
Occasional Mix: Stay in the World
5 years of the Worldwide Underground + 25 years since my first CD
Worldwide Underground is an occasional mix show, newsletter, seasonal podcast, and more - put together by South Seattle musician and storyteller Gabriel Teodros.
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5 years of the Worldwide Underground + 25 years since my first CD

The first time I was ever booked for a show it was at the Langston Hughes Cultural Arts Center, and it was for a show that never actually happened.

The first in a series of full-length projects I’ve had the honor of producing has released today, and it’s Rell Be Free’s Everything Is Everything!

Hey family,

There's new music here and announcements galore

We kick this week’s mix off with a little piece of a conversation with Boots Riley and Kevin Coval from 2012 that challenges the mythology of Hip-Hop’s “origin story”, and then we get into some incredible new music including a collaboration with Blu & Exile featuring Black Thought & Mach-Hommy, another new track from The Neighborhood Kids forthcoming LP

If you were at one of our recent Seattle-area shows, you already know the call and response, care of my brother Khingz: when the world’s on fire, people need water.

When they ask “where are the artists who are using their voices to speak to the times?”, the truth is we have always existed and always will, even when we don’t get the same platforms as those who exclusively peddle escapism.

One of my goals with Worldwide Underground is to go deep into the art and politics of storytelling.

“We believe that as people living in the United States it is our responsibility to resist the injustices done by our government in our names