of 2019's Black Girl Unbothered and 2020's Flowers in the Void. Recorded 04/21/2022. Social Nomad One Track Mind Sade To Infinity Unbothered Watch the full Live on KEXP session on YouTubeSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Khingz - Fort Cash Money from the 2022 album Over The World on OTOW/ freshcutflowers. Khingz has long been an influential force in the Seattle hip hop scene, with the crowning achievement of Best MC of the Year in 2009 according to Seattle Weekly for his groundbreaking record From Slaveships to Spaceships. A powerful collaborator, Khingz has worked with Geologic of Blue Scholars, Macklemore, and KEXP's own Gabriel Teodros in the hip-hop supergroup Good Medicine, with B-Flat and Crispy of Godspeed as the trio Hi-Life Soundsystem, and, once again, with Teodros as well as rapper Nam under the project The Livin Yard. His latest single and our Song of the Day reiterates Khingz' affinity for collaboration. Over a twinkling piano line and vibrant high hats, Khingz waxes poetic about his desire to bring up the people around him and the power and importance of doing so in “Fort Cash Money.” “Please God make me useful for those I love,” Khingz pleads. “I just wanna be the plug /I just wanna bring them power.” The song comes from Khingz' latest full-length and first in 13 years, Over the World, released last month. Khingz will be playing the Clock Out Lounge on July 23rd for the latest installment of The Good Foot alongside notable names such as the aforementioned Geologic and Grynch. Read the full story at KEXP.org Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Beginning in the 1970s Chicana and Chicano organizers turned to community radio broadcasting to educate, entertain, and uplift Mexican American listeners across the United States. In rural areas, radio emerged as the most effective medium for reaching relatively isolated communities such as migrant farmworkers. And in Washington's Yakima Valley, where the media landscape was dominated by perspectives favorable to agribusiness, community radio for and about farmworkers became a life-sustaining tool. Feminista Frequencies unearthed the remarkable history of one of the United States' first full-time Spanish-language community radio stations, Radio KDNA, which began broadcasting in the Yakima Valley in 1979. Extensive interviews revealed the work of Chicana and Chicano producers, on-air announcers, station managers, technical directors, and listeners who contributed to the station's success. Monica De La Torre weaved these oral histories together with a range of visual and audio artifacts, including radio programs, program guides, and photographs to situate KDNA within the larger network of Chicano community-based broadcasting and social movement activism. Feminista Frequencies highlights the development of a public broadcasting model that centered Chicana radio producers and documents the central role of women in developing this infrastructure in the Yakima Valley. De La Torre showed how KDNA revolutionized community radio programming, adding new depth to the history of the Chicano movement, women's activism, and media histories. Monica De La Torre is an Assistant Professor in the School of Transborder Studies at Arizona State University. De La Torre's interdisciplinary research and teaching practices bridge Chicana feminist theory, Latinx feminist media studies, radio and sound studies, and women's and gender studies. As a critical scholar and practitioner of digital media and radio, she analyzes both media content and production practices to push the analytic edge of scholarship foregrounding modalities of difference such as gender, race, class, and citizenship. She is a former community radio producer and member of the Los Angeles based radio collective Soul Rebel Radio. Gabriel Teodros is a musician, writer and DJ from South Seattle who first made a mark with the group Abyssinian Creole and reached an international audience with his critically-acclaimed solo debut Lovework. He has released 10 projects since and set stages on fire all over the map from the U.S. to Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Ethiopia, and South Africa; often in combination with workshops on creative writing, music, history, science fiction, and media literacy. Teodros currently hosts the Early show on KEXP Seattle. Buy the Book—Feminista Frequencies: Community Building through Radio in the Yakima Valley Presented by Town Hall Seattle. To become a member or make a donation click here.
