v City Visions: What Does The COVID-19 Pandemic Mean For Our Mental Health? By www.kalw.org Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 13:00:00 +0000 Is COVID-19 impacting your mental health? You're not alone. Host Grace Won speaks to healthcare professionals about strategies to combat loneliness, anxiety and depression during this pandemic. Full Article
v Who is a "sovereign citizen"? By www.kalw.org Published On :: Wed, 06 Jun 2018 23:39:33 +0000 Your Legal Rights considers Sovereign Citizenship and its avowed adherents. Is there such a movement in the US? Host Jeffrey Hayden welcomes David Nazarro and Kathleen Sherman. Questions for David and Kathleen? Please call toll-free 866-798-8255. Full Article
v Torts 1, 2, 3 -- You've been injured? What's next? By www.kalw.org Published On :: Wed, 27 Jun 2018 21:15:51 +0000 You've been injured. What do you do? What happens next? Torts 1, 2, 3. How do you assert and affirm your rights in case of personal injury? Host Jeffrey Hayden welcomes Rolando Pasquali and James Thompson, both practicing personal injury litigation attorneys and members of the San Mateo County Bar Association. It's the last Wednesday of the month and it's Call A Lawyer Night . Call (800) 525-9917 to have tonight's guests answer your questions. You can also talk privately to a lawyer off the air from 7 to 8pm at the same phone number. On Thursday June 28th two attorneys are offering their time as a no-obligation public service out of their offices to those who wish to call during the times below. Janet Frankel, Certified Specialist in Family Law, 9 to 11am at (415) 362-9533 Leon Bayer, Certified Specialist in Bankruptcy Law, 9 am noon at (800) 477-3111 Full Article
v Domestic Violence Prevention By www.kalw.org Published On :: Wed, 01 Aug 2018 21:39:22 +0000 Prevent domestic violence with the Domestic Violence Prevention Act. Host Jeffrey Hayden welcomes Lauren Zorfas and Melissa Gibbs. Ms Zorfas practices Family Law at ADZ Law, LLP, San Mateo (www.adzlaw.com). She is formerly Family Law Facilitator for the San Mateo County Superior Court. Ms Gibbs is Manager of Legal Services at CORA, Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse, in San Mateo (www.corasupport.org). Questions for Lauren and Melissa? Please call Your Legal Rights toll-free 866-798-8255. Full Article
v Legal Services for Children By www.kalw.org Published On :: Wed, 29 Aug 2018 22:29:05 +0000 Host Jeff Hayden welcomes Nicole Bates and Joey Mintz, both with Legal Services for Children (LSC), affording free representation to children and youth who require legal assistance to stabilize their lives and realize their full potential. Founded 1975, LSC is one of the country’s first non-profit law firms dedicated to providing free legal representation and social work services to children. Questions for Nicole and Joey? Please call toll-free 866-798-8255. Also, this is our once-a-month Call-A-Lawyer Night. So, while Your Legal Rights broadcasts on 91.7 FM (online kalw.org) 7 'til 8pm PDT, attorneys are available off-the-air as well -- 800-525-9917, for private no-fee consultation on a variety of legal questions. Full Article
v "Collaborative Courts 101" By www.kalw.org Published On :: Wed, 05 Sep 2018 23:12:56 +0000 Full Article
v Landlord/Tenant Laws, Issues, Initiatives By www.kalw.org Published On :: Wed, 03 Oct 2018 23:51:10 +0000 Landlord/Tenant -- Host Jeff Hayden welcomes Sal Timpano to consider issues, laws & initiatives as Elections loom, November 6th. Ballot propositions borrowed here from a round-up by Capital Public Radio's Emily Zentner: Allowing Local Authorities to Enact Rent Control measures, Prop 10 would give Cali localities freedom to enact rent controls. On this November's ballot, Proposition 10 would repeal the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act and its ban on certain types of rent control [http://www.capradio.org/articles/2018/06/20/rent-control-is-coming-to-californias-november-ballot-heres-whats-at-stake/], including protections for tenants of single-family homes, condos and apartments built after 1995. Also check Liza Veale's KALW capsule on Prop 10 Other props pertinent to housing are 1, 2 & 5. Recently, San Franciscans voting in June 2018, enacted Prop F. As described in National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) report leads off: "During the California state primary election on Full Article
