Active Listening

Spinning an eclectic mix of hip hop, soul, folk, and world music every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month- the Seamstress of Sound is sure to keep you active. Like artist page "Active Listening With the Seamstress Of Sound" on Facebook for updates and sneak peaks on ticket giveaways! If you are groovin to this music please comment on the Kboo site-Your feedback is important!

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Active Listening on 05/23/13

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Thu, 05/23/2013 - 10:00pm - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 12:00am

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Spinning an eclectic mix of hip hop, soul, folk, and world music

Active Listening on 05/09/13

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Thu, 05/09/2013 - 10:00pm - Fri, 05/10/2013 - 12:00am

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Active Listening hosts Speakers Minds in conversation with the Seamstress of Sound

Thursday's program will feature a live interview with members of Speaker Minds-a soulful Portland Hip hop band. They bumped quite a set at the Red and Black on May Day. Stay tuned and possible ticket giveaways!

Check out their video here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=eG17PkKD3aM

Like https://www.facebook.com/ActiveListeningWithTheSeamstressOfSound on Facebook for updates and alerts on Ticket Giveaways!

Active Listening on 04/25/13

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Thu, 04/25/2013 - 10:00pm - Fri, 04/26/2013 - 12:00am

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Active Listening hosts Hip hop artist Invincible live in studio with the Seamstress of Sound

Active Listening with the Seamstress of Sound presents another night of eclectic soulful tunes sure to keep you active. Special live interview with hip hop artist Invincible from Detroit. We'ill spend a some time together talking about her new work.

Active Listening on 04/11/13

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Thu, 04/11/2013 - 10:00pm - Fri, 04/12/2013 - 12:00am

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Spinning an eclectic mix of hip hop, soul, folk, and world music

Active Listening on 03/28/13

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Thu, 03/28/2013 - 10:00pm - Fri, 03/29/2013 - 12:00am

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A Preview of Soul'd Out Music Festival with The Seamstress

It's that time again, Soul'd out brings Portland some of the hottest new and venerated musicians of today. Catch some previews of the festival and some ticket giveaways in conjunction with our Spring Membership Drive.

Active Listening on 03/14/13

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Thu, 03/14/2013 - 10:00pm - Fri, 03/15/2013 - 12:00am

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Spinning an eclectic mix of hip hop, soul, folk, and world music

Active Listening on 02/28/13

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Thu, 02/28/2013 - 10:00pm - Fri, 03/01/2013 - 12:00am

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Spinning an eclectic mix of hip hop, soul, folk, and world music

Active Listening on 02/14/13

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Thu, 02/14/2013 - 10:00pm - Fri, 02/15/2013 - 12:00am

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Be Careful with Each Other So You Can Be Dangerous Together: V-Day with the Seamstress of Sound

If you're cuddling up with a loved one or dancing by yourself, the Seamstress will be spinning you a night of silky smooth love jams and ballads of heartache! Tune in at 10 PST-midnight tonight to Active Listening on KBOO.fm or 90.7 on your FM dial. Hope to see everyone downtown marching for V-day!

http://www.vday.org/home

Active Listening on 01/24/13

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Thu, 01/24/2013 - 10:00pm - Fri, 01/25/2013 - 12:00am

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Active Listening Tonight! 10-midnight

The Seamstress of Sound presents another exciting night of Active Listening 10-midnight this Thursday.

Our special guest for the evening is OMAR OFFENDUM! Syrian American L.A. livin' hip hop artist with style. Check out a video off his latest album Syrianamericana:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGl7BFDCVGA

Offendum will be performing at PSU right beforehand as a part of PSU/MercyCorp/AUPHR funded event titled Art and Nonviolent Resistance in Syria

http://www.mercycorps.org/events/2012/12/27/27950

Active Listening on 01/10/13

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Thu, 01/10/2013 - 10:00pm - Fri, 01/11/2013 - 12:00am

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Inclemental Weather Report with the Seamstress of Sound

Inclemental weather report with the Seamstress of Sound. 10-midnight Thursday! Potentially with a special guest!