KEXP's Gabriel Teodros interviews DJ Bonds and DJ Breeze about their documentary, 'Where We're From: Rise of L.A. Underground Hip Hop.' They also discuss issues around space in the underground hip hop community from LA to Seattle, such as needing to write essays to promoters to put on a hip hop show or needing extra insurance. Bonds and Breeze also talk about the venue they ran called "Elements." Watch the documentary here. Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/sound/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Social media feeds were filled with fans' and musicians' “Spotify Wrapped” results last week. The feature shows listeners what artists they streamed the most this year, and musicians get a breakdown of how many times they were streamed, for how long and from how many countries. KEXP's Gabriel Teodros, who is an artist himself, walks us through his "Spotify Wrapped" numbers and showcases just how little musicians make on the streaming site. He reads his post on the subject. Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/sound/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Chris Carroll - "Blue (feat. Gabriel Teodros)," a 2021 single on Raindrop Sound. Seattle-based artist Chris Carroll made a name for himself with his impressive production work on music from Gifted Youngstaz, Ra Scion of Common Market, Entendres, and MADlines. And then in 2019, he began releasing his own music, first under the alias Spoke, and then under his own name. Today's Song of the Day showcases that balance between control and collaboration as he invites local artist (and KEXP DJ) Gabriel Teodros and musician Mario Luciano to the poignant single "Blue." Carroll writes on his Bandcamp page: I'm honored to have created this track featuring an artist that I deeply admire, Gabriel Teodros. When I was 16, he was the first artist I'd ever heard perform spoken word (alongside Khingz as Abyssinian Creole), and when I was 18, Gabriel gave me my first turntable for a ride home. Little did I know this would set the course of my musical journey on through to adulthood. This track also features the sample composition of a recent mentor of mine, Mario Luciano, who has been a tremendous influence in the last year. This song is for all those we have lost during the pandemic, and to those we've become estranged from. Read the full post on KEXP.org Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
While the easiest way to categorize Little Simz is as an emcee, her resume goes far beyond just her impeccable flow. For Live on KEXP, Troy Nelson traces Little Simz' history back to age 9 and dissects the various titles the UK artist has held including dancer, actor, and collaborator. Simz then chats with Gabriel Teodros about her faithful relationship with producer InFlo and working with the enigmatic collective Sault. Recorded 08/26/2021. Introvert Woman Venom I Love You I Hate You Rolling Stone Watch the full Live on KEXP session on YouTube Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
While the easiest way to categorize Little Simz is as an emcee, her resume goes far beyond just her impeccable flow. For Live on KEXP, Troy Nelson traces Little Simz' history back to age 9 and dissects the various titles the UK artist has held including dancer, actor, and collaborator. Simz then chats with Gabriel Teodros about her faithful relationship with producer InFlo and working with the enigmatic collective Sault. Recorded 08/26/2021. Introvert Woman Venom I Love You I Hate You Rolling Stone Watch the full Live on KEXP session on YouTube Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
KEXP DJs Larry Mizell Jr. and Gabriel Teodros share songs they played this week to honor New Orleans as it deals with the aftermath of Hurricane Ida. They also discuss how New Orleans hurricanes bring to light environmental and racial justice issues. Organizations Doing Mutual Aid in Louisiana: https://www.cultureaidnola.orgImagine https://www.imaginewaterworks.org https://neworleansmusiciansclinic.org https://sbpusa.org/ https://sankofanola.org/ Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/sound/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
As part of Sound & Vision's miniseries exploring the Filipino influence on Seattle's hip hop scene, today we highlight isangmahal arts kollective. KEXP's Gabriel Teodros speaks with MCs Prometheus Brown (aka Geo of Blue Scholars) and El Dia (co-founder of Youth Speaks Seattle) about how isangmahal was foundational in the work they did and created a much needed all ages space that gave rise to some talented MCs in the city. “It was like a bubble of creative youth expression in the city that centered a lot of marginalized voices,” Geo says. Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/sound/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Last year we saw protests and conversations around racism, particularly anti-Black racism, in America following the death of George Floyd. In 2020, we also saw a sharp rise in racially-motivated violence towards Asian Americans. KEXP's Tia Ho spoke with KEXP's Gabriel Teodros and artist Kimmortal on a song they collaborated on that was inspired by the need for Black and Asian solidarity. Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/sound/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The anonymous British collective called SAULT released their fifth album, ‘9,' this summer. It's only going to be available for 99 days. KEXP's Larry Mizell, Jr. and Gabriel Teodros discuss how this limited release sparks questions around value in the age of streaming. They also talk about how humor shows up on the album, how different songs have impacted them, and both the local and global aspects of the group's messages. Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/sound/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mustafa recently released his debut album, 'When Smoke Rises.' At its core, the album is an expression of love – love for friends he lost to gun violence, and love for his community in Regent Park, Toronto. KEXP's Gabriel Teodros caught up with Mustafa during his recent Live on KEXP at Home session. They spoke about the connection between Regent Park and Seattle's South End, the tests of "unconditional love," healing from trauma, and the search for nuance and truth. Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/sound/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
From the poetry of Mahmoud Darwish and Suheir Hammad, to the idea that "Hip Hop Never Died, It Lives In Palestine", this week's mix is a time-traveling exploration of resistance music and global solidarity, with the people of Palestine on our hearts and minds. There's brand new music from Daboor, Essam & Petty Pro along with underheard mixtape classics from Narcy & Shadia Mansour, Native Guns, Invincible and so much more. Co-curated by Gabriel Teodros and Isabel Khalili. 1. Aisha Fukushima - Palestine 2. Lowkey - Long Live Palestine 3 (feat. Maverick Sabre, Frankie Boyle, Ken Loach, Chakabars, Khaled Siddiq & Mai Khalil) 3. Daboor - Sheikh Jarrah الشيخ جراح 4. Essam & Petty Pro - Free Palestine 5. Narcy - Hamdulillah (Gaza Remix) (feat. Shadia Mansour) 6. DAM - Hada Yid'ie Sitna 7. Ana Tijoux - Somos Sur (feat. Shadia Mansour) 8. Invincible - People Not Places (feat. Sabreena Da Witch) 9. Suheir Hammad - Refugees 10. Bambu & DJ Phatrick - When Will The Time Come 11. Kiwi & DJ Phatrick - Gaza 2 Oakland 12. DAM - Prozac 13. Shabjdeed & Al Nather - Amrikkka أمريكا 14. 47SOUL - Border Ctrl (feat. Shadia Mansour & Fedzilla) 15. Jasiri X - Checkpoint 16. Invincible - The Emperor's Clothes 17. Muqata'a - Ikmal إِكمَال Gabriel Teodros is the host of Early on KEXP, every weekday from 5-7am PT on KEXP.org, the KEXP app or 90.3 FM in Seattle. Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
'Can’t Stop Won’t Stop' was a book first published in 2005 by Jeff Chang that chronicled the early hip hop scene. It has now been rereleased with updates and a focus on a young adult audience with writing contributions by DJ, historian and professor Davey D Cook. KEXP’s Gabriel Teodros caught up with Davey D and Jeff Chang about the new edition and the power of hip hop. “This is the hidden history of America,” Chang says. “Hip hop has that sort of hidden transcript of what really went on, what didn’t end up on the front page.” Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/sound/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
'Can’t Stop Won’t Stop' was a book first published in 2005 by Jeff Chang that chronicled the early hip hop scene. It has now been rereleased with updates and a focus on a young adult audience with writing contributions by DJ, historian and professor Davey D Cook. KEXP’s Gabriel Teodros caught up with Davey D and Jeff Chang about the new edition and the power of hip hop. “This is the hidden history of America,” Chang says. “Hip hop has that sort of hidden transcript of what really went on, what didn’t end up on the front page.” Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/sound/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode 3 opens with an experience Amy had growing up in the Mormon church, what that inspired and why and how she ultimately left as a young adult. In parenting this week, we get John and Amy’s view on the balance of domestic and “work” duties and how that will influence their kid’s empathetic perspective. This week’s guest is New York Times best-selling author Ijeoma Oluo (So You Want To Talk About Race). John, Amy and Ijeoma discuss what it was like to write and release her newest book, Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy Of White Male America, during the pandemic and how she adjusted her home life to get the work done. Ijeoma gives us her perspective on Seattle’s response to the BLM movement and how the focus on uprisings rather than historical activism is misguided. They discuss how lack of accountability and societal connection plays a role in on going white supremacy and the collective responsibilities of white society in working towards ending systemic racism. Ijeoma also tells us why she’s looking forward to the spring and what her other writing interests are outside of anti-racism. Amy teaches John the meaning of “Epigenetics” and the impact of stress on our DNA. In Weekday Wine, John and Amy sip Topo Chico sparkling mineral water and discuss the ritual of having a drink and what Amy calls the “Pandemic Creep”. This weeks featured music is by Gabriel Teodros, from his newest record What We Leave Behind. As always, John and Amy remind us that We’re Not Alone.The DR & the DJMusic by Gabriel Teodros, Palm Frauds, Chris Duryee and Joe Plummer. Theme music by Michael Lerner. Explore more podcasts at Ruinous Media.
