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
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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)

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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 01/27/2011

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01/27/2011

Artist	Title
Max Ribner	Amani
Max Ribner	oli
RH Factor	Hardgroove
Erykah Badu	Think Twice feat Roy Hargrove
The Markays	Last Night
MIdnite	Wise Mind
Medicine for the People	Ghost Embodied
Afro Q Ben	Conjunction
Third World	Rejoice
Build an Ark	Collective
De la soul/maceo parker	I be blowin
dangelo	Feel like makin love
max ribner	hold on tight
Ernest Ranglin	Surfin
Cheikh lo	Senegal Bresil
Midnite	Got Heat
Mosley Wotta	Boom For Real
mosely Wotta	Smoke
MOsley WoTta	Consolidate

Active Listening playlist for 01/13/2011

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01/13/2011

Artist	Title	Album
Kaziah Jones	Message in the Bottle
Chris Turner	Liquid Love
Original Cast	Freedom, Liberation	Selma
Max Ribner	Hold On Tight	Amani
War	I Had a Dream	Eric Burden Declares War
Martin Luther King	I have a Dream
Erykah Badu	Twinkle	New Amerykah pt 1
Erykah Badu	Soldier	New Amerykah pt 1
Janet Jackson	State of the World	Rhythm Nation
Guru	2	Jazzmataz Streetsoul
Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars	Dununya	Rise and Shine
Neville Brothers	Your Times Up	Treacherous
Kid Cudi	Revolution	Man on the Moon Two
Rick James	Mary Janes	Come Get It
Erykah Badu	Back in the Day	World Wide Underground
Max Ribner	New Old Leans	Amani
El Chicano	Viva Tirado	Celebration
Joe Bataan	Chevre Que Chevre	Call My Name
mama Diabate	Koffi Cola	N'Na Niwale
Yousou N'Dour	Baay Niasse	Egypt
Erykah Badu	Return of the Ankh	New Amerykah Pt 2
Kid Cudi	The Mood	Man on the Moon
Salt n Pepa	Shoop	Single
Isaac Hayes	Do Your Thing	Best of
Prince	Hey Lover	Best of
Nina Simone Groovefinder	Aint Got No	Remixed and Reimagined
Ike and Tina Turner	Funkier Than a Mosquitos Tweeter	Workin Together
Gil Scott Heron	New York Is Killing Me	Im New Here
Roots Manuva
Cymande	Dove	Cymande
Jose James	Park Bench People	The Dreamer
Climbing Poetree	Even if She Can't Fly	Ammunition

Active Listening playlist for 12/30/2010

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12/30/2010

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Unsung Heroes and TY feat Breis	Right Here in Front of You
oliver mutukudzi	kunzwe Kwadaka
dance mix
Gidigidimajimaji	Atoti Pt 2
Various`	Libre Ego
Les Nubians	#4
Mahmoud Ahmed	Tenbelel Loga
Pierre Akadengue	Osiro
Uyasebenza Mntakababa	Mama Kalindwe
King Sunny Ade	Sunny Ti De Ariya
Prophets of the City	Township Dwella
Amadou and Miriam	Baara
Mahmoud Ahmed	Abet/Yes Please
Mahmoud Ahmed	Ohoho Gedama
Mahmoud Ahmed	Salam Peace
Fela Kuti	Shakara
Damien Marley	Friends
Bibson/Xuman	Kay Jel Mal
Congotronix
Missa Luba
Soweto Gospel Choir	Jerusalem
Hugh Masakela	Johannesburg Hi Life
Akadengue	Azeva
Chiwanoso	Kurima
Miriam Makeba	Siyahamba
Mahmoud Ahmed	Belomy Benna

Active Listening playlist for 12/09/2010

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12/09/2010

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Erykah Badu	Appletree Summertime Mix
India Aire	Brown Skin
LowKey	Something Wonderful
Natasha Atlas	A Man's World
Beats Antique	Daze
Zion I	Flow
Sunni Patterson feat Katherine Cleaver	We Made It
Gil Scott Heron	On Coming from a Broken Home Pt 1
Saul Williams	Sha Clack Clack
Cheikh Lo	Senegal Bresil
Sidestepper	Mas Papaya
Dead Prez	Afrika Hot
Rose Bent	Trickin On Remix
DJ Krush	Still Island
Brand Nubian	Run Free
Democracy Now
Prince Paul	Vexual Healing
Nina Simone	Funkier than a Mosquitos Tweeter
Aceyalone	BBoy
Mos Dub	Travellin Underground
Easy Star All Stars	Exit Music For a Film
Radiohead	Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
Impressions	Keep on Pushin
Pharcyde	Passing Me By
Nas and Damien Marley	Patience
Les Escrocs	Pirates
Nickodemus feat Carol C	Cleopatra in New York
J Dilla	Wild (Instrumental)

