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May 19, 2014
Conversations with Kenny Rogers, Mary Gauthier and The Groundlings’ Tracy & Laraine Newman, Plus Marcus Goldhaber
A Conversation with Kenny Rogers Mike Ragogna: Kenny, let’s start with your latest album, You Can’t Make Old Friends. I think in the case of Kenny Rogers, you probably can’t count the number of old friends you have. Kenny Rogers: I am so lucky because I’ve enjoyed a long span… The interesting thing about the […]
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May 16, 2014
Turn Blue: A Conversation with The Black Keys’ Patrick Carney
A Conversation with The Black Keys’ Patrick Carney Mike Ragogna: Patrick, The Black Keys’ Turn Blue was compared to The Clash’s London Calling. How do you react to that? Patrick Carney: That’s insane. It’s really cool, that’s one of my favorite records. Listening to records like that and, for example, The White Album, and just […]
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May 14, 2014
A Letter Home: A Conversation with Neil Young
A Conversation with Neil Young Mike Ragogna: Neil, your new album A Letter Home, might be the most personal album of your career. You recorded singer-songwriter classics that are dear to you with an old Voice-o-Graph recording booth that was popular during the forties and fifties. What inspired you to take this approach? Neil Young: […]
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May 12, 2014
A Quick Chat with Steve Miller and Journey’s Neal Schon & Jonathan Cain, Plus Introducing Jamie Eblen
A Conversation with Steve Miller and Journey’s Neal Schon & Jonathan Cain Mike Ragogna: Journey and the Steve Miller Band recorded a few of the most popular albums ever made, especially Escape and Greatest Hits 1974-1978. And soon, you’ll be touring together with Tower Of Power. What is it about your bands that resonated with […]
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May 9, 2014
Conversations With Toto’s Steve Lukather, Jenny Sheinman, Jeff Black and Oh Honey’s Mitchy Collins and Danielle Bouchard
A Conversation with Toto’s Steve Lukather Mike Ragogna: Luke! How you doin’? Steve Lukather: I’m doing great, man! Things couldn’t be going better. I just got all this information that the DVD is number one all over the world, it’s crazy! I don’t even understand it, but I’m sure happy about it. MR: That’s easy. […]
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May 8, 2014
Conversations With The Amity Affliction’s Ahren Stringer, Danny Griego, Ben Arthur and Jolie Holland
A Conversation with The Amity Affliction’s Ahren Stringer Mike Ragogna: Ahren, the band is part of Blessfall’s The Hollow Bodies Tour. How’s that been going? Ahren Stringer: It’s been amazing for us, we have to punch ourselves every night. This is our 6th US tour and we’ve NEVER experienced shows like this! I can’t wait […]
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May 7, 2014
Glad All Over: Conversations with Dave Clark, Jen Chapin and Augustana’s Dan Layus
A Conversation with Dave Clark Mike Ragogna: Dave, it’s the fiftieth anniversary of The Dave Clark Five, can you believe it? Dave Clark: It seems like another lifetime. I always remember when I had the group, if we mixed with anybody in their thirties we thought they were old, and then when you reach thirty […]
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May 5, 2014
Magnificent Vibration: Conversations with Rick Springfield, War’s Lonnie Jordan, Tommy Chong and Walter Egan
A Conversation with Rick Springfield Mike Ragogna: Rick, anything that starts with a son looking at his mom dressed for church leading into a wiseguy conversation with God… You had me hooked from the beginning. Rick Springfield: [laughs] Oh good, I’m glad. MR: We don’t want to give away any spoilers, but we have to […]
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