Khingz (Over The World) x Ujjy - "Rainy Morning," a 2021 self-released single. Seattle hip-hop veteran Khingz teams up with Canadian artist Ujjy on this touching track, written during a dark time. Khingz states on his Bandcamp, he "wrote this when I did not know when I would see my son again and the world was heavy on my shoulders." Khingz broke out as a battle emcee in the early 2000s, named "Best MC Of The Year" in 2009 by the Seattle Weekly readers poll. In 2001, he formed Abyssinian Creole with EARLY host Gabriel Teodros! Read the full post on KEXP.org Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
February 13 marks the 25th anniversary of the Fugees’ seminal album, 'The Score.' Fugees, short for refugees, was formed in New Jersey in the 90s and included Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean and Pras Michel. They were known for original hits like “Ready or Not" and covers such as “Killing Me Softly With His Song.” KEXP will be celebrating the album's anniversary all day on Friday, February 12 by playing album cuts, remixes, inspirations, and more. KEXP’s Larry Mizell, Jr. and Gabriel Teodros catch up to talk about the legacy of the Fugees and 'The Score' and why it matters. "To see this group who's Black who also has an immigrant experience embracing it and standing strong in it, I know it changed my life. I can only imagine what it did for countless artists," Teodros said. Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/sound/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
KEXP Early host Gabriel Teodros brings you an hour of new music to help calm the nerves and focus your energy in the new year. Featured artists include Navy Blue with Yasiin Bey, Ivy Sole, Native Dancer and Seba Kaapstad. 1. Navy Blue - Breathe (feat. Yasiin Bey) 2. Ivy Sole - HEAVY 3. Mumu Fresh - A Healing 4. Toni Banx - Chanel No. 5 5. Ciscero - Beautiful Mind (feat. Oddisee) 6. Seba Kaapstad - www 7. KAMAUU - MANGO (feat. Adeline) 8. Native Dancer - Pixies 9. ASTU - Source of Her (feat. Salami Rose Joe Louis) 10. Ego Ella May - Girls Don't Always Sing About Boys 11. Dave B. - Worthy 12. Tiffany Wilson - America (feat. Lady Tasz & Vitamin D) 13. Quetzal - Justice Never Dies 14. I Self Devine - The Disruptor Suite Gabriel Teodros is the host of Early on KEXP, every weekday from 5-7am PT on KEXP.org, the KEXP app or 90.3 FM in Seattle. Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
I Self Devine - "The Disruptor Suite," a 2021 single on Improvised Weaponry. Born Chaka Mkali in Minneapolis, I Self Devine has been called "one of the most influential voices in Minnesota hip hop" by alt-weekly City Pages. In addition to being a talented musician and MC, he is also a "community organizer, racial justice trainer, graffiti artist, muralist, program coordinator and director of organizing and community building at Hope Community Center in Minneapolis," as detailed by his label Rhymesayers. (Learn more about I Self Devine in thisSound & Vision interview by Gabriel Teodros.) Today's Song of the Day is a six-part song, produced and engineered by Medium Zach. On his SoundCloud page, he explains: "The Disruptor Suite" is one of many creative reflections from democracy TBD, a series of scenario planning working groups designed to help the Democracy Fund keep pace with the rapid and unpredictable changes to social, political, and economic systems. Democracy Fund wanted to start thinking through how the current pandemic, racial unrest, and election concerns might spark a cycle of disruption and reorganization. Which aspects of our democratic system might prove more resilient, and which might be fundamentally altered. This working group consisting of architects, professors, journalist, organizers, urban planners, strategists, futurists, artists, policy directors, and researchers were led by Democracy Fund, Dot Connector studio, and 8 bridges workshop in two facilitated discussion sessions. The first session was around events that could trigger systems level disruptions. Participants picked a disruptor to think and imagine across the STEEP+C sectors which is looking at the possible intended/ unintended negative and positive impacts of a disruptor from a Societal, Technological, Environmental, Economic, Political, and Creative lens. In the second session there was reflection on the potential impact of a given disruptive event using the Democracy Funds Healthy Democracy Framework. The disruptor chosen for this song was defunding the police state. The soundscape created by Medium Zach is a suite consisting of six parts capturing all of the elements of the STEEP+C sectors. This song was done in the spirit of Gang Starr’s “I’m the Man”, and “Speak Ya Clout” . Read the full post on KEXP.org Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Join KEXP’s daytime DJ line-up, Gabriel Teodros, John Richards, Cheryl Waters, Larry Mizell, Jr. and Kevin Cole, as they reflect on the 2020 releases that got them through the year that felt like a