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Zoo on the BOO an interviewooo with the Seamstress of Sound

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Thu, 04/11/2013

Osmosis Muldrew Zoo album dropped and he's in the studio with the Seamstress discussing the album and being backed by his crew.* Yes there were probably 10 dudes in the studio that night. Enjoy some up and coming local talent!

*not all lyrics reflect the values of the DJ

Length: 29:57 minutes (27.42 MB)
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Active Listening-live interview with MC Omar Offendum 1-24-13

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Thu, 01/24/2013

Active Listening hosts an interview between the Seamstress of Sound and MC/Beatmaker Omar Offendum listen in for some sneak peaks of his new work and from his last album Syrianamericana.

Click here for Offendum's webpage

featuring clips from work by Sami Matar, Ayah, the Narcycist, D.A.M., Amir Sulaiman, DJ Boo, Bei Ru, Dennis Brown and Freeway.

Title: Active Listening-live interview with MC/Beat Magician Omar Offendum 1-24-13
Length: 50:15 minutes (58.34 MB)
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Active Listening: Seatttle's own Black Stax live interview with the Seamstress 5/26/11

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Fri, 05/27/2011

Check out this interview with up and coming Seattle's own Black Stax.

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Title: Interview with Black Stax 5-26-11
Album: The Seamstress
Length: 21:00 minutes (24.04 MB)
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Active Listening: The Seamstress interviews Rose Bent Trio, Lady Trinity, Miss Chief and Jacque about their new album.

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Fri, 12/03/2010

Check it out folks, Rose Bent came in for a candid interview session and spit some fine rhymes.

Enjoy- and don't forget to head out to their record release Friday at Backspace (all ages, doors open at 8)

Artist: The Seamstress
Title: ROSE BENT KBOO INTERVIEW w_THE SEAMSTRESS OF SOUND
Album: Rose Bent
Length: 48:14 minutes (55.2 MB)
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Active Listening playlist for 12/13/2012

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12/13/2012

Artist	Title
R Scher	Non Stop Tina Fabrik
max ribner	brotha sista
azar habib
MIA	galang
Lady May
meeshe	love to love you
slum village	slumbers
saul williams	not in our name
queen latifah	UNITY
Trackademicks	Enjoy What You Do
Siren's Echo	This LIght of Mine
Erykah Badu	The Healer
The Narcicyst	Fly over Egypt
	Axel F
Sean Paul	Gimmie the LIght
Isley Bros	Between the Sheets
Knaan	America
Monk Higgins and the Specialites	Gotta be Funky
quantic	From the Tropical Crates
Funkadelic	Not Just Knee Deep
Frankie Smith	Handbone
Michael Jackson	Don't stop till you get enough
DJ Nu-Mark	Oya Indebure
Seiji	Todo Mundo
Enur Feat Natasja	Calabria
Cheikh Lo	Senegal-Brasil

Active Listening playlist for 12/06/2012

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12/06/2012

Artist	Title	Album
Revolution Recs	Ana Mish 3adad
Seasunz and J. Bless	Track 6	Earth Amplified
Freddie Kruger Desmond foster`	Over the Ocean
The pharcyde	Soul Flower (remix)
salt n pepa	independant
indeep	the Dj saved my life
Swoon	Rising Appalachia
Al Green	Jesus is Waiting
Nahko	Aloha Ke Akua
Common	Misunderstood
DMB	Gaucho
Bob Marley	Work
Allen Stone	Sleep
Ramsey Lewis	Do Whatever Sets You free
Cassandra Wilson	Went Down to St. James Infirmary
CArol Woods	Let it Be
Shaft	Walk from Regios
Lupe Fiasco	Around My Way (Freedom Ain't Free)
Common	break my heart
PAul Simon	50 Ways
Impressions	They Dont Know
The Coup	Wear Clean Draws
Rappin Forte	Players Club
Rose Bent	Class
Kool and the Gang	More Funky Stuff
Jah Lude	Reggae Dub Dub
War	Heartbeat
Terrance McKenna	The Miracle
Oscar Peterson Trio	I'm a Fool to Want You
Wax Tailor	Time To Go (Feat Aloe Blacc)
Preservation Hall Jazz Band	Just a Closer WAlk with Thee (featuring Tiffany Lamson)
Taj Mahal	Corrina
Raphael Saadiq	Oh Girl
Jimmy Hughes	Midnight Affair
Snoop Dogg	Vapors

