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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. He has been setting stages on fire ever since, 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.
His latest solo offering What We Leave Behind was released in the early months of the pandemic, on the 20 year anniversary of Teodros' first solo performance. The album is a collection of some of the brightest gems from his unreleased archives, with a few new songs reflecting the times we are in now: from the Movement for Black Lives to grieving everyone we lost in the pandemic.
What We Leave Behind was preceded by 2018’s History Rhymes If It Doesn't Repeat (A Southend Healing Ritual), a collective exercise in moving through trauma that made NPR say "Gabriel Teodros is one of the bravest rappers currently working in Seattle", and 2014’s Evidence Of Things Not Seen, a James Baldwin-inspired collaboration with Aotearoa-based producer SoulChef that was described by critics as Teodros’ strongest album yet, after a decade of notable releases that also include Colored People's Time Machine, Children Of The Dragon, and CopperWire's Earthbound.
In 2015, Teodros made his speculative fiction debut with a story published in Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements, and in 2016 he graduated from the Clarion West Writers Workshop for Speculative Fiction. His writing has also been published by The Feminist Wire and Okayafrica.
Teodros currently hosts EARLY every weekday from 5-7am (pacific time) on KEXP 90.3 FM in Seattle, streaming worldwide on www.kexp.org and via the KEXP mobile apps.
For more information log on to www.gabrielteodros.com
RADIO
EARLY every weekday from 5 - 7AM (pacific time) on KEXP 90.3 FM in Seattle, occupied Duwamish territory / streaming worldwide at www.kexp.org and via the KEXP mobile app.
Shows are archived for two weeks after the air date for your listening pleasure via the KEXP mobile app and at the KEXP website