decade. They share standout tracks from KEXP favorites like SAULT, IDLES and Deep Sea Diver, as well as gems from Sa-Roc, Arlo Parks, Bartees Strange, Nappy Nina and more. 1. Sa-Roc - The Black Renaissance (feat. Black Thought) 2. Quelle Chris and Chris Keys - Sacred Safe (feat. Merrill Garbus, Cavalier & Homeboy Sandman) 3. Essam & Petty Pro - Write Your Name (feat. Prospect and Umar Zia) 4. Jah9 - Note To Self (Okay) (feat. Chronixx) 5. Ivy Sole - BITTERSWEET 6. Benjamin Gibbard - Life in Quarantine 7. SAULT - Wildfires 8. Smokey Brights - I Love You But Damn 9. The Neverly Boys - Never Come Down 10. Jeff Tweedy - Love Is The King 11. Arlo Parks - Hurt 12. Nilüfer Yanya - Crash 13. Bartees Strange - Stone Meadows 14. Porridge Radio - Sweet 15. Dylan Cartlidge - Yellow Brick Road 16. SIR E.U. - Multimedia Artist (October 71) 17. Nappy Nina - Modestly (feat. maassai) 18. Nubya Garcia - The Message Continues 19. Yves Tumor - Medicine Burn 20. Jessica Winter - Sad Music 21. Working Men’s Club - A.A.A.A. 22. Songhoy Blues - Worry 23. IDLES - Grounds 24. Deep Sea Diver - Impossible Weight (feat. Sharon Van Etten) Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
DJ and professor Davey D along with KEXP’s Gabriel Teodros discuss how consolidation and the Telecommunications Act of 1996 drove out small, independent and Black-owned radio stations. The resulting consolidated playlists hid more independent and conscious hip hop artists from the mainstream eye. “It’s the same five artists over and over again. What do they talk about? They talk about money, sex and things that are dehumanizing. What does that mean when white America is learning about Black humanity through this very narrow lens that only a few executives that are not from the culture are painting? It becomes an attack,” Teodros says. Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/sound/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
For those who have been following the journey before the podcast, September 13th + 14th respectively were Notion and Cee's 10 year anniversary of being in Canada. It's been quite the rollercoaster ride, from touring and charting to losing family and dealing with immigration, it's been nothing short of interesting and they're both extremely blessed to be here in the greatest country in the world. We briefly ran through Auntiechella, the recent Gladys Knight vs Patti LaBelle #Verzuz battle, touched on Tory and Meg updates, debuted Dahn's yet-to-be-named UK Segment, and ran through new music from Conway The Machine x Method Man, Stormzy, Bliss N Eso x Jacob Banks, Freddie Gibbs x The Alchemist x Benny The Butcher, David Guetta x Sia, Usher, Alicia Keys, T.I. x Young Thug, Trippie Redd x Busta Rhymes, Gabriel Teodros x Jonathan Emile, Action Bronson, Janelle Monae, 38 Spesh x Benny The Butcher, Luke James x KIRBY, Elzhi, Mo Muse x David Dallas, J/o/e, Tash Sultana and Khruangbin. Bless! ARTISTS: Contact info@illnotestudios.com for the production/mixing/mastering opportunity. Theme tune produced by Notion. Purchase beats: notionbeats.com Follow the team everywhere: @TheMovementFam @CeeFor @Notionbaby
September 11th is the start of the new year on the Ethiopian, Eritrean and Coptic calendars, so in honor of, KEXP DJ Gabriel Teodros connects with fellow Ethiopian-American musician, organizer, and DJ Munit Mesfin to bring us a sampling of some of the most exciting new music out of Ethiopia and the diaspora, along with a few classics. We also learn about Munit's time as a morning show host on Afro FM in Addis Ababa, the connection of Admas to everything, and a little bit about the state of Ethiopia today. Artists featured include Teref Kasahun, Iri Di, Jano Band, Mulatu Astatke & Black Jesus Experience, Tommy T with Mahmoud Ahmed, and a world premiere of a new song from Munit feat. Kenny Allen. 1. Teref Kasahun - Demo’Na 2. Iri Di - Waymala 3. Rahel Getu - Tilobign 4. Munit Mesfin feat. Kenny Allen - Man Ale Ende Enae 5. Lemlem Hailemichael - Gedam 6. Yohana feat. Tsedi - Yelel 7. Tommy T feat. Mahmoud Ahmed - Anchin 8. Admas - Anchi Bale Game 9. Zebiba Girma - Yamal Qenew 10. Chelina - Ayzon 11. Jano Band & Hewan Gebrewold - Ane 12. Belina & Yohanna E - Back To You 13. Burntface feat. Scholar Black, Surafel & Walta - U Abesha? 14. Ahadu feat. AB - Qal'oo 15. Te'Amir & Professor H feat. Jimetta Rose, Hugh Augustine, Godfrey at Large, Arima Ederra, Seti X & Thurz - Here & Now 16. Mulatu Astatke & Black Jesus Experience - Living On Stolen Land All background instrumentals heard during the mic breaks are produced by Burntface. Gabriel Teodros is the host of Early on KEXP, every weekday from 5-7am PT on KEXP.org, the KEXP app or 90.3 FM in Seattle. Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.
Blimes and Gab, the rap duo consisting of Seattle MC Gabrielle “Gifted Gab” Kadushin and San Francisco’s Samantha “Blimes Brixton” McDonald, recently released their debut album, 'Talk About It.' They join KEXP’s Gabriel Teodros to discuss the new album, finding alternative income streams during the pandemic, and being authentically themselves in a music industry that wants them to be something else. Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/sound/ See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.