Active Listening playlist for 09/27/2012

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09/27/2012

Artist	Title
Mashrou Leila	inti mneh?
Sade	Soldier of Love
Slum Village	Closer feat dwele
James Blake	CMYK
Stevie Wonder	Girl Blue
Gil Scott Heron	Delta Blues
Grover Washington	Aint No Sunshine
Nas and Damien Marley	Count Your Blessings
Los Ladrones	Las Luces Del Norte Reprise
Sean Hayes	Drop Down
Slum Village	Old Girl/Shining Star
MOsley Wotta	Cityscape
Dylan Muldrew	The Beat
Mashrou Leila	Habibi
Obo Addy	Awo Awo
Sean Hayes	Rosebush Inside
Erykah Badu	Soldier
B Side Players	Crossroads
Sweet Smoke	Silly Sally
Black Eyed Peas	Joints and Jam
MC Lyte	I Cram to Understand U (Sam)
Talib Kweli	Love Language
YoussounDour and Neneh Cherry	7 Seconds
Sean Hayes	Open up a window
Bantous De la Capitale	Makambe Mibale
Georges Yazbek
Shira	Shik Shak Shook
Los Ladrones	Montana rosa
Bossacucanova	Smaba Da Minha Terra
Sean Hayes	Shake Your Body
Mosely Wotta	Once Upon a Native
Rose Bent	Higher
Jurassic 5	Contribution
Emancipator	Soon it will be Cold Enough

Active Listening playlist for 09/13/2012

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09/13/2012

Artist	Title
max ribner	here in spirit
bjork	chrystelline feat omar soulyman
michel more and sean eliot	oh lord
juanita cuenca	tic tac
lin lindfors	din egen sol
NOIA	kalirain
rev recs and ahmed	Ana mish 3dad
el rass and munma	majnoun leila
mashrou leila/erik truffaz quartet	shim el yasmine
take	fall in love again
rose bent	hollow 6/6
ebadu/mark ronson	a la modaliste
las chakachas	canella
halle roots	bado neber
dj sesqui mix	tokuta
raw silk	do it to the music
poor righteous teachers	rock this funky joint
jazzual suspects	this beat
yarah bravo	freedom fighters
michael franti	stay human
lupe fiasco	bitch bad
house of vibe allstars	the light
ras muhamad	get thru it
watoto from the nile	letter to lil wayne
nina simone remixed	ain't got no/I got life
	I've got a brand new pair of rollerskates
raphael saadiq	heart attack
paper lace1	the night chicago died
kmc kru	the devil came up to michigan
gil scott heron& jaimie xx	New york is killing me
max riber	yes we can

