Folk-Rock Heroes: Conversations with Steve Forbert, Livingston Taylor and Tom Chapin, Plus Terence P. Minogue & American Voices’ ‘Gaudete’ Exclusive

TERENCE P. MINOGUE & AMERICAN VOICES’ “GAUDETE” According to the Conifer Crowd… “Season of Joy is the latest offering of Christmas songs, old and new, from Terence P. Minogue. The album leads us through three special aspects of Christmas Part 1–The Season is for the weeks before Christmas, the busy time in anticipation of the […]

A Conversation with Matrimony’s Jimmy Brown, Plus Celtic Woman’s ‘Joy To The World’ Exclusive

CELTIC WOMAN BRINGS “JOY TO THE WORLD” Photo courtesy of Celtic Woman As you know, the holidays start a little earlier each year, but what’s wrong with some extra joy, right? No strangers to Christmas music, Celtic Woman is back with more seasonal music in the video “”Joy To The World” from their new CD/DVD […]

Reissue Roundup 1: Bob Dylan, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Paul Simon and James Taylor, Plus "Astro Raph’s Gangsta Sweep"

ASTRO RAPH MEETS MISTER T. photo credit: Patrick Panu A According to the Cold Busted gang… “Astro Raph contributes a chilled out, guitaralicious, funky, acid jazz remix of Mister T’s ‘Sweep’ (from Play It Loud Remixes), subtitled ‘Astro Raph’s Gangsta Sweep.’ It features vocal samples from old school break beat and jungle records along with […]

Not Your Father’s Smooth Jazz II: Conversations with Earl Klugh, David Sanborn, Jonathan Butler and Euge Groove, Plus a Bo-Keys Exclusive

MORE SMOOTH JAZZ CRUISE ADVENTURES Photo credit: Mike Ragogna Here are some more interviews conducted on Entertainment Cruise Productions’ Smooth Jazz Cruise from a couple of weeks ago. This time out — with the assistance of recent jazz school grad Jonnie Cohen — I grill David Sanborn, Earl Klugh, Jonathan Butler and Euge Groove. A […]

Conversations With Portugal. The Man’s John Gourley, Jon Anderson and Jon Batiste, Plus Exclusives by Gov’t Mule and Wake Island

SHOUT! WITH GOV’T MULE photo credit: Anna Webber According to Blue Note president Don Was on Gov’t Mule… “The Mule holds a unique and lofty berth. They have roots that run real deep–drawing from the entire history of rock ‘n’ roll going all the way back to Robert Johnson and the Delta. Yet, despite their […]

Who Cares: Chatting With Roger Daltrey, It’s Casual’s Eddie Solis and INVSN’s Dennis Lyxzen, Control Visits Chic-A-Go-Go, Plus a Stangeheart Exclusive

A Conversation with Roger Daltrey Mike Ragogna: Roger, how are you? Roger Daltrey: Fine, Michael, how are you? MR: I’m very good, thank you, and thanks for taking the time for this interview. You’ve been so busy lately, especially with Who Cares, the Teen Cancer America Foundation that you and Pete [Townshend] put together. How […]

Ed Kowalczyk’s Lucky "Seven" Video Exclusive

“I couldn’t be happier with the video for my new single, ‘Seven’,” says Ed Kowalczyk about the video from his brand new album The Flood and the Mercy.

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