Seattle’s renowned all-music public radio station is changing its lineup to bring more voices to its airwaves and become an anti-racist organization. KEXP DJ and associate music director Gabriel Teodros talks about the changes and why it's an important move in this moment.Support the show by making a gift to KUOW: http://bit.ly/seattlenow
Cheryl Waters’ latest musical collage bounces between dream states, at times soothing, others trippy, and jolting you awake when it’s time. Featured in the mix is new music from Washed Out, Gabriel Teodros, Fontaines D.C., Nick Hakim and Black Ends. 1. Washed Out - Too Late 2. The Family Daptone - Hey Brother (Do Unto Others) 3. Woods - Where Do You Go When You Dream? 4. Bodies on the Beach - Ghost 5. The Dream Syndicate - Black Light 6. Gabriel Teodros - If They Come For Me In the Morning… (feat. Aisha Fukushima) 7. Jade Hairpins - (Don't Break My) Devotion 8. Fontaines D.C. - A Hero's Death 9. The Beths - I'm Not Getting Excited 10. Souki - Miura 11. The Grizzled Mighty - Sun Valley 12. Nick Hakim - QADIR 13. Candace - Still Phase 14. Steve Mason - Like a Ripple 15. Black Ends - Monday Mourning 16. Eyelids - The Accidental Falls Cheryl Waters is the host of The Midday Show on KEXP, every weekday from 10am-1pm PT on KEXP.org, the KEXP app or 90.3 FM in Seattle. Watch The Beths perform live on KEXP in 2018 Read about Woods' "Where Do You Go When You Dream?" on KEXP’s Song of the Day feature Read about Fontaines D.C.'s "A Hero's Death" on KEXP’s Song of the Day feature Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate
Full show: http://kNOwBETTERHIPHOP.com Artists Played: Erik Jackson, Paradox, DJ Dolo, conshus, Jorok, Kristen Warren, Nolan The Tadpole Warren, Denai Moore, Spectac and Amiri, Jupiter and Okwess, Kid Cudi, Eminem, Pharoahe Monch, Styles P, Nana Adjoa, Umse, Nottz, Romare, Raggedy Ann, Keleketla!, Jon Corbin, Rodney, The Apologette, Rachelle Luk, d.rich smith, Earlybird, Sly5thAve, Denitia, Table For Three, Gabriel Teodros, Aisha Fukushima, PAINT, Thalma de Freitas, OutKast, Goodie MOb, IMAKEMADBEATS
Gabriel Teodros - "If They Come for Me in the Morning... (feat. Aisha Fukushima)" from the 2020 self-released album What We Leave Behind. Seattle artist (and KEXP DJ) Gabriel Teodros celebrates the 20th anniversary of his first solo show at Rainier Valley Cultural Center with this new collection of previously unreleased tracks, "with a few new songs recorded specifically for this project," he adds, continuing, "Wanted to give y'all something special for all the love you've given me these past few decades. There's a completely new album coming this year as well... but for now you can enjoy these lost tapes." Today's KEXP Song of the Day was originally written and recorded in 2015, inspired by Sandra Bland, letters between Angela Davis and James Baldwin, and the 400+ year legacy of Black freedom fighters. Public speaker, educator, singer, and 'RAPtivist' (rap activist) Aisha Fukushima appears on guest vocals. Read the full post on KEXP.org Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate
Aisha Fukushima calls herself a RAPtivist. She says the mission of RAPtivism is to “challenge oppression with expression all around the globe.” About 10 years ago, Fukushima traveled to seven different countries as part of a fellowship program and recorded with musicians along the way. The final product ended up becoming her debut album, RAPtivism. Her latest single is called “Pandemic." Guest host Gabriel Teodros asks Fukushima about the lyric in the song, "this pandemic is systemic." “Me saying that this is systemic is saying that this is connected to income inequality. This is connected to not having universal healthcare. This is connected to the struggles of folks who are doing all sorts of work around ableism. Of course race is huge and racialization in this society and also globally. And a lot of these systems of power and oppression are interconnected and they also affect how this pandemic is being narrated and how it's spreading and/or who it's affecting the most and what kind of support and/or investment is taking place,” Fukushima says. Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/sound/
NostalgicPlaylist: DJ Vadim, featuring Maddy, Add2, Qwazaar, Wes Restless - Didn't Cha KnowAurora Borealis - Toni KukocGeorge Fields, featuring Last Jazz Club - OverAwon & Gorilla Glock - Party A La MaisonFigub Brazvelic - Imagine Everyone Would DanceStaHHr & Crazy DJ Bazarro - No DoubtsSkyzoo - Memory Serves MeMarvin Gaye, Lord Finesse - I Want You (Underboss Remix)Gabriel Teodros, featuring Aisha Fukushima - LemonadeSum-01, featuring Tachichi - The CrownTheo3 - All Day FreestyleAbdominal - Da InnernetCharlie Fettah - No TimeChokeules - Gold Metal JacketThe Nemesis Two & Lee Ricks, featuring Die-Rek - Feelin RightBuckwild, featuring Asun Eastwood - More LifeEmskee & MiLKCRATE - Comin' To Get YaThe Starting 5ive (The Good People, Horror City, Carta' P & Quentin Gilmore) - New York BarsJusto The MC & Maticulous - County Of KingsBuckwild, featuring Little Brother - Ease UpdonSMITH - SeasonsJuxx Diamondz & The Bad Seed - NostalgicSpittzwell & Boog Brown - The UnknownVerbz & Mr Slipz - For My PeepsVoodoo Black - FizzyDJ Brace & Soul Khan - Sold To The ManMarlowe - Future Power SourcesController 7, featuring Hemlock Ernst - SwallowCurly Castro & Small Professor - PumasParab & Hesami - TapestryBig Sproxx & Sayzee, featuring Tona & DJ Grouch - Hot PlasmaRun The Jewels - Walking In The SnowAlien Trap Lords - My Whip UFOLen Bowen - Central Kids
Most people in Seattle know Nikkita Oliver from her historic mayoral run in 2017. She lost the primary election by less than 2,000 votes. But Oliver is also a musician, a poet, an attorney, and the co-director of an incredible organization called Creative Justice, which works with youth most affected by the school-to-prison pipeline. She’s also been an active organizer in Seattle’s protests and advancing the demands to defund and demilitarize the police. A few weeks ago, she participated in a 12,000 person march from Seattle’s Cal Anderson Park to city hall where she then livestreamed what was supposed to be a closed door meeting with Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan. Oliver laid out demands for the city—defund the police, fund community-based health and safety, and drop all charges against protesters. KEXP’s Gabriel Teodros talks with Oliver about the importance of diversity within a movement, the false narrative of the good protester vs. bad protester, and what’s inspiring her during this moment. Read a transcript of the conversation here Support the show.
