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

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

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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 giu 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 mag 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 mag 2026
47:47
AC23+ Artist Legacy Series Ep 60 Steve Masakowski
Mike Esneault speaks and plays music with New Orleans guitar legend Steve Masakowski. The two discuss Steve’s brilliant career as a guitarist, composer, inventor and educator at the university level. In addition, they talk about Steve’s formative years, growing up in the rich cultural environment of New Orleans and the city’s influence on him musically.
E60
8 mag 2026
48:58
AC23+ Artist Legacy Series Ep59 - Ed Ruzicka - Poet
Mike Esneault interviews poet, author, and president of the Poetry Society of Louisiana, Ed Ruzicka today. They discuss the release of Ed's new book "The Invention of Dreaming" and the inspirations for writing this new collection of poetry. They also touch on various subjects as they relate to the creative process and the arts industry.
E59
16 apr 2026
24:53
AC23+ Artist Legacy Series Ep58 - Mark Brooks - New Orleans Bassist and Bandleader
Mike Esneault speaks and plays music with NOLA legendary bassist Mark Brooks. They talked about his upbringing in a musically rich New Orleans family. Mike asked him about many things including the importance of his early deep grounding in Gospel music and the impact it has had on his musical life working in all genres of music. They touched as well on various aspects of being a professional freelance performing artist today.
E58
2 apr 2026
58:35
AC23+ Artist Legacy Series Ep57 Adonis Rose - Grammy award winning drummer, composer, arts administrator, educator and producer,
Mike Esneault talks with Grammy award winning drummer, composer, arts administrator, educator and producer, Adonis Rose. They talk about his extensive touring career with jazz greats including Terence Blanchard, Wynton Marsalis, Kurt Elling, Dianne Reeves, and many more. They also talk about his rich musical upbringing in New Orleans as well as his tenure as Artistic Director for the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, and over topics.
E57
20 mar 2026
56:28
AC23+ Artist Legacy Series - Ep 56 - Jim Odom - Musician/Entrepreneur
Mike Esneault talks and plays music with musician and entrepreneur Jim Odom. In addition to being the guitarist for Louisiana’s iconic band LeRoux, Jim is an audio engineer, composer and entrepreneur best known for co-founding PreSonus Audio Electronics with Brian Smith in 1995, a company that became a global leader in affordable digital audio recording equipment for home studios and professionals. The two discuss Jim’s amazing multi-faceted career and also have fun playing a couple of impromptu original compositions/jams.
E56
26 feb 2026
56:23
AC23+ Artist Legacy Series Ep55 John Hébert - NYC based jazz bassist
Mike Esneault converses with New York City premiere bassist and long time friend, John Hébert. He and John talked about his formative years growing up and learning music in Baton Rouge, New Orleans and then New York City. John has worked with some of the premiere jazz artists of our time including Fred Hersch, Andrew Hill, Lee Konitz, Paul Bley, John Abercrombie, Kenny Wheeler, Paul Motian, and many more. In their conversation, they were able to touch on different aspects of learning the jazz art form as well as different components of working as a professional musician today.
E55
12 feb 2026
53:48
AC23+ Artist Legacy Series - Ep 54 - Dr. Stephen Futrell - Collegiate Professor, Vocal Artist
Mike Esneault converses with Dr. Stephen Futrell, Director of Choral Activities and Associate Professor of Music at Elon University in North Carolina. They discuss his extensive career not only as a collegiate professor, but also his versatile career as a studio musician and live performer in multiple genres of music including jazz, R&B, etc.
E54
6 feb 2026
38:09
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