no. 213 | PSO + The Reformers Split EP

Alex Kannan and Gavin Watts of the Reformers join PSO conductor, Barry Stone, for an interview about their music and influences on the occasion of the release of the Porch Swing Orchestra + The Reformers split EP. Gavin Watts is an Austin-based polymath whose proclivities include painting, and high-level research in the field of public special education,–Gavin is an Assistant Professor of Special Education in the College of Education and Human Development at Texas A&M University–San Antonio. Gavin plays with Cougar Island and in the Answers with Lauren Grant, who was featured on PSO no. 153, here in the ATX and if that isn't enough, Gavin also has been cooking up some of his own country songs. The Reformers make soundtracks for films that don't exist, at least that has been their tagline, but now Alex and Gavin are producing films in IRL informed by their music. Alex made an award-winning documentary, La Cita with Grecia Arlene Maldonado Valenzuela which is a tribute to the LGBT activist, Jeanine. The film empathetically documents Valenzuela's daily struggles as a trans woman living in Tijuana. When Alex is not busy sculpting landscapes with his keyboards or directing films, he runs his own legal firm specializing in immigration issues in California. Reformers Tracks featured on the podcast Trunk of a Chevy Monday Blood Warrant (Main Theme) Skeletons PSO + Reformers Split EP Steel Stream Guitar Careful with That Xu Jian Interstellar Railroad Porch Swing Orchestra + The Reformers Split EP on Bandcamp The Reformers on Bandcamp and Spotify Alex Kanan’s films La Cita (Trailer and Film) and El Mago (Trailer and Film) Gavin’s Film, a music film by The Reformers, Llewellen Gavin’s Musical Ecosystem at Watts Happening Records This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit porchswingorchestra.substack.com