v Farmworkers & Meatpacking Workers Say They Aren't Being Protected From COVID-19 By www.kalw.org Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 08:00:00 +0000 On this edition of Your Call, we’ll talk about farmworkers and meat processing plant workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis. Full Article
v Why Is It Taking So Long To Ramp Up COVID-19 Testing In The US? By www.kalw.org Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 15:41:04 +0000 On this edition of Your Call, we’ll get an update on why COVID-19 testing in the US has slowed down. In order to relax shelter in place policies, we need widespread testing. What will it take to get there? Full Article
v 'Shelter In Place' Has Increased Domestic Violence Calls. What Support Is Available? By www.kalw.org Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 15:58:07 +0000 On this edition of Your Call, we’re hearing how people experiencing domestic violence are receiving support while sheltering at home during the COVID-19 crisis. Organizations around the globe are seeing an increase in domestic violence calls. Full Article
v Media Roundtable: The COVID-19 Crisis In Iran - US Media Outlets Face Layoffs, Furloughs & Closures By www.kalw.org Published On :: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 09:03:09 +0000 On this edition of Your Call’s Media Roundtable, we're discussing the COVID-19 outbreak in Iran, which continues to be the worst hit country in the Middle East. The virus has infected more than 76,000 people in Iran. More than 4,800 have died. Full Article
v One Planet: Tackling The Climate Crisis As We Mark The 50th Anniversary of Earth Day By www.kalw.org Published On :: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 07:43:35 +0000 On this edition of Your Call’s One Planet Series, we’ll mark the 50 th anniversary of Earth Day by discussing the Trump administration’s drastic changes to US environmental policies. Full Article
v Farmworkers Are 'Essential' During COVID-19, But Are Left Unprotected And Underpaid By www.kalw.org Published On :: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 08:00:00 +0000 On this edition of Your Call, we’ll speak with Dr. Ann López , executive director of the Center for Farmworker Families about how California's farmworkers are still unprotected, months after the COVID-19 crisis began. Full Article
v FRONTLINE's 'Coronavirus Pandemic' Traces How The US Became The World's Virus Hotspot By www.kalw.org Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 08:00:00 +0000 On this edition of Your Call, we speak with veteran science journalist Miles O’Brien about his new FRONTLINE documentary Coronavirus Pandemic. Full Article
v Media Roundtable: The COVID-19 Outbreak In Ciudad Juárez Factories & The Paycheck Protection Program By www.kalw.org Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 07:00:04 +0000 On this edition of Your Call’s Media Roundtable, factory workers in Ciudad Juarez are protesting to demand the closure of assembly plants along the US-Mexico border. Many are still open despite the growing coronavirus death toll among the workers. Full Article
v How Will The US Economy, Small Businesses & Workers Recover From COVID-19 Losses? By www.kalw.org Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 14:55:20 +0000 On this edition of Your Call, we're speaking with Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz about how the US government has handled the COVID-19 crisis. He says the public safety net is not working and the US is on course for a second Great Depression. Full Article
v The COVID-19 Crisis In Indian Country Exposes Broken Treaties & US Obligations By www.kalw.org Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 15:05:37 +0000 On this edition of Your Call, we're discussing how COVID-19 is affecting Indian Country. There are nearly 1,900 confirmed cases across the Navajo Nation and 60 reported deaths. Full Article
v Media Roundtable: Amid Pandemic, Brazil's Poor Pay A High Price & COVID-19 Outbreaks On Cruise Ships By www.kalw.org Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 07:42:24 +0000 On this edition of Your Call's Media Roundtable, we're discussing the COVID-19 outbreak in Brazil and its impact on p oor and marginalized communities . So far, more than 81,000 people have tested positive and at least 6,000 have died. Full Article
v One Planet: COVID-19 And The US Food System Crisis By www.kalw.org Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 07:20:20 +0000 On this edition of Your Call’s One Planet Series, we're discussing the impact of COVID-19 on the US food supply. Across the country, farmers are destroying tens of millions of pounds of fresh food. Full Article
