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Bruce Hornsby: I’m doing fine, but “…you don’t come to Vegas and talk to a man like Moe Greene like that!”
MR: [laughs] “Fredo, you’re my brother and I love you. But don’t ever take sides against the family again.” Bruuuce! Here you are playing solo in some elegant halls in 2012 and 2013, and I’m imagining some people in the audience might have been expecting a different approach considering your pop history and previous live tours.
Continue readingMike Ragogna: Today, we’ve got one of my heroes on the line, Bruce Hornsby. Bruce Hornsby: Wow, that’s pretty nice of you, Mike. MR: It’s all true. BH: Where in the Midwest are you? MR: Fairfield, Iowa, which is sort of relative to Iowa City and Des Moines. BH: Fairfield, Iowa. I came to Des […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: Hey Bruce, what’s going on? Bruce Hornsby: Hey Mike, just grinding away on the road. How have you been? MR: Pretty well since the last visit, which feels like a month ago. Bruce, you’ve got a new album, Bride Of The Noisemakers, which especially celebrates your last few albums and playing out on the […]
Continue readingBeyond calling Bruce Hornsby “a remarkable pianist,” the New York Times added, “The America in his music is one of countless connections and intersections…that’s still wide open and welcoming.” That’s a pretty good introduction to Hornsby’s latest album, Levitate, his Verve Forecast debut and first “solo” (kind of) project since 2004’s Halcyon Days. His two more recent, critically acclaimed […]
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