Category Archives for "Entertainment Interviews"
March 3, 2015
- in Entertainment Interviews , Gill Landry by Mike
A Conversation with Gill Landry – HuffPost 3.3.15
Mike Ragogna: Gill, first off, congratulations on the Grammy for Best Folk Album. Gill Landry: Thanks, Mike! MR: You have a new solo self-titled album. Rumor has it you mostly recorded it in a ramshackle, shanty-ass apartment on the south side of Nashville. What? And how of the that ramshackle, shanty-assness made it onto the […]
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February 27, 2015
- in Entertainment Interviews , Somi by Mike
A Conversation with Somi – HuffPost 2.27.15
Mike Ragogna: Somi, after speaking with your Uncle Hugh Masekela, you decided that you wanted to go to Lagos, Nigeria, that trip inspiring your new album The Lagos Music Salon. Did you have any idea of what was going to happen after that or were you just going to Lagos for discovery? Somi: I was […]
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February 27, 2015
A Conversation with Cyrille Aimée – HuffPost 2.27.15
Mike Ragogna: Cyrille, of course, I have to ask you…is it a good day? Cyrille Aimée: Yes, it is a fast and urgent day! (laughs) MR: Terrific! Okay, on It’s A Good Day, you visit standards as well as originals. How did this project come together? CA: For this album, I really wanted to create […]
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February 27, 2015
- in Entertainment Interviews , Nir Felder by Mike
A Conversation with Nir Felder – HuffPost 2.27.15
Mike Ragogna: Let’s talk about all things Golden Age, where historic speeches actually played a part in its creative process. Was the concept of Golden Age planned out or was it something that happened as it evolved? Nir Felder: I didn’t really plan out the album from front to back as I was writing the […]
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November 10, 2014
A Conversation with George Winston – HuffPost 11.10.14
Mike Ragogna: George, your last album, Gulf Coast Blues & Impressions 2 put a spotlight on Louisiana’s Wetlands. But both Gulf Coast Blues & Impressions 1& 2 are not only are tied together musically, but their proceeds benefit specific causes. Can you go into that? George Winston: Gulf 1 was directly a Katrina benefit, helping […]
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November 10, 2014
A Conversation with “Weird Al” Yankovic – HuffPost 11.10.14
Mike Ragogna: Hey Al, you have two releases coming up–a twenty-fifth anniversary edition of UHF and also The Compleat Al. Why the sudden Al-Fest? “Weird Al” Yankovic: [laughs] I don’t know, but Shout! Factory has always been supportive and they put out really cool products. I’m pretty sure that they agreed to put out the […]
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November 7, 2014
A Conversation with Tears For Fears’ Roland Orzabal – HuffPost 11.7.14
Mike Ragogna: Songs From The Big Chair celebrated across six discs. How did all this material come together? Roland Orzabal: Well, it came together right at the end. We had made the whole thing, we had a lot of those songs for many years and we also had a philosophy behind Tears For Fears that […]
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November 7, 2014
A Conversation with Tears For Fears’ Curt Smith – HuffPost 11.7.14
Mike Ragogna: Songs From The Big Chair has been treated with such reverence, expanded into a six-disc super deluxe edition. Even to the artist that must be a little shocking. Curt Smith: What, the extent to which the company has gone to make something good? MR: [laughs] No, the huge amount of material on there. […]
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