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COMING UP ON OPEN GATE NETWORK
Open Gate Conversations
with Spilata
PREMIERES THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15 • 7 PM ET
What happens when an artist refuses to be defined by a single genre?
Join host Keanna Faircloth for a candid conversation with Spilata about musical identity, reinvention, creative freedom, and pushing the boundaries of artistic expression.
Discover the person and perspective behind the music on the next episode of Open Gate Conversations.
PREVIOUSLY ON OPEN GATE NETWORK
Open Gate Conversations
with Warren Wolf
A candid conversation with acclaimed vibraphonist and multi-instrumentalist Warren Wolf about his musical journey, evolution, and the experiences that have shaped the artist he is today.
OPEN GATE NETWORK LIVE
Keanna Faircloth returns as festival host for her third year + OGN co-presents the artist conversation at The Spark of Hudson
THE work
The Open Gate Network™ was created to challenge the idea that jazz belongs behind a gate.
For too long, access—on airwaves, in institutions, and across media—has been filtered through a narrow lens. This platform exists to widen that lens.
Through audio, video, and live experiences, The Open Gate Network™ creates space for artists across generations—those honoring the lineage and those pushing it forward in real time.
THE MISSION
🎧 Audio
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Artimacy
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Roots & Resonance
🎥 Video
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Artist interviews
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Behind-the-scenes conversations
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Performance content
🎤 Live Experiences
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Wax & Wine (vinyl listening sessions)
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Artimacy Unplugged
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Panels + curated conversations
What We Do
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Artimacy – Intimate artist conversations
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Roots & Resonance – Connecting jazz across generations
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Open Gate Conversations - A space for honest dialogue with artists that centers the stories, perspectives, and truths that don’t always feel welcome in traditional jazz spaces.
Content will be released across audio and video platforms, with select conversations presented as live, in-person experiences.
Original Series/programming
LINEAGE + EVOLUTION + EXPANSION
Keanna Faircloth is a media personality, writer, and artist advocate with over two decades in jazz radio and storytelling.
Through The Open Gate Network™, she is building a platform that reflects the full spectrum of the music—and the people shaping it.
ABOUT THE FOUNDER
Stay tuned...