Grammy Award Winning Artist PJ Morton On Broken Record
The Tight Rope
SpkerBox Media
4.9 • 605 Ratings
🗓️ 10 June 2022
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
We’re sharing an episode from our friends over at Broken Record featuring one of our past guest on The Tight Rope, Grammy-award winning artist and Maroon 5 keyboardist PJ Morton.
On Broken Record, acclaimed producer Rick Rubin, bestselling author Malcom Gladwell, producer Justin Richmond, and former New York Times editor Bruce Headlam talk with the musicians you love about their lives, inspiration, and craft.
In honor of Black Music Month this June, we’re sharing Bruce Headlam’s interview with Grammy-award winning artist and Maroon 5 keyboardist PJ Morton. PJ talks to Bruce Headlam about what it was like growing up as a preacher’s son and how his relationship with gospel music has impacted the way he makes music. He also talks about being a recovering workaholic, and his friendship with the great Stevie Wonder.
You can hear more from Broken Record, from our friends at Pushkin Industries, at https://podcasts.pushkin.fm/brbmm?sid=pjrope.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, tightrope family. |
| 0:03.0 | We're popping back into your headphones this week to do something a little different |
| 0:06.2 | and share a fantastic episode from our friends over at the Broken Record podcast. |
| 0:10.9 | On Broken Record, acclaimed producer Rick Rubin, |
| 0:14.0 | bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell, producer Justin Richmond, |
| 0:17.6 | and former New York Times editor Bruce Heltham talk with the musicians you love about their lives, inspiration, and craft. |
| 0:24.6 | So many legendary artists, including Nas, Missy Elliott, Michael Stipe, and Jack White have been featured on Broken Record. |
| 0:32.6 | And in honor of Black Music Month this June, we're sharing a few broken record episodes with you. This week, |
| 0:38.4 | you'll hear Bruce Heldham's interview with Grammy Award-winning artist and Maroon 5 keyboardist, |
| 0:43.2 | P.J. Morton. PJ shares what it was like growing up as a preacher's kid and how it impacted |
| 0:48.4 | his relationship with gospel music. He talks about the biggest compliment he ever received. |
| 0:53.3 | It was from Stevie Wonder. |
| 0:55.0 | When after collaborating on a song together, |
| 0:57.0 | Stevie told him that he wished he had written the song for himself. |
| 1:00.0 | Talk about an accomplishment. |
| 1:02.0 | PJ and Bruce also discussed PJ's new album, Watch the Sun, |
| 1:06.0 | which was recorded as a result of a need to step back during the pandemic. |
| 1:10.0 | It was recorded at a studio built |
| 1:11.6 | in the 70s in Louisiana, where Stevie Wonder created his album, Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants. |
| 1:17.4 | Okay, here's the episode. I hope you love Broken Record as much as I do. You can listen to more |
| 1:22.6 | episodes of Broken Record from Pushkin Industries, wherever you listen to podcast. We hope you enjoy. |
| 1:27.8 | Hey everyone. Today we begin our month-long celebration of Black Music Month with PJ Morton, |
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