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November 4, 2009
Interviews with Talking Heads Jerry Harrison & Chris Frantz – HuffPost 11.4.09
Mike Ragogna: How do you feel about having a 25th anniversary Blu-ray edition of the movie? Chris Frantz: I’m very pleased to still be able to enjoy it! Who knew that the movie would have such a lasting impact, and I’m very pleased that we made it in the first place. Not only does it […]
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October 30, 2009
It Takes The Village: Interviews with Shelby Lynne, Rickie Lee Jones, Michael Timmins, John Oates, Amos Lee, Rachael Yamagata & Steve Berlin – HuffPost 10.30.09
It’s a little surprising that until now, no one has put together the definitive tribute album to folk’s fertile days in New York’s Greenwich Village. 429 Records’ new collection titled The Village–A Celebration Of The Music Of Greenwich Villagespotlights the historical significance of the neighborhood’s folk music scene with passionate contributions by thirteen artists including Rickie […]
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October 28, 2009
Train’s Jimmy Stafford, Scott Underwood & Pat Monahan – HuffPost 10.28.09
Mike Ragogna: In some ways, Save Me… sounds a lot like a return to your earlier work, was that intentional? Jimmy Stafford: That was kind of our goal. We took some time off between the last album and this one, and coming back into it, we felt like we wanted to win back our core fan base, […]
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October 28, 2009
Interviewing Train’s Jimmy Stafford, Scott Underwood & Pat Monahan – HuffPost 10.28.09
When Train agreed to be interviewed for the Huffington Post’s Entertainment page, no one could predict that the conference would be conducted over the course of thousands of miles from scores of hotel rooms. Vocalist Pat Monahan would become intensely ill, guitarist Jimmy Stafford would be fused to his cell, unable to escape his tenacious […]
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October 21, 2009
One Fast Move or I’m Gone: An Interview with Son Volt’s Jay Farrar and Death Cab For Cutie’s Benjamin Gibbard – HuffPost 10.21.09
Although Son Volt’s Jay Farrar and Death Cab For Cutie’s Benjamin Gibbard create music from two different perspectives–one uses roots-Americana as his template, and the other employs emo pop-jangle–their blend on the documentary soundtrack One Fast Move Or I’m Gone: Kerouac’s Big Sur creates a sly folk variant that syncs perfectly with Jack Kerouac’s classic. To lines […]
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October 21, 2009
Son Volt’s Jay Farrar – HuffPost 10.21.09
[Note: This is a piece of an interview with Jay Farrar and Benjamin Gibbard on their Jack Kerousac project One Fast Move Or I’m Gone: Kerouac’s Big Sur. It’s presented here because it gives a little insight into what artists do when they collaborate.] Mike Ragogna: How did your collaboration begin? Jay Farrar: Ben and I […]
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October 16, 2009
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Still Awesome After All These Years: An Interview With Producer Phil Ramone – HuffPost 10.16.09
If you’ve ever read his Friday Huffington Post column Dog Ears Music, you’re aware that Phil Ramone is fond of some pretty great records. Every week, he and Danielle Evin suggest albums and tracks from various decades that deserve attention as they happily update music lovers on artists’ gems and buried treasures. His weekly advisories immediately […]
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October 14, 2009
- in Advice for New Artists , Joan Baez by Mike
Joan Baez – HuffPost 10.14.09
[Note: The following is from my 2009 interview with Joan Baez and contains some good information for new artists.] Mike Ragogna: After growing up on the R&B that played on your bedside radio, what got you into folk music? JB: It was genuine and I couldn’t stand anything that wasn’t. Early on, it was the […]
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