Today’s podcast is co-hosted by musician, community organizer and KEXP DJ, Gabriel Teodros. It celebrates the music of Black artists, some of whom are on the frontlines of the protests against police brutality, calling for long overdue systemic change. We hear from Minneapolis musician, Nikki Jean, who’s been volunteering as a medic during the Minneapolis protests. She recounts seeing police fire rubber bullets and more into medic tents. Teodros then shares some songs that reflect on systemic racism and the police killings of black folks. Songs discussed: “Hands Up” by Nikki Jean “Greeny Jungle feat. Shakiah” by Gabriel Teodros & SoulChef “Let Go” by D Smoke & SiR “Say My Name” by Maimouna Youssef & DJ Dummy “A Tree Never Grown” by Mos Def Support the show.
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A Seattle staple for over a decade, Gabriel Teodros' incisive and reflective music reached a new peak with his 2018 LP History Rhymes If It Doesn't Repeat (A Southend Healing Ritual). In this session, Teodros joins Troy Nelson at Avast! Recording Co. for a session of four songs from the album. Recorded 11/28/2018. 4 songs - First Cut, Quantum Entanglement, Continuum, Around The WaySupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Full show: http://kNOwBETTERHIPHOP.com Artists Played: Leisure Chief, conshus, MoZaic, Skyzoo, Black Metaphor, Marcus D, Cise Starr, Funky DL, Substantial, Citizen Cope, Marcel P. Black, M Slago, Mild Minds, Mass Appeal, Stro, Cantrell, Black Milk, Keyon Harrold, Soul Tune Allstars, Desmond Foster, Adrian Younge, Black Thought, Artisan P, Dr. LaFlow, Amerigo Gazaway, Nina Simone, Lauryn Hill, John Legend, Gabriel Teodros, KO Nikkita, Allen Stone, Funky Bijou, Table For Three, Nancy, Sareem Poems, Terem, Red Pill, Illect, The Cinematic Orchestra, Roots Manuva, OutKast f. Big Rube, GOODie MOb, IMAKEMADBEATS
On the eleventh episode of The Activist Files, host Ian Head talks with writer and educator Walidah Imarisha and musician and teaching artist Gabriel Teodros about the relationship between fantastical writing and social justice work. As Walidah says, we are all doing science fiction when we imagine a different world. Science and visionary fiction, says Gabriel, is a useful tool for imagining a different future. When we do social justice work, we are so often reactive, so often fighting against something, it is easy to forget the importance of envisioning the world we want to see. Listen to this inspiring episode on how to imagine new futures, even while we fight against oppressive systems. Walidah is the co-editor of the collection 'Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements,' published in 2015, to which Gabriel is a contributor. She is also the author of ‘Angels with Dirty Faces: Three Stories of Crime, Prison and Redemption,' which won the Oregon Book Award in 2017. Gabriel has put out over ten albums, including his latest, ‘History Rhymes If It Doesn't Repeat (A Southend Healing Ritual),' and performed and taught in classrooms and stages around the world.