v Why Are Meat Processing Plants Reopening After Major COVID-19 Outbreaks? By www.kalw.org Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 08:00:00 +0000 On this edition of Your Call, we're getting an update on the COVID crisis in meatpacking plants. At least 31 meat processing plants owned by Smithfield, JBS and Tyson Foods have had coronavirus outbreaks. Full Article
v Janitors Are Fighting COVID-19 For All Frontline Workers. Why Aren't They Protected? By www.kalw.org Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 08:00:00 +0000 On this edition of Your Call, we’ll hear from janitors on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. They have expressed fear over the lack of PPE, hazard pay and paid sick leave, and the heavy use of chemicals in cleaning supplies. Full Article
v How California's For-Profit Nursing Homes Became COVID-19 Hotspots By www.kalw.org Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 08:00:00 +0000 On this edition of Your Call, we're discussing rampant coronavirus outbreaks in nursing homes around the country. In California, approximately one-third of all COVID-related deaths are tied to nursing facilities. Full Article
v SF Has Filled Less Than 3,000 Hotel Rooms For The Unhoused. Advocates Say It's Not Enough. By www.kalw.org Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 08:00:00 +0000 On this edition of Your Call, we’ll get an update on how San Francisco is handling its unhoused population during #COVID19. Last week, advocates staged a protest outside of Mayor London Breed’s house to demand more hotel rooms for people without homes. Full Article
v Media Roundtable: The EU Warns Of 'Recession Of Historic Proportions' -- Big Pharma & COVID-19 By www.kalw.org Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 07:05:50 +0000 On this edition of Your Call’s Media Roundtable, we're discussing the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Italy and other hard hit European countries. According to The European Commission, Europe’s economy will shrink by 7.4 percent this year. Full Article
v Hibs star Darren McGregor hopes city rivals Hearts manage to find a way to stay in Scottish Premiership By www.glasgowtimes.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 09:49:36 +0100 HIBERNIAN stalwart Darren McGregor hopes city rivals Hearts are handed a relegation reprieve, insisting the electric Edinburgh derby is the highlight of the season for most Easter Road stars. Full Article
v The Rangers dossier won't convince clubs to revolt - but the SPFL still have serious questions to answer By www.glasgowtimes.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 08:04:10 +0100 IT wasn’t as explosive as many Rangers fans had hoped - or SPFL officials had feared. Full Article
v Football teams to be allowed to make five substitutions per game when play resumes after coronavirus By www.glasgowtimes.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 16:53:05 +0100 FOOTBALL teams will be allowed to make no fewer than five substitutions in a game when play restarts following the coronavirus pandemic after the International Football Association Board (IFAB) approved a temporary rule change. Full Article
v SPFL come under fire for "giving clubs hope" in resolution as reconstruction plans are suddenly shelved By www.glasgowtimes.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 19:31:07 +0100 THE SPFL were tonight criticised for giving Scotland’s clubs hope that league reconstruction was a possibility in their controversial end-of-season resolution. Full Article
v Falkirk chairman slams Premiership "cabal" and claims they were "deceived" over reconstruction By www.glasgowtimes.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 22:58:07 +0100 Falkirk chairman Gary Deans tonight slammed Ladbrokes Premiership clubs for scuppering league reconstruction hopes - and called for change at the top of Scottish football. Full Article
v Former Hearts chairman Leslie Deans urges club to take legal action against SPFL and clubs who 'voted for Hearts ejection from league' By www.glasgowtimes.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 15:42:15 +0100 Former Hearts chairman Leslie Deans has urged the club to take legal action against the SPFL as well as those who voted to end the season early, effectively relegating the Jambos. Full Article