Active Listening playlist for 03/22/2012

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03/22/2012

Artist	Title	Album	Label
Aretha Franklin	Reach Out And Touch	Live At Fillmore West	Rhino
Olu Dara	Your Lips	In the World	Atlantic
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Roberta Flack	Compared to What	First Take	Atlantic
Fontella Bass	Brown Eyed Handsome Man	Brown Eyed Handsome Man	Undertow
Stevie Wonder	Boogie On Reggae Woman	Original Musiquarium I, vol. II	Tamla
Smokey Robinson	I am I am	The Ultimate Collection	Motown
James Brown	Intro/ Cold Sweat	Live at the Apollo 1995	Scotti Bros
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Jorge Ben	Ponta de Lanca Africano	Africa Brasil	Universal Records
Gilberto Gil	Aquele Abraco	Acustico	Warner
Erasmo Carlos	Mane Joao	Brazil 70	Soul Jazz Records
Tribalistas	Tribalistas	Tribalistas	Phonomotor
Gilberto Gil & Jorge Ben	Filhos de Gandhi	Gil e Jorge	Verve
Manu Chao	Mentira	Clandestino	EMI
Carlos Vives	El Amor de Mi Tierra	El Amor de Mi Tierra	EMI
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Orquesta Sensacion	En Guantanamo de 1920	Tributo a Barroso	BIS Music
Barbarito Torres	Corazon de Chivo	Havana Cafe	Pimienta Records
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Bob Dylan	Visions of Johanna	Biograph	Columbia
Neil Young	Unknown Legend	Harvest Moon	Reprise Records
Merl Saunders & Friends	The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down	Fire Up	Fantasy
Levon Helm	Poor Old Dirt Farmer	Dirt Farmer	Vanguard
Dave Rawlings Machine	I Hear Them All	A Friend of a Friend	Acony
Gillian Welch	Look at Miss Ohio	Soul Journey	Acony
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Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio with Billy Bang	Big M	Live at the River East Arts Center	Delmark

DJ Benjamin filling in tonight...

Active Listening playlist for 08/25/2011

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08/25/2011

Artist	Title	Album
Democracy Now with Bill Mckibbon
Seasunz and J Bless	Water War song track 6	Earth Amplified
Breathe Owl Breathe	Swimming
Black Star	Respiration
Stevie Wonder	Master Blaster
Billie Holiday Remix	Summertime
Bobby Brown	Don't Be Cruel
Salt n Pepa	Independant
Erykah Badu n crew	Love of My Life
Frankie Smith	Triple Dutch
Living Legends	War and Peace
Dead Prez	We Want Freedom
The Executioners	Scratch To This
Al Green	Simply Beautiful
Aretha Franklin	That's the Way that I feel About you
Marvin Gaye	Sexual Healing
Ernest Ranglin	Nana Chak Pipe
Kool and the Gang	Life is What you Make it
Nina Simone	Aint Got No- I got life
De La Soul	Soul Flower (Remix)
Sheila E	Noon Rendevouz
Kid Cudi	Lost in the Mood
Zion I	Juicy Juice
Mohammed Alfarra Ft Darrious and Big E	Shorty
Rose Bent	Trickin On Remix
CMYK	James Blake
Sean Hayes	Turnaroundturnmeon
Erykah Badu	Time's a Wastin
Erykah Badu	Incense
Toots and the Maytals	I've Got Dreams
Sade	Pearls
Eddie Kendricks	My People
JDilla	My People
Erykah Badu	My People
K'naan	Until the Lion Learns to Speak
DAM	Mean Il Habi?
Goyo	Pressure
DAmien and Nas	Count Your Blessings

Active Listening playlist for 08/11/2011

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08/11/2011

Artist	Title
Fabulous Souls	take me
Erykah Badu	ye yo
Komeh Koroma	The Other Side
Ahmad	Back in the Day
John Coltrane	Out of This World
Lifesavas	The Soul Goes On
ZOO? feat Vursatyle	Jazz
Zakee Ahmad L	Sounds of Experience
nas	world is yours
de la soul	breakadawn
ZOO?	in the flowers
Cut Chemist feat hymnal	What's the Altitude
Mos Def	Travelin Man
Zakee Ahmad L	The Portland Tribute
Zion I	Finger Paint
Sean Hayes	Open up a Window
Raphael Saadiq	The Answer
Chiwaniso	Look at the Spirit
Harold Butler	Africa On My Mind
Sade	Skin
John Coltrane and Duke Ellington	In A Sentimental Mood
Impressions	This is My Country
Knaan	Blues For the Horn

