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July 24, 2014
Conversations with Billy Gilman, Ernest Ranglin, Mary Sarah and Gangstagrass’ Rench, Plus Ben Jaimen’s "Satellites" Exclusive
photo credit: Lost In Translation A Conversation with Billy Gilman Mike Ragogna: Billy, it seems like only yesterday when you made history becoming the youngest singer to reach the top Billboard Country Albums spot. Do you even remember that these ten years later? Billy Gilman: Yes…such a while ago, yet it seems literally like yesterday. […]
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July 24, 2014
Conversations with Billy Gilman, Ernest Ranglin, Mary Sarah and Gangstagrass’ Rench, Plus Ben Jaimen’s "Satellites" Exclusive
photo credit: Lost In Translation A Conversation with Billy Gilman Mike Ragogna: Billy, it seems like only yesterday when you made history becoming the youngest singer to reach the top Billboard Country Albums spot. Do you even remember that these ten years later? Billy Gilman: Yes…such a while ago, yet it seems literally like yesterday. […]
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July 23, 2014
From Eve Of Destruction to Already Gone: Conversations with Jack Tempchin and P.F. Sloan, Plus a Godsmack Track
GODSMACK’S “GENERATION DAY” According to Godsmack’s Sully Erna… “‘Generation Day’ is a song about the new digital world taking over the music industry. And as a fan of the ‘Analog World,’ I really miss the days of putting the needle down on vinyl records and the entire experience of putting on an album and listening […]
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July 21, 2014
Dear Governor Cuomo: A Conversation with Natalie Merchant, Plus Catching Up with Freda Payne
A Conversation with Natalie Merchant Mike Ragogna: Natalie, what have you been up to lately beyond the new album? Natalie Merchant: I’ve become extremely active in the fight against hydraulic fracking in New York. Where are you based? MR: Iowa, though I grew up in New York, so this concerns me as well. NM: Well, […]
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July 15, 2014
Still On The Levee & The Boat That Carries Us: Conversations with Peter Himmelman and Chris Smither
A Conversation with Chris Smither Mike Ragogna: You’ve got a newly recorded, two-disc retrospective, Still On The Levee. You’ve had this wonderful career that the masses… Chris Smither: …don’t know a thing about! MR: [laughs] Yeah, what is that? CS: Back before cable, on UHF, you used to see this guy being advertised. He was […]
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July 14, 2014
Yes! & A Life Worth Living: Conversations with Jason Mraz and Marc Broussard, Plus a Joe Bonamassa Video Exclusive
A Conversation with Jason Mraz Mike Ragogna: It’s Jason Mraz! So you’re doing a world tour with Raining Jane. Jason Mraz: Yep, I’ll be taking Raining Jane with me on the road, so we’ll be able to recreate this album and obviously, we’ll be able to play a lot of our old songs through our […]
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July 10, 2014
Chats With The Rippingtons’ Russ Freeman, Rick Braun and Craig Bickhardt, Plus Hollis Brown and The Mojo Gurus Exclusives
A Conversation with The Rippingtons’ Russ Freeman Mike Ragogna: Russ, you recorded your new album Fountain Of Youth with vintage equipment. Why? Russ Freeman: I’m always looking for textures to feature and try to get a sonic reality, a sonic palette. In constructing the sonic palette I came across the idea: I have such a […]
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July 10, 2014
Chats With The Rippingtons’ Russ Freeman, Rick Braun and Craig Bickhardt, Plus Hollis Brown and The Mojo Gurus Exclusives
A Conversation with The Rippingtons’ Russ Freeman Mike Ragogna: Russ, you recorded your new album Fountain Of Youth with vintage equipment. Why? Russ Freeman: I’m always looking for textures to feature and try to get a sonic reality, a sonic palette. In constructing the sonic palette I came across the idea: I have such a […]
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