Active Listening playlist for 12/02/2010

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12/02/2010

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Rose Bent	Let Me Entertain
Blazers	Bust a Bucket
Sirens Echo	Hands Together
Blacque Butterfly	Black Girl
Lifesavas	Freedom Walk
David Rovics	Jenin
Nicoluminous	Time to Act
Hungry Mob	Urban Reality
Mossly Watta	for real
Sirens Echo	Big City
My-G	Oregon is where I come from
Rose Bent	A New Tomorrow
Rose Bent	Sexy
Rose Bent	Lyin in my Face
Rose Bent	Hey Daddy
Rose Bent	Rose Bent
Good Guys
Nu Shooz	I Can't Wait
Good Guys	Keep on Talking
Blacque Butterfly	Poetry Saved My Life
Nicoluminous	Las Manos
My-G	Life Goes On Remix
Sirens Echo	Perfect Peace

Active Listening playlist for 11/11/2010

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11/11/2010

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living Legends	War and Peace
Nicoluminous	Liberate
Damien Marley and Nas	Ancient People
#11	#11
Eek-a Mouse	Noahs Ark
Aloe Blacc	I Need A Dollar
Erykah Badu	Get Money
Diana Ross	Love Child
Stylistics	Give a Little love
Aloe Blacc	Loving you is killing me
Cut Chemist	Whats the Altitude
Gift of Gab	Escape to Mars
Herbie Hancock & Grandmaster Flash
Frankie	Double Dut
Quasimodo	Come On Feet
Dangelo	Greatdayandsmornin
Baka Beyond	Together Again
X Plastaz	Msimu Kwa Msimu
Sean Hayes	Dream Machine
Shadia Feat D.A.M.	kollon 3endon
War	Heartbeat
Cee-lo Green feat Jazze Phatnastees	My Kind of People
Joe Claussell	Feeling Good-Nina Simone
Lovage	Strangers on A Train
Poor Righteous Teachers	Strictly Mashon
Lady G	The Light
Common	The Light
Joan As Policewoman	Feed the Light

Active Listening playlist for 10/28/2010

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10/28/2010

Artist	Title	Album	Label
Shafiq Hussain	Le Star	En-A-Free-kA	Rapster Records
Bob Marley	Sun is Shining	Kaya	Island Records
Hugh Masakela	Going Back to New Orleans	The Union of South Africa	Mowtown
ARETHA FRANKLIN	Elusive Butterfly	Soul '69	Atlantic
Bahamadia	Global	Queendom	Rhapsody
Taiko Drumming	(it's in japanese- can't read title)
Intertribal	Tha Tribe	Woodland Groove
Ye Ye	Afia Walking Tree	Soul Affirmationz	Spirit Drumz
B-Side Players	Nuestras Demandas	Fire in the Youth	Concord
DJ Shadow	What have I done	The Outsider	umvd
Saul Williams	A pledge to resist	Not in My Name	synchronic
J-LIve	Braggin Writes Domecracker Remix	No Edgeups in South Africa	compilation
Mahotella Queens	Zwe Kumusha	Next Stop Soweto	Strut
Pablo Lubadika Porthos	Madelena	Sound D'Afrique II Soukous
Paul Simon	50 Ways to Leave your Lover	Still Crazy after all these years	Legacy Recordings
Common	Forever Begins	Finding Forever	GOOD music
Quincy Jones	Betcha Wouldn't Hurt Me	The Dude	A&M
Michael Jackson	Another Part of Me	Bad	sony
The Roots feat Jaguar	What you Want	Single	Sony
DJ Shadow	What does your soul look like	Preemptive Strike	fontana island
The Doors	When the Music's Over	Strange Days	Elektra
Sly and the Family Stone	Keep on Dancing	Free	sony
Nina Simone Mike Mangini Mix	Gimme Some	Verve Remix	universal
Raphael Saadiq	Staying in Love	The Way I See It	columbia
Stevie Wonder	I Believe When I Fall in Love	Talking Book	mowtown
Erykah Badu	Love of My Life (Hip Hop)	Single	MCA
brazilian drumbeat	unknown
Joe Bataan	Keep the Change	Call My Name	vampi soul
War	Aint No Need to Worry about the Future	Why Can't We Be Friends	avenue
Sean Hayes	Open Up a Window	Run Wolves Run	Sean Hayes Music
Bob Marley	Sun is Shining	kaya	island
Rita Marley	One Draw	single	varese saraband
Erykah Badu	Puff	world wide unterground	mowtown
Lady G	The Light
Felix Housecat Nina simone	Sinnerman	Verve	universal
Gorillaz	Sound Check(Gravity)	Gorillaz	EMI
Roberta Flack	See you Then	Quiet Fire	atlantic
Aloe Blacc	Long Time Coming	Shine Through	stones throw

