Profiles With Maggie LePique
Profiles with Maggie LePique is a look into the music, artistry, lives and legacies of the musicians and artists who defined a uniquely creative era by breaking boundaries and finding new influences. While they not only ushered in social, as well as political change, they also created immensely popular legacies that have truly stood the test of time.
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Episodes
78 episodes
Michelle Coltrane Discusses The Exhibition Monument Eternal At The Hammer Museum, Part Of The Year Of Alice Coltrane And More!
Michelle Coltrane and Maggie LePique discuss her Mother, Alice Coltrane and the year-long celebration currently underway that’s being called “The Year of Alice.”This celebration spans 2024-2025 and features previousl...
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Season 4
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Episode 15
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42:55
Film Director John Scheinfeld & Drummer Bobby Colomby (Blood Sweat & Tears) About "What The Hell Happened To Blood, Sweat & Tears?
Maggie LePique interviews director John Scheinfeld and drummer & founding member of Blood Sweat & Tears, Bobby Colomby about the forthcoming documentary ‘What The Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat & Tears?’ Abramorama, a New York...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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49:26
Curator, Marr Sound Archives Director and Charlie Parker Biographer Chuck Haddix Discusses Charlie Parker's "Bird in Kansas City"
Maggie discusses in depth, the release of Charlie Parker's "Bird in Kansas City" with Chuck Haddix, curator, Director of the Marr Sound Archives in Kansas City and Charlie Parker Biographer. Charlie Parker had a complic...
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Season 4
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Episode 14
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35:16
Habitat for Humanity CEO & President Erin Rank Discusses The Process of Recovery & Rebuilding After Recent CA Wildfires
Maggie speaks with Habitat for Humanity LA CEO & President Erin Rank about the recovery & rebuilding process after the devastating CA Wildfires. These fires that struck Southern CA on the morning of January 7, 2025. KPFK Radio in Los An...
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Season 4
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Episode 13
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18:45
Internationally Recognized, Independent Record Producer Zev Feldman Discusses B.B. King In France: Live at the Nancy Jazz Pulsations Festival (1977)
Maggie speaks with Zev Feldman, an internationally recognized, independent record producer and the Co-President of Resonance Records. He is ...
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Season 4
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Episode 12
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31:47
Micah Nelson AKA Particle Kid, On Willie Nelson's Latest Recording Last Leaf On The Tree
Maggie speaks with Willie Nelson's youngest son Micah Nelson also known as "Particle Kid" about his latest collaboration with his Father. Willie's 76th studio album and 153rd album overall as he celebrates his 91st year.
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Season 4
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Episode 11
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29:17
Experience Hendrix Archivist, Director & Producer John McDermott On Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision
John McDermott is a writer, producer and, for nearly three decades, the Catalog Director for the Jimi Hendrix family company Experience Hendrix, L.L.C.. Together with Jimi Hendrix’s sister, Janie Hendrix and legendary engineer...
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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34:22
Joan Baez Discusses Her Latest Book "When You See My Mother, Ask Her To Dance" And More!
Maggie and Joan discuss Joan's latest book "When You See My Mother, Ask her to Dance" And we discuss her beautiful artistic legacy and political activism. Including the documentary Joan Baez: I Am a Noise Neither a conventional biopic no...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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34:29
Quincy Jones Interview from 2008 On The Complete Quincy Jones My Journey & Passions Book
Maggie spoke with Quincy Jones in early December 2008 about his book, The Complete Quincy Jones My Journey & Passions. We discussed some of his favorite musical collaborations including Frank Sinatra and Miles Davis and discus...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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32:55
Marcia Withers, Bill Withers Wife And Manager Discusses Grandma's Hands Book + Her Husband's Timeless Legacy
Grandma’s Hands is a timeless, universal song originally featured on Bill Withers’ 1971 album, Just As I Am.With soulful lyrics, the song captures the significant impact that Withers’ grandmother had on his l...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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37:19

67th Monterey Jazz Festival Shorts Take Five: Brandee Younger Episode Updated
The sonically innovative harpist, Brandee Younger, is revolutionizing harp for the digital era. Over the past fifteen years, she has worked relentlessly to stretch boundaries and limitations for harpists. In 2022, she made history ...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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10:57
67th Monterey Jazz Festival Shorts Take Four: Lila Downs Episode Updated
Lila Downs is one of the most influential artists in Latin America. She has one of the most unique voices in the world and is known for her charismatic performances. His own compositions combine genres and rhythms as diverse as Mexican r...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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10:38
67th Monterey Jazz Festival Shorts Take Three: Stanley Clarke Episode Updated
