Episodios

  • AC23+ Artist Legacy Series Ep 42 Jason Andreasen - Baton Rouge Gallery President/CEO
    Sep 24 2025

    Original Air Date 9/24/2025: Mike Esneault talks with Andreasen about his long standing tenure as Baton Rouge Gallery President/CEO and all of the outstanding programing the gallery has consistently offered the Baton Rouge community. They also touch on various aspects of arts administration and many of the different challenges for artists in today's landscape.

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    39 m
  • AC23+ Artist Legacy Series Ep 41 - Bob Sheppard - Legendary Saxophonist
    Sep 23 2025

    Mike Esneault talks and plays with legendary saxophonist Bob Sheppard about his extensive career as a touring musician with such artists as Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Joni Mitchell, Steely Dan, and many more. They also discuss his career as a session musician on countless Los Angeles film scoring sessions along with other topics related to his development and life in music.

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    1 h y 14 m
  • AC23+ Artist Legacy Series E40 James Fogle - Musician and Arts Industry Business Owner
    Sep 5 2025

    Mike Esneault converses with James Fogle, for the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge’s AC23+ Artist Legacy Series podcast. James is the owner of Mid City Ballroom, Baton Rouge Music Exchange and Pop Shop Records. Through these ventures as well as his work as a musician/performer, James has greatly enriched the Baton Rouge arts community. They discussed this as well as other topics related to being an artist in the Greater Baton Rouge area for over the last 40+ years.

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    28 m
  • AC23+ Artist Legacy Series E39 Chris LeBlanc
    Sep 2 2025

    Original air date 9/2/2025 Mike Esneault talks and plays music with Louisiana Music Hall of Fame performer and song writer Chris LeBlanc. They discuss Chris' formative years growing up in a musical family in South Louisiana as well as being influenced by the blues and many other genres of music that he heard and played in his home town of Baton Rouge. In addition, they play three of Chris' original songs.

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    55 m
  • AC23+ Artist Legacy Series Ep 38 Rob Payer - Radio Personality, Educator, Musician
    Aug 28 2025

    Original air date 8/28/2025: Mike Esneault talks with radio personality, educator and musician, Rob Payer. They discuss Rob's history in radio, particularly as it relates to Baton Rouge Magnet High School and their long-standing radio educational program and his role as program director. In addition, they discuss many other topics including the rich musical heritage of South Louisiana, preserving that heritage through education, as well as Rob's work as a performing musician.

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    31 m
  • AC23+ Dr. Sean Joffrion - East Baton Rouge- Director of Fine Arts
    Aug 15 2025

    Original air date 8/15/2025: Mike Esneault converses with East Baton Rouge- Director of Fine Arts, Dr. Sean Joffrion. They discuss the artistic environment and support of Joffrion's formative years and how this helped instill his deep love of the arts moving forward. They also converse on various topics including the importance of arts education as well as arts integration and the role it can play in a person's artistic and academic development.

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    26 m
  • AC23+ Artist Legacy Series E36 David Hinson
    Aug 8 2025

    Original air date 8//1/2025: Mike Esneault talks and performs with Baton Rouge music icon David Hinson. They discuss his extensive career as a performer and educator in the greater Baton Rouge area. They touch on his experiences working in a wide array of musical genres, including orchestral music, jazz and rock, etc. as well as his thoughts and techniques on educating music students of all ages, including students in his long-running Adult Music Club.

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    57 m
  • AC23+ Artist Legacy Series E35 Shamira Cummings
    Jul 25 2025

    Mike Esneault talks with dance artist and owner of "For the Love of Dance", Shamira Cummings. They talk about her formative years learning the art of dance, the education of students at her dance studio, her work with the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge as well as various dance programs that she has created over the years for the Greater Baton Rouge community.

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    30 m