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Mike Ragogna
June 1, 2015
<em>Blue Camus</em>: Chatting With Ben Sidran and The Weepies’ Deb Talan & Steve Tannen, Plus an Irontom Exclusive
Ben, Blue Camus is your thirty-first album. From your perspective, what did you achieve on this album that you didn’t on the previous thirty?
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May 25, 2015
<i>Power in the Blood</i>: Chatting With Buffy Sainte-Marie, Plus FrazierBand, Brian Lisik and Bryan McPherson Exclusives
Buffy’s new new album Power In The Blood starts off with the remake of your classic “It’s My Way.” By kicking off the album with this track, was she making a statement about her creative approach this time out?
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May 25, 2015
<i>Power in the Blood</i>: Chatting With Buffy Sainte-Marie, Plus FrazierBand, Brian Lisik and Bryan McPherson Exclusives
Buffy’s new new album Power In The Blood starts off with the remake of your classic “It’s My Way.” By kicking off the album with this track, was she making a statement about her creative approach this time out?
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May 12, 2015
<em>The Traveling Kind</em>: Chatting With Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell, Plus The Charlie Hunter Trio, SLV and MIRK Exclusives
Emmylou, The Traveling Kind is your second collaboration with Rodney Crowell following Old Yellow Moon. What was it that brought you back together to do this second album?
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October 20, 2014
Fast-Growing Startup Challenges the Legal System: An Interview with PeopleClaim’s Mark Deuitch
MD: The process is really pretty simple. You state your problem online and propose terms of settlement. We communicate your
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September 21, 2014
Shades of Blue, Tiger Eyes & Beyond: Chatting with Joe Bonamassa, Jim Peterik and Sondre Lerche
A Conversation with Joe Bonamassa Mike Ragogna: Joe, what’s the Different Shades Of Blue story? Joe Bonamassa: I wrote it in Nashville and we recorded in Vegas. I took the year off from recording last year because I wanted to write a whole record. That was really important. It’s been a while since I did […]
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September 18, 2014
The Boomtown Rats Return: A Conversation with Bob Geldof, Plus a Chat with Finch’s Nate Barcalow and Lots of Exclusives
photo courtesy Bob Geldof A Conversation with Bob Geldof Mike Ragogna: Bob, I’m honored to be talking to the Man Of Peace. Bob Geldof: You are indeed honored! [laughs] I’d forgotten I was and now my head has swollen so large the phone can’t even fit in this room with me. MR: [laughs] Bob, let’s […]
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September 9, 2014
Magic & Transmissions: Conversations with Sérgio Mendes and Starset’s Dustin Bates
A Conversation with Sérgio Mendes Mike Ragogna: Sérgio, your new album is titled Magic. What kind of magic went into creating and choosing the material as well as recording it? Sérgio Mendes: Well, the whole process for me was very magical. I call this project The Magic of Encounters. I think it has to do […]
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