v Cirque du Soleil: Amaluna - Ermelinda Rediscovered - Leif Ove Andsnes - The Art of Memoir Writing By www.kalw.org Published On :: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 22:03:31 +0000 This week on Open Air, KALW’s radio magazine for the Bay Area performing arts, host David Latulippe talks with cellist and singer Amanda Zidow (pictured), who plays the role of the Island Queen Prospera, in Cirque du Soleil’s production Amaluna , currently visiting the Bay Area. Full Article
v Groundhog Day the Musical - The Donna Summer Musical - Scrooge in Love! - Chez Joey By www.kalw.org Published On :: Wed, 04 Dec 2019 22:45:26 +0000 This week on Open Air, KALW’s radio magazine for the Bay Area performing arts, host David Latulippe talks with Rinabeth Apostol (pictured, right) and Ryan Drummond (left), who are the lead actors in the San Francisco Playhouse production of Groundhog Day the Musical , which runs through January 18, 2020 at SF Playhouse (450 Post Street) in San Francisco. Full Article
v Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - A Christmas Carol @ A.C.T. - The Nutcracker 75th Anniversary By www.kalw.org Published On :: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 19:25:00 +0000 This week on Open Air, KALW’s radio magazine for the Bay Area performing arts, guest host Noah Griffin talks with actors John Skelley and Benjamin Papac (pictured) about the exclusive West Coast production of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Cursed Child , in which they play the parts of Harry Potter, and his son, Albus Potter. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child runs at San Francisco’s Curran Theater (445 Geary St.) in San Francisco, through June 20, 2020. Full Article
v AASC’s ‘Cinderella’ - NCCO & Anne Sofie von Otter - Kung Pao Kosher Comedy - Peter Robinson By www.kalw.org Published On :: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 23:51:43 +0000 This week on Open Air, KALW’s radio magazine for the performing arts, guest host Leah Garchik talks about the African-American Shakespeare Company's unique annual holiday offering of Cinderella , with AASC founder and executive director Sherri Young and lead actress Funmi Lola (pictured). Cinderella, the often told tale of a scullery maid determined to take her life into her own hands and make it better, runs for 4 performances, December 20-22 at the Herbst Theater in San Francisco. Full Article
v 2020 Fresh Festival of Dance, Ming Luke and the BCCO, 2020 San Francisco Tape Music Festival By www.kalw.org Published On :: Wed, 08 Jan 2020 21:41:32 +0000 This week on Open Air, KALW's weekly radio magazine of the performing arts, host David Latulippe will be talking with choreographer/performer Kathleen Hermesdorf about San Francisco’s 11th annual FRESH Festival of Experimental Dance, Music + Performance , held over three weekends from January 6 - 26 at the Joe Goode Annex (401 Alabama St.) in San Francisco. Full Article
v Mimi’s Suitcase - PolySHAMory - The Violins of Hope By www.kalw.org Published On :: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 21:37:07 +0000 This week on Open Air, KALW’s radio magazine for the Bay Area performing arts, host David Latulippe talks with multilingual playwright and actor Ana Bayat , about her one-woman show, Mimi's Suitcase , an autobiographical story about identity, immigration, women’s rights, and involuntary displacement. Full Article
v The Pianist of Willesden Lane - Will Eno’s ‘Wakey, Wakey’ - 12th Mostly British Film Festival By www.kalw.org Published On :: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 21:58:07 +0000 This week on Open Air, KALW’s radio magazine for the Bay Area performing arts, host David Latulippe talks with concert pianist, actor, and author Mona Golabek, about her one-woman show The Pianist of Willesden Lane , presented by TheatreWorks Silicon Valley at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts (500 Castro St.) in Mountain View, through February 16. Full Article
v The Case of the Vanishing Firefish - California Symphony: Brahms Fest - Snapshot @ West Edge Opera By www.kalw.org Published On :: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 22:22:27 +0000 This week, on another web-exclusive edition of Open Air, KALW’s weekly radio magazine for the Bay Area performing arts, host David Latulippe talks with co-founder and director Vinita Sud Belani from theatre company EnActe Arts, about The Case of the Vanishing Firefish , a fantasy fiction voyage inspired by both Harry Potter and The Da Vinci Code . Full Article