Full show: http://kNOwBETTERHIPHOP.com Artists Played: Crescendo, Knaladeus, conshus, WordChemist, Sauce81, Shing02, Amerigo Gazaway, Nina Simone, Lauryn Hill, ADaD, Tensei, Denmark Vessey, Tedeschi Trucks Band, KEV BROWN, Maverick Sabre, Black Thought, Salaam Remi, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge, No I, Purple Kloud, BASI, Little Dragon, Jayda G, Gabriel Teodros, Meklit, The Samps, The Do Gooders, SoyIsReal, Dessa, Flowdan, Joan As Police Woman, dj mitsu the beats, OutKast, GOODie MOb, IMAKEMADBEATS
Full show: http://kNOwBETTERHIPHOP.com Artists Played: Shinobi Stalin, conshus, Table For Three, Mad Skillz, Lil Duval, Jenny Penkin, Black Thought, Salaam Remi, Amerigo Gazaway, Nina Simone, Lauryn Hill, Gabriel Teodros, Moka Only, ODESZA, Kelsey Bulkin, Tanda, MF DOOM, TATSURO YAMASHITA, Chrome Sparks, Trini Elev8, Masta Ace, Marco Polo, eMC, Animanz, Juanita Euka, Planetself, Blurum13, Funkwig, Hot 8 Brass Band, Cameron Bethany, IMAKEMADBEATS, Jericho Jackson, Khrysis, Elzhi, Will Sessions, Amp Fiddler, Dames Brown, Pumpkin, VinS da Cuero, Miscellaneous, Marley Carroll, OutKast, GOODie MOb, IMAKEMADBEATS
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Gabriel Teodros is a musician and writer from South Seattle who first made a mark with the group Abyssinian Creole, and reached an international audience with his critically-acclaimed solo debut Lovework. Over the ten years since he has set stages on fire all across the US, Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Ethiopia and South Africa; often in combination with workshops on creative writing, music, history, science fiction and media literacy.
We're super excited about the new Doctor Who. If you can envision a 900-year-old time lord with a soft spot for humans, but can't picture them as a woman, GTFO. We also loved the A Wrinkle in Time trailer. Ava Duvernay and Storm Reid are two of our favorite creators! Then, we heard the D23 announcement about dedicated Star Wars and Marvel lands, plus the immersive Star Wars resort hotel. How will the muggles LARP?! We loved Wendy Wagner's reading and trivia game for An Oath of Dogs, but we didn't love the movie Passengers. Spider-Man was earnest and too good for this world. Why on earth was an AI encouraging Peter Parker to kiss a girl during a dangerous moment? We confess that we didn't finish the entire Hugo voting packet, but we did come close, and we got our voting finished. We talk about China Mieville's This Census-Taker, Kai Ashante Wilson's A Taste of Honey and Lois McMaster Bujold's Penric and the Shaman. And finally, even though it's not speculative, we love the Ear Hustle podcast; created by two inmates in San Quentin prison. Next week, we're talking about Wendy Wagner's new book An Oath of Dogs and hopefully seeing at least one more summer release film. And if you're in the Seattle area, don't miss Daniel Jose Older (with guest DJ and Clarion West '16 alum Gabriel Teodros) at the Seattle Public Library on Tuesday, July 18th.
In-between some smooth soul selections, Seattle emcee and author Gabriel Teodros makes an appearance to talk records and Seattle hip-hop pioneer Jonathan Moore (RIP).
Gyasi and Wes are joined by the incomparable Dream Hampton: author, organizer, activist, hip hop head. Along with Ms. Hampton Seattle mayoral candidate Nikkita Oliver is back in the building, along with Seattle rapper and artist Gabriel Teodros.
Happy Birthday Bob Marley! A Belated Happy Birthday Langston Hughes. Happy Birthday also to my brother Fred Batin and friends: Portia Anderson, Raymond Nat Turner, Jamal Ali and all other Aquarians. 8-8:30 AM: Laura Elaine Ellis and Kendra Kimbrough: Black Choreographers Here and Now, opening tonight at Laney College in Oakland and continuing in San Francisco at Dance Mission next weekend. 8:30-9 AM: Ayodele Nzinga and Geoffrey Grier re: The Tenderloin Theatre's Night at the Black Hawk: 2/5-7 & 2/12-14, at the NMTL/CBD Community Center, 134 Golden Gate St., in SF. They are joined by the cast of Ellis Berry's Production of “MOSES,” a dramatic, inspiring and powerful stage play about the life of Harriet Tubman. Starring Yehmanja Houff as Moses, opening at the Malonga Casquelourd Theater 1428 Alice Street in Oakland, Friday, February 13 @ 8:00 p.m., continuing through the weekend, two 8 p.m. performances and a Sunday matinee. Tickets are $20.00 for age 18 and above and$10.00 for youths 17 and below. All youth tickets are sold at the door the night of the performances only. For further information please call Herma Jean Gardere at 510-904-8520. 9:00 AM: A Song for Coretta by Pearl Cleage, directed by Victoria Erville, at Brava for Women in the Arts!, 2789 24th Street, SF, through tomorrow, Feb. 7. Visit www.brava.org 9:30 AM Nefasha Ayer “The World that Travels”: with guests: vocalist, songwriter Meklit Hadero and her cousin, MC, Gabriel Teodros. The ensemble hits tonight, 2/6 and tomorrow, 2/7, 8 p.m. at Brava on the main stage.
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