Category Archives for "Entertainment News"
May 1, 2014
- in Entertainment News by Mike
Ruben Studdard Defends Clay Aikens Against Nasty Political Attacks
American Idol Ruben Studdard is speaking out in an ad defending congressional candidate Clay Aiken and his run to represent North Carolina’s Second Congressional District.
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May 1, 2014
- in Entertainment News by Mike
Steel Magnolia’s Joshua Scott Jones Releases Solo Album
Joshua Scott Jones, best known as one half of the country duo Steel Magnolia, will release his debut solo album, The Healing, on Tuesday, June 3, 2014. The 11-track project is a collection of songs, which candidly retells the singer’s personal struggles and emotional journey over the last couple of years. Each track exposes the raw emotions he experienced since he started working on his solo material last year. “This has been a long time coming for me,” he said. “I feel like it’s really a chance for my voice to be heard.”
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May 1, 2014
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Homeless Veterans The Focus Of Celebrity Broadcast
Over a dozen celebrities have teamed up with Ohio-based Veterans Matter to generate awareness about the issue of homeless veterans and to help raise funds that will decrease the number of unhoused vets on our streets. The campaign is supported by media giant Cumulus Media which is airing Veterans Matter celebrity-voiced public service announcements in 110 U.S. markets May 1 – 31, 2014.
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May 1, 2014
Conversations with Newcomer Dylan Gardner, Funk Volume’s Damien Ritter and Black Stone Cherry’s Chris Robertson
Introducing Popster Dylan Gardner Mike Ragogna: Dylan, you have a new album Adventures In Real Time, and you had more than 100 songs to start with. How long did it take to write those 100 songs, and how did you whittle them down for this album? Dylan Gardner: I started writing songs in 2010, and […]
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April 30, 2014
Let Rock Rule: Conversations with Alice Cooper and Aerosmith’s Joey Kramer, Plus a 40-Minute Film by Margot & The Nuclear So and So’s
A Conversation with Alice Cooper Mike Ragogna: Dude! We’re not worthy for Super Duper Alice Cooper! But if we were, Alice, please would you tell us about that film of yours of which we are not worthy? Alice Cooper: I’ll tell you, the guys came to us with the idea–we didn’t go to them and […]
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April 28, 2014
Love Without Fear and Nights Like This: Conversations With Dan Wilson and Eli ‘Paperboy’ Reed
A Conversation with Dan Wilson Mike Ragogna: Love Without Fear: Dan, is that even possible? Dan Wilson: [Laughs] I guess by even saying the phrase, it calls that question, doesn’t it? Yeah, that’s just sort of an ideal that I’d like to have, and anyone would like to have, and I guess the reason to […]
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April 25, 2014
Echoes of the Outlaw Roadshow: Talking With Counting Crows’ Adam Duritz and Toad The Wet Sprocket’s Glen Phillips
A Conversation with Adam Duritz Mike Ragogna: Adam, the Echoes Of The Outlaw Roadshow continues pretty much into the summer and with Toad The Wet Sprocket. Adam Duritz: Yeah, pretty much. Daniel And The Lion is coming out with us too. So yeah, it should be a lot like last time. MR: What has the […]
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April 24, 2014
- in Entertainment News by Mike
Lisa Loeb Hits The Road
It’s been 20 years since Lisa Loeb catapulted into early success with the platinum-selling No.1 hit song “Stay (I Missed You),” featured on the hit filmReality Bites. Over the past decade, Loeb emerged as a TV star (Food Network and E!), an acclaimed children’s author and songwriter, founder of a nonprofit sending kids to summer camp, and an eyewear fashion trend-setter. In 2013, she released No Fairy Tale, a collection of original songs produced by her friend and colleague Chad Gilbert (New Found Glory), which Billboard called a “peppy, pop-punk album.” As Conan O’Brien noted when Loeb and her band appeared on the show, “If it WERE a fairy tale, Lisa would TOTALLY be Snow White, but with cooler glasses.”
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