A Conversation with Melissa Manchester – HuffPost 2.9.12

Mike Ragogna: Melissa, how are you? Melissa Manchester: It’s going well, Mike. How are you? MR: Doing very well. Your latest release, Playlist: The Very Best of Melissa Manchester, isn’t a typical Greatest Hits or Very Best Of collection of your songs. MM: No, it’s really interesting, actually. Sony has this new series called Playlist. Etta James and Heart have […]

Roberta Flack – HuffPost 2.6.12

Mike Ragogna: What is it about music that speaks to you? Roberta Flack: The thing that engulfs me in music is the pulse. If I can find that heartbeat, I can live in there in that music. And the pulse can’t always be found on two and four – sometimes it’s erratic, you know? But […]

A Conversation with Roberta Flack – HuffPost 2.6.12

Mike Ragogna: Roberta, how are you? Roberta Flack: Doing well, Mike. How are you? MR: Very well, thanks. Your new album is Let It Be: Roberta Flack Sings The Beatles, so maybe we should start by talking about your early memories of The Beatles? RF: Well, you know, we sort of popped out of the oven […]

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