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June 6, 2014
Peace & Love: Chatting with Ringo Starr
A Conversation with Ringo Starr Mike Ragogna: Ringo, with your All Starr Band, it’s clear you’re loving getting by with a little help from your friends. How did it all start? Ringo Starr: Well, it started because I was invited to put a band together and go on tour, and I’d never done it before […]
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June 5, 2014
Communities In Schools’ Change the Picture: A Conversation With CIS President Dan Cardinali
photo courtesy of Communities In Schools A Conversation with Communities In Schools’ President, Dan Cardinali Mike Ragogna: First off, what is Communities In Schools mission and can you go into a little of its history and successes? Dan Cardinali: For more than 30 years, Communities In Schools (CIS) has been helping students achieve in school, […]
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June 5, 2014
Communities In Schools’ Change the Picture: A Conversation With CIS President Dan Cardinali
“If we are to make good on that promise, all of us in the education and youth development space have an obligation to ensure that an evidence-based student support strategy becomes an integral part of the public school landscape.”
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June 4, 2014
Shine On, Best and Sketches In Spain: Conversations with Sarah McLachlan, John Waite and Steve Wynn
A Conversation with Sarah McLachlan Mike Ragogna: Sarah, how did you approach coming into Shine On versus your other albums? Sarah McLachlan: I approach all my records the same way, which is to try not to “eat the whole whale at once.” The approach to songwriting for me is slow and laborious and I just […]
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June 4, 2014
Shine On, Best and Sketches In Spain: Conversations with Sarah McLachlan, John Waite and Steve Wynn
A Conversation with Sarah McLachlan Mike Ragogna: Sarah, how did you approach coming into Shine On versus your other albums? Sarah McLachlan: I approach all my records the same way, which is to try not to “eat the whole whale at once.” The approach to songwriting for me is slow and laborious and I just […]
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June 3, 2014
Conversations With Echo & The Bunnymen’s Ian McCullouch, LP and Harry Dean Stanton, Plus a Nida/Schumann Download
MATT NIDA & LISA SCHUMANN’S “POLICY OF THRUTH” EXCLUSIVE DOWNLOAD According to Matt… “This track was mostly made using Piggy Tracker, which is a little sampler/tracker that runs on handheld games consoles like the Sony PSP. It took quite a few goes to get right; Depeche Mode are very good at disguising quite complicated arrangements […]
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June 2, 2014
A High Road & Soulshine: Conversations with Michael Franti and Night Ranger’s Kelly Keagy
A Conversation with Michael Franti Mike Ragogna: What gave you the idea to merge music with yoga for your Soulshine tour? Michael Franti: I started practicing yoga on tour about 13 years ago as a way to really just take care of myself as I was going in and out of airports and tour busses […]
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May 30, 2014
Conversations With World Party’s Karl Wallinger and California Breed’s Glenn Hughes, Plus The Native Sibling Exclusive
photo courtesy of Karl Wallinger A Conversation with World Party’s Karl Wallinger Mike Ragogna: Rumor has it you’re going to be touring the States. Is there any truth to that? Karl Wallinger: Yeah, yeah, I’ll come quietly. We’re starting off on the 24th in Freehold, New Jersey and then we’re hopping around the place, New […]
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