Jazz pianist. Composer. Songwriter. Arranger. Words which define but can't begin to describe the virtuosity of Mike Janzen (https://mike-janzen.squarespace.com). His latest project is the Mike Janzen Trio CD Metronome. In this phone interview, he talks about the history of and stories behind the songs on Metronome.
Tonight’s guest says “when I paint, I engage in a dialogue with the canvas.” And abstract artist Rachel Albano (http://rachelalbano.com) has been holding a quite busy conversation with the canvas through her term as artist in residence at Lakeside Church, taking part in the Artist Project in February and launching a new exhibit at the Elora Centre for the Arts. We catch up with Rachel, in a phone conversation from her home in Elora.
For the past two and a half decades, Word Alive has distributed the end product of authors. A decade ago, the company decided to produce that end product and formed Word Alive Press (http://www.wordalivepress.ca), a “hybrid” publisher that combines the strengths of both royalty and custom-book publishers. But like others, the Winnipeg-based company is weathering the storms of change book publishers now face with the closures of bookstores and the increase in e-commerce.
Freelance journalist Lisa Hall-Wilson (http://lisahallwilson.com) started a conversation on the Canadian Writers Who are Christian blog. Hall-Wilson wrote “art has always been a vehicle for social change, social commentary—but the art must come first not the message.” We’re going to continue this conversation on tonight’s broadcast with Lisa who’s on the phone from her home in London.
Theatre of the Beat’s vision (http://www.theatreofthebeat.com/html) is the “create meaningful theatre that both challenges and inspires.” The Ontario-based troupe has created a repertoire of plays that both pricks the audience’s social consciousness and encourages them to build a more whole world, explaines Theatre of the Beat artistic director Johnny Wideman.