Active Listening playlist for 10/14/2010

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10/14/2010

Artist	Title
Mary Martin	Favorite things
Salt n Pepa	Push it
	tabla gamda
Cut Chemist	The Garden
Eric B and Rakim	Paid in Full
Freddie Cruger feat. Lynn	Pretty Little Thing
Nina Simone	Four Women
DJ Shadow
Joan as Policewoman	Furious
Lowkey	obama nation
Damian Jr. Gong Marley	Road to Zion
K'naan	TIA
Manu Chao	Merry Blues (DJ Muggs RMX)
Slick Rick	Hey Young World
Outkast	I like the way you move
The Roots	The Seed
MIA	Pull up the People
Mosly watta
House of Vibe feat Lady G	The Light
Billie Holiday	He Aint Got Rhythm (Poppyseed Remix)
Erykah Badu	The Healer
Lyrics Born	Callin Out
Dead Prez	I'm An African
Nomad	Habaybi
DAM feat Shadia	kollon 3endon
Eddie Kendricks	My People...Hold On
Pharcyde	Passing Me By
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs	El Matador
Bob Marley	Them Belly Full
Low Key	Something Wonderful
Erykah Badu	Bag Lady

Active Listening playlist for 09/23/2010

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09/23/2010

Artist	Title
Gift of Gab	In Las Vegas
DJ Shadow	6 days
Blackalicious	Aural Pleasure
Lifesavas	Gutterfly
Latyrx	The Bumpin Contraption(The Recalibration)
Quannum	The Quickening
Gift of Gab	Escape 2 Mars
Blackalicious	Deception
Latyrx	Say That
Lyrics Born	Callin Out
Gift of Gab	Way of the Light
Blackalicious	Swan Lake
Dj Shadow	Pt One Blue Sky Revist
J5	Freedom
DJ Shadow	Organ Donor
Lifesavas	5th Horseman
DJ Shadow/Cut Chemist	Brainfreeze
Latyrx	LadyDontekno
Gift of Gab feat Del and Brother Ali	Dreamin
Blackalicious	Shallow Days
Gift of Gab	A to G
Lyrics Born	Love me so Bad
Blackalicious with Saul Williams	Release pt 1, 2, 3
DJ Shadow	Short stem/long stem
carumin
Joyo Velarde	Take You Home

Active Listening playlist for 09/09/2010

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09/09/2010

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Otis Redding	Change is Gonna Come
Al Green	Change is Gonna Come
Impressions	A Change is Coming
Shuggie Otis
Taj Mahal	West Indian Revelation
My-G	Oregon is where I come from
RZA	Ghost Dog instrumental
MY-G	Life Goes On
AFro Qben	No More warfare
Dragon	Peace
Arabic Hits	4
Stereo MC's	Fever
Freddie Cruger	The Hustle
MY-G
Sade Remix Neptunes	By Your Side
Handsome Boy Modeling School	Sunshine
Youseff Lateef	Ching Miau
Pete Rock and SL Smooth	They REminisce over You
De La Soul	Travelin'
DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist	Brainfreeze
The Jimmy Castor Bunch	It's Just Begun
Earth Wind and Fire	Shining Star
MIchael Jackson	Baby Be Mine
Stevie Wonder	Master Blaster
Erykah Badu	Think Twice
Donald Byrd	Think Twice
Erykah Badu	Turn Me Away (Get Munny)
Isley Brothers feat Gabriel Rene	Footsteps in the Dark
Ice Cube	Today Was a Good DAy
Technotronic	Pump Up the Jam
Bel Biv Devoe	Poison
Talib Kweli	Too Late
Janet Jackson	State of the World
Lauryn Hill	Every Ghetto, Every City
Mary J Blidge REmix	Be Happy
Prince
Cee-lo feat Jazze Phat	My Kind of People
The Impressions	This is My Country
K'naan	America

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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