Profiles With Maggie LePique

In this interview Maggie focuses on "The Many Faces of Women's Liberation" starting in the early 1960's.  Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties by Mike Davis and Jon Wiener Now available in paperback.  A magisterial, riveting movement history of Los Angeles in the Sixties Los Angeles in the sixties was a hotbed of political and social upheaval. The city was a launchpad for...

Alice Coltrane’s ashram album Kirtan: Turiya Sings gets first release. Michelle Coltrane joins Maggie to discuss her Mother's latest release from Impulse! Records Kirtan: Turiya Sings . After releasing the wondrous Transfiguration in 1978, documenting a live concert with drummer Roy Haynes and bassist Reggie Workman , Alice Coltrane retreated from public life to serve as swamini in an ashram...

Shepard Fairey is an American graphic artist and social activist who is part of the Street Art movement along with other artists including Banksy and Mr. Brainwash . Fairey blurs the boundary between traditional and commercial art through type and image, communicating his brand of social critique via prints, murals, stickers, and posters in public spaces. “Art is not always meant to be decorative...

Maggie LePique speaks with filmmaker, writer, photographer Frank Lisciandro who edited the beautiful new book and New York Times Bestseller, The Collected Works of Jim Morrison: Poetry, Journals, Transcripts, and Lyrics The definitive anthology of Jim Morrison's writings with rare photographs and numerous handwritten excerpts of unpublished and published poetry and lyrics from his 28 privatel...

Hop aboard the Peace Train in this picture book adaptation of Cat Stevens’s legendary anthem of unity and harmony in time for the song’s 50th anniversary! With illustrations by New York Times bestselling illustrator Peter H. Reynolds. “Now I've been happy lately Thinking about the good things to come And I believe it could be Something good has begun Oh, I've been smiling lately Dreaming...

Ahmet Zappa speaks on the re-release of his father Frank Zappa's "The Roxy Performances" recordings. On February 2, 2018 , Zappa Records/UMe released The Roxy Performances , a definitive seven-CD box set that collects all four public shows from December 9-10, 1973, and the December 8th film shoot/soundcheck, each presented in their entirety for the first time, along with bonus conte...

Jackson Browne on his first release in nearly 6 years, Downhill From Everywhere. Release date July 23, 2021. Nearly five decades since his debut LP, the songs on Jackson Browne’s new album Downhill From Everywhere sustain the soulful intimacy of his first release, combined with a power and wisdom gained from a life pursuing positive change.  Label: Inside Recordings  Produced by Jackson Browne Rec...

In 2003 Ibrahim released his second solo album for World Circuit, ‘Buenos Hermanos,’ an album that is firmly rooted in tradition but at the same time expands the horizons of Cuban music with its varied repertoire, or as Ry Cooder simply put it, ‘I think the album’s a goddam classic.’ The album received almost universal praise, going on to win both GRAMMY and Latin Grammy awards. The album was reis...

Based in New York City, Mario J. McNulty is a Grammy Award-winning music producer, mixer and engineer who’s worked with David Bowie, Prince, Nine Inch Nails, Laurie Anderson, Harry Nilsson, Julian Lennon, Justin Tranter, Raveonettes and many other well-known artists. At the 50th Grammy Awards ceremony, Mario J. McNulty won a Grammy in the Best Contemporary World Music category for Angelique Kidjo’...

Carmine Appice on his early days with Cactus, Beck Bogart & Appice, Vanilla Fudge and eventually working with Rod Stewart and co-writing "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" As drummer for Vanilla Fudge, Carmine Appice set the grooves for the groundbreaking band‘s 1967 psychedelic debut, inadvertently inventing Stoner Rock in the process. The Fudge had no precedent. The band was totally uniqu...

Maggie LePique speaks with Sinatra archivist Charlie Pignone about Capitol/UMe and Frank Sinatra Enterprises celebration of the 60th anniversary of Frank Sinatra’s Nice ‘n’ Easy , another iconic album in a series of collaborations between Sinatra and arranger/conductor Nelson Riddle with a special anniversary edition. Originally released on Capitol Records in July 1960, the Nice 'n' Easy...

Don Was On Producing Gregg Allman's Final Recording Southern Blood. Southern Blood is the final studio album from rock and roll legend, Gregg Allman. Produced by Don Was and recorded in Muscle Shoals, AL at the renowned Fame Studios. With contributions from Gregg's friends and compatriots, including The McCrary Sisters, Buddy Miller, and Jackson Browne, Southern Blood is a true testament...