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, touring all across the US, Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Ethiopia and South Africa. His latest album From the Ashes of Our Homes opens with a reflection on the day Teodros and his spouse Ijeoma Oluo fled from an actual house fire, and expands as a full-length meditation on the loss of home and safety so many of us experienced these last few years as a result of wars, the pandemic, the climate catastrophe, and more - and how do we build something new from the ashes of all of our collective homes. Ashes was preceded by 2020's COVID-era lost tapes compilation What We Leave Behind, 2018's History Rhymes If It Doesn't Repeat (A Southend Healing Ritual), another 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 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. For more information log on to www.gabrielteodros.com