Mike Ragogna’s 2.0 – 20100908 – Xavier Rudd

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Slash – HuffPost 9.7.10

Mike Ragogna: Slash, do you have any advice for new artists? Slash: Do I have any advice for new artist? Wow, it’s such a crazy business right now. There was a really great band that we were just playing with on tour who were scared to death because the record company is putting all sorts […]

A Conversation with Slash – HuffPost 9.7.10

Mike Ragogna: Your “Back From Cali” video/single with Myles Kennedy is pretty hot right now. Slash: Yeah, it’s out there. I don’t know how hot it is, I never really pay much attention to that stuff. It’s a cool video. MR: It’s performance footage assembled from your European tour? S: Right. MR: While in Europe, […]

A Conversation with Bill Frisell – HuffPost 9.6.10

Mike Ragogna: You have a new album called Beautiful Dreamers presented as a trio with you on guitar, right? Bill Frisell: Yeah, Eyvind Kang plays viola, and Rudy Royston plays drums. So, it’s a slightly unusual combination, I think, for a trio. It’s a group I’ve been playing with for a couple of years, and guys that […]

Pete Seeger – HuffPost 9.6.10

Mike Ragogna: Do you have any advice for young people? Pete Seeger: I give out advice all the time, and one is to get as much information as you can whether it’s from books or the internet because the information revolution may save the human race. Nobody knows what the future is going to be. […]

A Conversation with Pete Seeger – HuffPost 9.6.10

Mike Ragogna: I wanted to talk about your new record Tomorrow’s Children. Pete Seeger: This record belongs to a whole lot of people. My name and reputation may help sell it, but the record would never have started without an unusual teacher. She has been teaching for only a few years in the school, but she […]

Bill Frisell – HuffPost 9.6.10

Mike Ragogna: From your first solo album till now, how do your feel you’ve progressed as an artist? Bill Frisell: Oh man, I don’t know. I hope I’m progressing. That’s what’s so amazing about music; every time you start doing it, every moment is like you’re at the beginning. In a way, I feel the […]