{"id":9920,"date":"2026-04-02T16:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T16:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/maggie-rogers-colbert-foundation\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T16:08:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T16:08:00","slug":"maggie-rogers-colbert-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/maggie-rogers-colbert-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"Maggie Rogers Salutes Colbert, Launches Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spinmagazine.com\/files\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2268844097-scaled.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" alt=\"\"><figcaption>Maggie Rogers at the March 28, 2026, No Kings protest in Minneapolis (photo: Astrida Valigorsky \/ Getty Images).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ten years ago, a grainy classroom video turned Maggie Rogers into an overnight phenomenon. Now, she\u2019s using that same origin story as a blueprint for what comes next.<\/p>\n<p>To mark a decade since the viral moment that launched her career \u2014 when Pharrell Williams famously heard \u201cAlaska\u201d for the first time \u2014 Rogers is launching the Maggie Rogers Foundation, a new philanthropic platform aimed at expanding access to arts and music education.<\/p>\n<p>More from Spin:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinmagazine.com\/2026\/04\/olivia-rodrigo-details-third-album\/\">Olivia Rodrigo Details Third Album<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinmagazine.com\/2026\/04\/brady-ebert-attempted-murder\/\">Ex-Turnstile Member Brady Ebert Arrested For Attempted Murder<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinmagazine.com\/2026\/04\/the-temper-trap-new-album\/\">The Temper Trap \u2018Gaze\u2019 Again On New Album<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<lite-youtube videoid=\"-bNbrkvWhkA\" style=\"bottom: 0; height: 100%; left: 0; position: absolute; right: 0; top: 0; width: 100%; max-width:100%;\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The mission is twofold: provide opportunities for students from all backgrounds to pursue creative work, and continue Rogers\u2019 ongoing advocacy around women\u2019s health and wellbeing. Its first major initiative is the Maggie Rogers Endowed Scholarship Fund at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, her alma mater. The fund will provide financial aid to students studying music production, a direct nod to the program where her own career began.<\/p>\n<p>That origin story has become modern music lore. In March 2016, Pharrell accepted an invite from professor Bob Power to sit in on a senior seminar at NYU\u2019s Clive Davis Institute. Rogers played a demo of \u201cAlaska,\u201d and his stunned reaction, captured on video, spread rapidly online in the days following her graduation. The clip effectively jumpstarted a career that has since produced three acclaimed albums.<\/p>\n<p>To celebrate, Rogers returned last night (April 1) to <em>The Late Show with Stephen Colber<\/em>t to honor the host as his tenure winds down with performances of \u201cAlaska\u201d and \u201cOne More for My Baby.\u201d The latter standard closely associated with Frank Sinatra was famously revived by Bette Midler during Johnny Carson\u2019s <em>Tonight Show<\/em> sendoff in May 1992.<\/p>\n<p>Rogers also performed last weekend at a No Kings protest in Minneapolis alongside Bruce Springsteen, Senator Bernie Sanders, Joan Baez and Jane Fona.<\/p>\n<p>To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, <a href=\"https:\/\/spinmagazine.com\/2021\/07\/the-greatest-rock-stars-of-all-time\/?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=bottomlink&amp;utm_campaign=yahoolink\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maggie Rogers at the March 28, 2026, No Kings protest in Minneapolis (photo: Astrida Valigorsky \/ Getty Images). 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