v The SpongeBob Musical - 'Chicago' in San Jose - Il Trovatore - MindTravel @ Aquarium of the Bay By www.kalw.org Published On :: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 00:08:31 +0000 This week on Open Air, KALW’s weekly radio magazine for the Bay Area performing arts, host David Latulippe talks with actors Lorenzo Pugliese and Daria Pilar Redus (pictured), who play the parts of SpongeBob SquarePants and his squirrel girlfriend Sandy Cheeks, in The SpongeBob Musical , which is in town through February 16. Full Article
v Sting in his musical ‘The Last Ship’ - Volti: ‘Almost Speechless’, the voice as an instrument By www.kalw.org Published On :: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 00:25:32 +0000 This week on Open Air, KALW’s radio magazine for the Bay Area performing arts, host David Latulippe talks with composer, singer-songwriter, actor, author, activist, international rock star, and 17-time Grammy Award-winner Sting (pictured, center), who is in town to star in his own new musical, The Last Ship , playing at the Golden Gate Theatre (1 Taylor St.) in San Francisco, through March 22. Full Article
v Bay Area Performing Artists Cope with COVID-19 By www.kalw.org Published On :: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 23:53:00 +0000 On this week's Open Air, a talk (by phone) about what the cancellation of virtually all performing arts venues have on various artists, including a talk with conductor Martin West about the San Francisco Ballet, with Bill English, co-founder of San Francisco Playhouse, and with freelance musicians Mads Tolling and Matt Szemela. Plus regular contributor Peter Robinson shares possible home and outdoor activities during "shelter in place". RESOURCES and diversions: The San Francisco Symphony's award winning "Keeping Score" video series The Metropolitan Opera streaming archive The Berlin Philharmonic Digital Concert Hall From our friends at KQED: "Emergency Funds for Freelancers, Creatives..." The Actors' Fund The Santa Cruz Symphony Musician Relief Fund Listen to the March 19, 2020 broadcast of Open Air with David Latulippe anytime! Full Article
v West Edge Opera Festival Full Steam Ahead - Mezzo-Soprano Leandra Ramm By www.kalw.org Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 06:16:47 +0000 This week on Open Air, KALW’s radio magazine for the Bay Area performing arts, host David Latulippe talks, appropriately socially distant, with Mark Streshinsky, general director of West Edge Opera , about the annual summer festival, thus far going full steam ahead from July 25th through August 9 th at The Bridge Yard in Oakland. Full Article
v Valley of the Moon Music Festival - Joshua Kosman - Opera San Jose - Classic Hollywood Musicals By www.kalw.org Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 04:38:37 +0000 This week on Open Air, KALW’s radio magazine for the Bay Area Performing Arts in Times of Corona, host David Latulippe talks, appropriately socially distant, with Eric Zivian and Tanya Tomkins (pictured), directors of Valley of the Moon Music Festival (VMMF), about how they are coping with the current crisis. Full Article
v Visual Instruction for Marching Band By pacific-crest.org Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 23:22:03 +0000 AUTHOR: Rudy Ruiz | DATES: May 20, May 27, June 3 | TIME: 6 pm each day In this three-part training, Rudy Ruiz, addresses the art of quality visual instruction. From fundamental principles, to teaching strategies, to finding a teaching gig, Rudy addresses all aspects of this topic over three one-hour webinars. Full Article Virtual Studio
v KUAF Arts Beat: Infringing on Peoples' Environments Through Sidewalk Concerts By www.kuaf.com Published On :: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 16:08:50 +0000 Live music takes to the streets with “Live at the Five and Dime,” a series of intimate sidewalk concerts presented by the University of Arkansas Music Departmenton the downtown Bentonville Square. “It’s a really great opportunity to infringe on people’s environment. That’s honestly where [music] belongs,” upright bassist Garrett Jones says about incorporating passers-by. “Art’s all around you on a day-to-day basis. Music is up the same alley.” Spearheaded by Alan Gosman, the department's associate chair, this intimate outreach effort features a local musicians performing a wide array of sounds including jazz, classical, Latin, and more. The intimate concerts are a collaboration with The Walmart Museum and Downtown Bentonville Inc. “Live at the Five and Dime” performances continue throughout the summer on Wednesdays from 6-8 p.m. in front of the Walmart Museum in Bentonville, with the Jake Hertzog Trio set to perform Aug. 21. Speaking of jazz, there's now a program to offically study it Full Article
