In today’s episode of LaunchLeft, Rain speaks with music artist José Gonzalez. José has recently recorded his new album, Local Valley, in his home and a studio in Sweden. José chose to produce this album himself to give it a raw sound and feel. His album drew inspiration from worldwide and includes songs in English, Swedish, and José’s native Spanish. Tune in to hear more from Rain and José’s discussion on his background, his music, and how he found inspiration from current events in the world on this episode of LaunchLeft. We close the show with his song “El Invento.”  -----------------  LAUNCHLEFT OFFICIAL WEBSITE https://www.launchleft.com  LAUNCHLEFT PATREON https://www.patreon.com/LaunchLeft  TWITTER https://twitter.com/LaunchLeft  INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/launchleft/  FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/LaunchLeft  ---------------------  LaunchLeft is an alliance of left-of-center artists, a label, a podcast, a curation engine. LaunchLeft Podcast hosted by Rain Phoenix is an intentional space for Art and Activism that enlists famed creatives to launch emerging bands. LaunchLeft begins with music, but ultimately aims to launch left-of-cent. --------------------  IN THIS EPISODE:  [ [ [ [ [ [ [ KEY TAKEAWAYS:  José used his broad cultural background to write and produce an album that connects many thoughts of differing opinions and hopes to bring people to see both sides of issues José’s background in science opened up his eyes to research and philosophy which gives him different views on the world, nature, and cultural differences which help give him a broad sound in his lyrics and music  ARTIST LINKS: Artist Website: https://jose-gonzalez.com  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jose.gonz.music/?hl=en  Twitter: https://twitter.com/_josegonzalez_?lang=en  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/josegonzalezmusic  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOxQXnxLdxQjvu9FHk1jsdQ  Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/josegonzalez See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.