A Conversation with The Chapin Sisters – HuffPost 10.22.10

A Conversation with The Chapin Sisters’ Abigail Chapin Mike Ragogna: Hello Abigail. Abigail Chapin: Hello, how’s it going? MR: It’s going pretty well. There is almost a spiritual vibe on your new album, Two. What went into its creation? AC: Well, I think each of the songs had a really specific process behind it, but […]

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A Conversation with Thomas Dolby – HuffPost 10.20.10

Mike Ragogna: Hello, Thomas. As you know, this conversation will be in The Huffington Post, but it is also airing on solar-powered KRUU-FM, and you’re calling in from a “solar lifeboat,” right? Thomas Dolby: Yes, I am. I have a studio in a converted lifeboat in my garden, which is on the beach facing the North […]

– Mike Ragogna’s 2.0 – 20101020 – Shawn Mullins

Mike Ragogna interviews singer/songwriter Shawn Mullins.

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A Conversation with Branford Marsalis – HuffPost 10.18.10

Mike Ragogna: Branford, you’re celebrating a certain important event that happened recently. Can you tell us about your live performance at The Kennedy Center? Branford Marsalis: Oh yes, everybody was on tour. My dad wanted to do this concert, which was going to be a tribute to him at the Duke Ellington Jazz Festival in […]

Branford Marsalis – HuffPost 10.18.10

Mike Ragogna: What is your advice for someone who is coming on the music scene right now trying to figure out where they fit? Branford Marsalis: I’ve never really spent any time thinking about where I fit. The whole thing is simple for me–I like being around musicians who like to play music because people […]

A Conversation with Peter Cincotti – HuffPost 10.18.10

Mike Ragogna: I personally believe your album East Of Angel Town is one of the best albums of ’09, and I really wanted the opportunity to talk to you about that and about yourself. You’re a New Yorker, right? Peter Cincotti: Yeah, born and raised in Manhattan. MR: And when you were growing up there, you played […]