My Forlorn Wallet’s Cory Mon & Wes Kirkpatrick – HuffPost 4.12.11

Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Cory Mon: Patience, time, it all takes time. I tell myself this daily and imagine that I will continue to tell myself this from here on out. There are ebbs and flows, and dry spells and high times as an artist, and I try to […]

A Conversation with Marshall Crenshaw – HuffPost 4.12.11

Mike Ragogna: Marshall! Marshall Crenshaw: Hey, Mike. MR: Okay, we’ve got to start out by discussing that Louvin Brothers collection you worked on while we were at Razor & Tie. Prior to that, you also worked on a rockabilly collection that included a couple of Louvin Brothers tracks. Both were pretty significant releases from both […]

The Belle Brigade’s Barbara & Ethan Gruska – HuffPost 4.19.11

Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Barbara Gruska: The same advice that we try to give to ourselves everyday, which is just to keep on working hard. Even when you’re busy and you’re touring, just to keep on writing and keep on collaborating and trying to grow as a band. Never […]

A Conversation with Buffalo Tom’s Bill Janovitz – HuffPost 4.8.11

Mike Ragogna: Bill, you’ve got a new album, Skins. Bill Janovitz: Well, sometimes, we have a title to begin with lifted from a lyric, sometimes we have an image that begets the title, and in a perfect world, they work together in conjunction. So, we had this image of Tom playing drums, and we were coming […]

Buffalo Tom’s Bill Janovitz – HuffPost 4.8.11

Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Bill Janovitz: Well, assuming they’re playing the same sort of thing that we’re playing and want to achieve what we’ve achieved it’s just–as so many people say–so much of it is just luck. We were able to hook up with the right people and get […]

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Yesterday’s Conversation with Hanson’s Taylor Hanson – HuffPost 4.6.11

Mike Ragogna: Taylor, it’s been an exciting day for you and your brothers. Taylor Hanson: Well, today is kind of a busy one for us. For months, we have been planning the release of a new single called “Give A Little.” A couple weeks ago, our schedule and trajectory was affected around the world as […]