AC23+ - Artist Legacy Series of the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge

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AC23+ Artist Legacy Series - Ep70 - Doug Gay - Musician, Business Owner of Baton Rouge Music Studios

Mike Esneault speaks with musician and business owner, Doug Gay. In addition to having toured as a drummer with Tab Benoit and other musicians, he is the founder of the very successful Baton Rouge Music Studios. They had a great talk discussing his formative years developing as a musician in his native Lake Charles, his experiences as a band director and touring musician and also the challenges and successes of running Baton Rouge Music Studios for 20 years.

E70

2 oct 2026

55:52

AC23+ Artist Legacy Series Ep 69 Jennifer Ellis - Vocalist, Music Educator

Mike Esneault speaks with performer, music educator in the community for over 30 years, Jennifer Ellis. They talk about Jennifer's early development in music as well as her career in music education, music performance and her more recent role as a member of the board for the Red Magnolia Theatre Company. She has been heavily involved in their upcoming production of “Men on Boats”…. a true-(ish) story of an 1869 expedition, when a one-armed captain and a crew of insane, yet loyal volunteers set out to chart the course of the Colorado River.

E69

21 ago 2026

31:32

AC23+ Artist Legacy Series Ep 68 - Andy Pizzo - Trombonist, Band Leader, K-12 Education Administrator

Mike Esneault speaks with trombonist, band leader, K-12 education administrator, and former band director, Andy Pizzo. We talked about his formative years learning to play music in New Orleans, his professional performance career as well as his career in K-12 education.

E68

10 ago 2026

49:37

AC23+ Artist Legacy Series Ep 67 - Julie Gerdes Becnel - Author of "Roux's First Day"

Mike Esneault speaks with author, playwright, creative consultant, Julie Gerdes Becnel, illustrator Cullen Bernard, and jazz vocalist and ukulele artist, Ashley Orlando. They discuss the recent publication of Julie’s children’s book “Roux’s First Day”. This is a story of Roux, a baby Rougaroux, and her first day of school in the swamp and how she discovers what makes us different is also what makes us shine. Mike’s guests discuss the process of creating this publication as well as creating the music to accompany the story.

E67

4 ago 2026

39:47

AC23+ Artist Legacy Series Ep 66 Charlie Champage - Communications Director for Baton Rouge Gallery, photographer, photojournalist, graphic designer

Mike speaks with photographer, photojournalist, graphic designer, independent publisher, and event producer, Charlie Champagne. He is currently the Communications Director for the Baton Rouge Gallery Center for Contemporary Art. Charlie is also the founder and President of Leur Maison, a Baton Rouge nonprofit establish to help build a sense of home, community and belonging for Southern LGBTQIA+ creatives. They discussed his career in photography, particularly within the journalism and art world as well as his new role at the Baton Rouge Gallery.

E66

29 jul 2026

31:14

AC23+ Artist Legacy Series Ep65 DK Harrell - Award Winning Blues Guitarist, Composer, Band Leader

Mike Esneault speaks and plays music with sensational blues guitarist, vocalist, composer and band leader, DK Harrell. Fresh off his 2026 Blues Music Award wins in two categories, “Contemporary Blues Album” as well as “Album of the Year”, DK and Mike had a great time playing some of his songs and discussing his incredible rise in the blues world, his formative years growing up in Louisiana, and life as a successful touring artist.

E65

29 jun 2026

49:30

AC23+ Artist Legacy Series Ep 64 - Ana Andricaine - Former Broadway Actress, Jewelry Artist, Baton Rouge Arts Market Manager

Mike Esneault speaks with former New York Broadway actress veteran of 25 years, jewelry artist, business coach and Baton Rouge Arts Market manager Ana Andricain. They conversed about many things including her amazing performing career as well as her successful jewelry business, Jewel of Havana. Additionally, they discussed her role as manager of the BR Arts Market for the Arts Council of GBR and the challenges artist face while making a life in the arts.

E64

24 jun 2026

50:46

AC23+ Artist Legacy Series - E63 - John Wirt - Journalist, Author, Musician

Mike Esneault speaks with John Wirt. John is a music, arts and entertainment journalist and critic, author of the book “Huey “Piano” Smith and the Rocking Pneumonia Blues” and a guitarist. John has written thousands of music and movie stories and reviews for newspapers and magazines — mostly in Louisiana, Florida and Virginia. He was a staff writer at The (Baton Rouge) Advocate for 23 years and freelance writer for multiple publications. They talked about his accomplished career as a writer and touched on other subjects along the way. John also performs two solo guitar pieces.

E63

11 jun 2026

43:46

AC23+ Ep 62 - Sariah Sizemore and Taylor Matherne with "Honey Gold" - immersive audiovisual and sound healing experience

Mike Esneault speaks with multi-disciplinary artists Sariah Sizemore and Taylor Matherne about “Honey Gold”. This is an immersive audiovisual and sound healing experience that blends live vocals, gongs, crystal singing bowls, and string instruments with projection-mapped visuals to create a restorative, contemplative journey Mike discusses with the artists various topics including the pre-production challenges of creating this experience as well as the live production itself.

E62

19 may 2026

33:34

AC23+ Artist Legacy Series Ep 61 - Roland Guerin - Bassist/Composer

Mike Esneault speaks and plays music with international bassist, Louisiana native, and long time friend Roland Guerin. They talk about Roland’s incredible career touring and recording with jazz legends such as Marcus Roberts, Brian Blade, Mark Whitfield, Ellis Marsalis, etc. as well as New Orleans legends Mac “Dr. John” Rebennack, Allen Toussaint and rock guitarist Paul Gilbert, to name just a few. Roland’s command of both the acoustic bass and electric bass have made him one of the most versatile bassist living today. They touched on his formative years as well as various other topics.

E61

13 may 2026

47:47

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