Gabriel Teodros

Speakers Corner Quartet is a UK music collective blending jazz and electronica formed more than 15 years ago by DJ Snuff as the house band for a recurring hip-hop and spoken-word night at London indie venue, Brixton Jamm. In 2009, they released an EP called Further Back Than The Beginning, and in 2021, the collective got going again, with Kwake Bass (drums/synths), Biscuit (flute), Peter Bennie (bass), and Raven Bush (violin/synths). Watch the "Can We Do This?" music video directed by Akinola Davies Jr. here: www.youtube.com IG: @speakerscornerquartet speakerscornerquartet.bandcamp.com

New music from the French-Caribbean singer and bass player Adi Oasis (fka Adeline)! Catch Adi Oasis on tour including a night in Seattle on Saturday, April 1 2023 at Madame Lou's. Tickets here: https://www.ticketweb.com/event/adi-oasis-madame-lous-tickets/12657515?pl=crocodile&irgwc=1&clickid=0QnXxczpsxyNTq33w4RJB0-8UkAUKbQdTWciwg0&camefrom=CFC_BUYAT_219208&impradid=219208&REFERRAL_ID=tmfeedbuyat219208&wt.mc_id=aff_BUYAT_219208&utm_source=219208-Bandsintown&impradname=Bandsintown&utm_medium=affiliate&ircid=4272#!#_=_ https://adioasis.com/ https://adioasis.bandcamp.com/album/lotus-glow

Climbing PoeTree is Alixa Garcia and Naima Penniman. Together, they have independently organized over 30 national and international tours! From the United Nations to the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Harvard University to Rikers Island Prison. They have been featured alongside powerhouses such as Alicia Keys, Janelle Monáe, Erykah Badu, Little Dragon, Maxwell, Madonna, Rising Appalachia, Alice Walker, Danny Glover, Cornel West, Naomi Klein, and Angela Davis, who remarked,: “Each time I have the pleasure of attending a performance by Climbing PoeTree, I feel enriched, renewed, and inspired. Alixa and Naima insist that poetry can change the world—and it is true that the urgency, power and beauty of their words impel us to keep striving for the radical futures toward which they gesture.” climbingpoetree.bandcamp.com www.climbingpoetree.com

Happy birthday to Tyler, the Creator!! This song directly sampled the drums from Hookfoot's 1972 "Is Anyone There." This track features two additional vocalists, Brent Faiyaz and Fana Hues. The former hails from Maryland and released his first album, Black Child EP, in 2013 and his first full-length, Sonder Son, in 2017. Californian Hues debut album, "Hues," dropped in 202. The vocalists were the co-writers with Tyler on this track. callmeifyougetlost.com

More Tyler for his birthday, born today in 1991. This track comes from his frequent collaborator, Kali Uchis and includes a feature with Oakland's funk legend, Bootsy Collins. -- Don't miss the music video for "After the Storm": www.youtube.com

New Kali Uchis!! Kali Uchis will be at WaMu Theater on Wednesday, May 24th, for the "Red Moon in Venus" Tour. -- In this interview, Elle says that "Kali Uchis is what the world needs now." "Red Moon in Venus," out this Friday, is fueled by love, sweet love.: www.elle.com

The 6th LP from Zion I released in 2009. Zion I was a hip hop group founded by MC and producer Baba Zumbi in Oakland, California K-Genius and Amp Live. In 2021, Zumbi was murdered by hospital staff while getting treated for COVID-19. Read more about his wrongful death here: www.mercurynews.com

Seattle band Hotels features soul singer, teacher, and actress Adra Boo on vocals. "Boo takes center stage with vocals and her own lyrics, giving all the pain and passion of lives ended and begun again in a ferocious performance over trademark eerie Hotels strings and a groove that is part Thundercat, part Sade." hotels.bandcamp.com John Richards chose "Sides" as the KEXP Song of the Day in January 2020. Get yourself a free download here: www.kexp.org

“I hope this song brings you peace. I hope you put it on after a long day. I hope you play it during your Sunday Self Care routine. I hope it feels like therapy. Prayer even. I hope it prompts you to love yourself. And heal your trauma. And most importantly .. to Take Care,” wrote KIRBY on this third single released last year. IG: @singkirbysing

New music from Y La Bamba from "LUCHA", out April 28th. They will be headlining at Barboza the day before the album releases on Thursday, April 27th. Get tickets: tinyurl.com ylabamba.bandcamp.com ylabambamusic.com

De La Soul have released their classic albums previously released by Tommy Boy Records on streaming platforms. These records were kept off streaming platforms due to sample clearance issues. In 2019, Trugoy the Dove said in an interview that their streaming troubles originated with Tommy Boy. The streaming release comes ten days after Trugoy the Dove's passing. Maseo and Posdnuos wrote letters to their late bandmate and friend. “On one end I’m happy you no longer have to suffer the pain of your condition but on the other hand I’m extremely upset at the fact that you’re not here to celebrate and enjoy what we worked and fought so hard to achieve,” Maseo wrote.

This single comes from Galactic's new EP! Watch this New Orleans band playing live in the KEXP studio back in 2012: hhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I273LniR3A

'Voice Notes' is the debut album from Nottingham's Yazmin Lacey! It follows on from three stunning EP’s; Black Moon (2017), When The Sun Dips 90 Degrees (2018) and Morning Matters (2020), a trilogy of sorts, named in part by the settings in which they were written. yazminlacey.bandcamp.com www.yazminlacey.com

From the DC-born, Brooklyn-based Oddisee (Amir Mohamed el Khalif). On this track, he confronts the uphill battle of avoiding your parents' mistakes - with support from Phonte and BeMyFiasco from The Foreign Exchange and South Londoner Kay Young - tinyurl.com oddisee.bandcamp.com

Detroit-born soul from 1977! staxrecords.com

Sampling The Dramatics 1977 track "(I Like) Makin' You So Happy". Check out the KEXP Sound & Vision miniseries "Filipino Hip Hop 206" exploring the Filipino impact on Seattle’s hip hop scene. From the first DJ to have a rap radio show on the west coast to a world championship breakdancing crew to countless MCs, there’s no denying how much Filipinos contributed to the scene. KEXP DJs Gabriel Teodros, Mike Ramos, and Larry Mizell, Jr. share interviews and the stories of some of these folks and their legacy. www.kexp.org bluescholars.bandcamp.com bluescholars.com

Fresh album from 9th Wonder with a sample from the 1974 hit "Your Love" by Soul Survivors!

"BY THE WAY" is the recently released EP from Theo Croker, an American jazz trumpeter, composer, producer and vocalist from the British singer, Ego Ella May. theocroker.com Twitter: @TheoCroker IG: @theocroker

Roberta Flack's 1973 hit song became a #1 hit for the Fugees in 1996 - the year we're featuring this week! The Fugees stripped down hip hop version featured Lauryn Hill on vocals. Check out the video! youtu.be Eventually, Roberta Flack and the Fugees teamed up to perform the song together!! youtu.be

Petite Noir is the architect of Noirwave - a musical and cultural movement that draws creative energy from punk aesthetics and the fragmented identity of today's African diaspora. The Congolese artist was born in Belgium, raised in South Africa, and is now based between London and Paris. "Blurry" is the first single from Petite Noir's forthcoming album, MotherFather which is out April 14 via Warp. Check out the music video for "Blurry" here: www.youtube.com www.petitenoir.world petitenoir.bandcamp.com

Two legends team up on this title track off John Legend's fifth studio album, 'Darkness and Light'!