Four-time Grammy Award winner Stanley Clarke is undoubtedly one of the most celebrated acoustic and electric bass players in the world. What’s more, he is equally gifted as a recording artist, performer, composer, conductor, arranger, pr...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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15:09
67th Monterey Jazz Festival Shorts Take Two: Ashley Kahn Episode Updated
Ashley Kahn is a Grammy-winning author, educator, music journalist, and concert producer. His books include A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane’s Signature Album and Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece. He teaches at ...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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18:12
67th Monterey Jazz Festival Shorts Take One: Don Was Episode Updated
Don Was is one of music’s most significant artists and executives, exceling in multiple roles and serving as one of the industry’s beacons for integrity and forward-thinking. During this period of disruption and rapid evolution in the wo...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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10:49
Michelle Coltrane Discusses Her Mother, Musician & Spiritual Leader Alice Coltrane And Celebrate The Year Of Alice 2024-2025
The John & Alice Coltrane Home and the Coltrane Family, in partnership with Impulse! Records, Detroit Jazz Festival, Hammer Museum, Alonzo King LINES Ballet, The New York Historical Society, and many more, have declared 2024-2025 to be T...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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30:32
Musician & Producer Don Was On Don Was & The Pan Detroit Ensemble
Don Was & The Pan Detroit EnsembleMaggie LePique speaks with Don Was about his new musical group Don Was and the Pan-Detroit Ensemble. Don & the Ensemble are embarking on a West Coast run of concert dates in September 2024. M...
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Season 3
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Episode 20
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51:57
Stanley Clarke Multi Grammy Award Winner, Recording Artist, Composer, Arranger, Producer Of Films Discusses His Forthcoming Record + What's Up Ahead!
Maggie speaks with four-time Grammy Award-winning recording artist, performer, composer, conductor, arranger, producer, a composer for recordings and film, as well as one of the most celebrated acoustic and electric bass players in the world, <...
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Season 3
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Episode 19
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30:19
Serj Tankian On Down With The System: A Memoir (of Sorts). Activist, Musician, Songwriter, Painter And Poet
Serj talks with Maggie about his new book Down With The System: A Memoir (of Sorts) In DOWN WITH THE SYSTEM, Serj presents readers with a memoir that is far more than just a rock 'n' roll fable. It's an imm...
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Season 3
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Episode 18
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Don Randi, Keyboard Player, Bandleader, And Veteran Of One Of The Most Prolific And Successful Group Of LA Studio Session Musicians Known As The Wrecking Crew.
Don Randi is a keyboard player, bandleader, longtime nightclub owner (no easy feat in L.A.) and a veteran of one of the most prolific and successful group of Los Angeles studio session musicians known as The Wrecking Crew.He began hi...
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Season 3
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Episode 17
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1:04:06
The Jazz Detective Zev Feldman On Sister Rosetta Tharpe Previously Unreleased Recording Live In France: The 1966 Concert In Limoges Record Store Day Release 2024
Maggie speaks with Zev Feldman, an internationally recognized, independent record producer and the Co-President of Resonance Records in Los Angeles. He is also a consulting producer of archival and historical recordings for Blu...
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Season 3
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Episode 17
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38:23
Robby Krieger (The Doors) Drops His Debut Album: Robby Krieger And The Soul Savages
Maggie speaks intimately with Robby Krieger about his debut recording with his latest group, The Soul Savages. Joining Robby on this all-instrumental odyssey of psych-rock soul are top-shelf composers, instrumentalists, and bandma...
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Season 3
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Episode 16
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27:52
Ron Kovic's New Book, A Dangerous Country: An American Elegy, Author Of Born On The Fourth Of July
RON KOVIC served two tours of duty during the Vietnam War. He was paralyzed from his chest down in combat in 1968 and has been in a wheelchair ever since. Along with Oliver Stone, Kovic was the coscreenwriter of the 1989 Academy Award–winning f...
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Season 3
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Episode 15
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39:26
Frank Sinatra Enterprises President Charlie Pignone Discusses "Platinum" 70th Capitol Records Collection
Maggie LePique and Charlie Pignone discuss Platinum which celebrates the 70th Anniversary of Frank Sinatra signing to Capitol Records, a moment that transformed his career and solidified his standing as one of the ...
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Season 3
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Episode 14
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43:30
Jimi Hendrix Catalog Director, Archivist & Producer John McDermott On Jimi Hendrix Experience: Hollywood Bowl August 18, 1967.
Experience Hendrix & Legacy Recordings released Jimi Hendrix Experience: Hollywood Bowl August 18, 1967. This live concert performance was captured just five days before the US release of Are You Experienced<...
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Season 3
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Episode 13
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40:11