v Of Note: Pianist Navigates Piano's Evolution through Haydn By www.kuaf.com Published On :: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 22:24:37 +0000 Pianist Roman Rabinovich's deep dive into the Haydn sonatas brought him revelations. Because Haydn's life bridged both the Baroque and Classical periods, his compositions reflect how the technology of the piano constantly progressed. "Instruments really changed like computers today, at that pace," Rabinovich said. Uzbeki-born, Israeli-trained Rabinovich continues to reflect Haydn's compositional invention since the Haydn project's debut at the Lincoln Center by performing the sonatas internationally. To listen to the full interview with Of Note's Katy Henriksen, click on the streaming link above. Full Article
v Of Note: Painting an Expansive Vista with A Capella By www.kuaf.com Published On :: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 22:36:25 +0000 Voces8 has once again found a way to represent the world's magnificence by using their voices-- and nothing else. The a capella group's latest album, "Enchanted Isle," pays homage to some of the members' inspirational European homelands. "Many of my formative musical memories come from my town there," says Barnaby Smith, the ensemble's music director. "A lot of the first music I heard as a child came as I was looking at that vista." Listen to the full interview between Barnaby Smith and Of Note's Katy Henriksen with the streaming link above. Full Article
v Of Note: SoNA’s Upcoming Season Promises Extravagant Performances of 'Bucket List Pieces' By www.kuaf.com Published On :: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 22:45:19 +0000 The Symphony of Northwest Arkansas ’ upcoming season promises to be their best yet, honoring Beethoven’s 250 th birthday with “bucket list pieces” such as “Carmina Burana” and “Pictures at an Exhibition.” Paul Hass, SoNA's music director, credits the orchestra’s success to its familial atmosphere. “It’s so exciting to be a part of something like this that’s constantly growing,” Haas says. “It really is like a family—we all care about each other. This is something special; not every community has this.” SoNA’s upcoming season will feature multiple collaborations including the SoNA singers for “Carmina Burana” and violinist Jennifer Frautschi for “Beethoven’s Violin Concerto”. SoNA will also perform a premiere of Haas’ new composition, Angelique . Listen to the full interview between Haas and Of Note’s Katy Henriksen with the streaming link above. Full Article
v Of Note: A Musician’s Deep Dive into Vulnerability at the 'Edge of Youth' By www.kuaf.com Published On :: Thu, 01 Aug 2019 23:46:34 +0000 On a journey of musical and personal self-discovery, violinist Janet Sung dove into vulnerability to produce her latest album “Edge of Youth,” which represents who she is as an artist through personal expression. “In order to really convey what all of the works were really offering, I would have to really look deeply and be utterly convinced of the thing that I was trying to communicate,” Sung explains about her individual interpretation. “It really starts to become something that comes from within yourself.” The album also features Missy Mazzoli’s Dissolve, O my Heart , which spins off of Bach’s Partita in D Minor to build and unravel, breaking with the recognized Bach tradition to further Sung’s unique expression. Listen to the full interview between Sung and Of Note’s Katy Henriksen with the streaming link above. Full Article
v Of Note: Bach as a 'Wide Open Field' of Expressive Possibilities By www.kuaf.com Published On :: Thu, 01 Aug 2019 23:55:48 +0000 The possibilities of artistic expression are limitless with every piece of music, but composer and pianist Craig Swanson took it to another level with the release of his album “The French Suite Kit.” Swanson was inspired by pianist Glenn Gould to create multiple unique variations of Bach’s French Suite No. 4 in Eb Major , giving listeners more control over how they prefer to hear Bach expressed. “Part of the joy of music is its improvisatory nature, and trying to find all of the potential expressions that are worthwhile in your music,” Swanson says. “It seemed to me that there was a wealth of possibility not limiting yourself to one particular way or one particular approach.” Listen to the full interview between Swanson and Of Note’s Katy Henriksen with the streaming link above. Full Article