Active Listening playlist for 07/28/2011

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07/28/2011

Artist	Title	Album	Label
Tony Toni Tone	Feels Good	Tone
Alice Russell	Got the Hunger? (DJ Vadim Remix)
Sparnky Wilson	Fancy	Super Cool California Soul	Ubiquity
Raphael Saadiq	Good Man	Stone Rollin
Jane Darwin	Autumn Night	45 single
Los Pinguos	Tierra Santa	Baila	putomaya
Rebel	Arabian Knightz
Ahlam	Jerusalem II	Revolt Against Reason
Bahama Soul Club	Afro Shigida feat Kojato	Bossa Nova Just Smells Funky
Kid Cudi	Wildn Cuz Im Young	Man on the Moon II
Aceyalone	BBoy	Single
Masterpieces of the Chinese Cheng Solo
Erykah Badu	I Want You	WorldWide Underground	Mowtown
?Brazilian Sexy Song
Soulman and the Brothers	Walk From Regio's	SHAFT	pickwick
Landon Wordswell	I think I need you Now	Hope for Tomorrow	Word is Bond
Charlie Chaz	Amarte Es Un Problema	Bachata Fiesta	BMG
Quantic	Cumbia Hip Hop Sampler
Tupac	California Love	Single
The Coup	Everythang
Fela Kuti	Alu Jon Jonki Jon	Fela Ransome Kuti and the Africa 70	MCA
Exuma	The Obeah Man	Exuma
Youlou Mabiala	Mofutela NDako	Self Titled	Eddyson Consortium
Pee Froiss	Djalagaty	The Rough Guide to African Rap	Rough Guide
Tribe Called Quest	Oh My God Remix
RJD2	A Sunday Mystery	Magnificent City Instrumentals
James Blake	CMYK	(website)
Sandialia De Prata	Samba Pesado	(website)
Salli Terri and Laurindo almeida	Bai Bumba	Duets with Spanish Guitar
Facundo Cabral	No Soy de Aqui ni soy de alla	(website live)
Ismael Lo	nene	Self Titled	Mango
Manu Chao	Il faut manger	Siberie metait contee
Zion I	Boom Bip	Deep Water Slang	Raptivism
El General	Rayes Le Bled	Web
Dead Prez	Hell Yeah	2 Fast 2 Furious
Dead Prez	Happiness
Raphael Saadiq	The Answer	Stone Rollin	Columbia

Active Listening playlist for 07/14/2011

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07/14/2011

Artist	Title
Lila Downs	Yunu Yucu Ninu
Ozomatli
Roy Hargrove
James Blake	Limit to your Love
Ebadu	Soldier
Tupac	Me Against the World
Curtis Mayfield
Alicia Keys	Woman's Worth
Esther Phillips	Doing Our Thing
Marvin Gaye	Sexual Healing
James Blake	CMYK
Amr Diab	Allah Ala Hobak
James Galway	Sound of the Seashell
India Arie	Brown Skin
Dj Shadow	What Does Your Soul Look Like Pt 1
Freddie Cruger	Something Good w/Desmond Foster
Modesky Martin and Wood	Uninvisible
Yousou N'Dour	Absa Gueye
Shafik N Afrika	Love Still Hurts
Zion I	Silly Puddy
Common	Misunderstood
Mystic	Once a Week
Yellowman	Watch Your Words
Blackalicious	Deception
Peleican Ossman	Taqueria
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs	En Mis Venas
De La Soul
SaRa	Melodee N Mynor
Chris Turner	Liquid Love
Gil Scott and Brian Jackson	Beginnings (The First Minute)
Hugh Masakela	Mamani
Salif Keita	Sada
Cesaria Evora	desilusao dum amdjer
Roberta Flack	Do What You Gotta Do
Climbing Poetree	Sun
Coco Rosie	Good Friday

Active Listening playlist for 06/16/2011

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06/16/2011

Artist	Title
Max Ribner	Hold On Tight
India Arie	Strength Courage and Wisdom
Sean Hayes	Politics
Max Ribner	Oli
Slum Village
Tropea
Stylistics	Show
monty python
frankie smith	double dutch instrumentqal
Build an ark	You've gotta have freedom
Erykah Badu	The Healer

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nutria

Submitted by nutria (not verified) on Fri, 08/14/2009 - 10:38pm.

thanks for good tunes last night. you should be every week, not every 2! if you can figure out how, let's brew something from the rest of my shiso this fall. It is pretty big. I have been waiting for it to flower but I don't think it will now... nutria