Category Archives for "Entertainment Interviews"
December 9, 2011
A Conversation with Chicago’s Lee Loughnane – HuffPost 12.9.11
Mike Ragogna: Yeah, we’ve got Lee Loughnane of Chicago. That’s right. Lee Loughnane: How are you doing, Michael? MR: I’m doing good, how are you sir? LL: I’m doing fine. MR: Nice. Hey Lee, you’re up to Chicago XXXIII–that’s a pretty big number. Who knew you guys would have made so many albums and been together […]
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December 9, 2011
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A Conversation with JB Baretsky – HuffPost 12.9.11
Mike Ragogna: Hey JB, are you there? JB Baretsky: Hey, I’m here. MR: JB, tell us a little bit about yourself. JB: I’m from Long Island, New York, I love jazz and just about anything that has to do with things that happened fifty years ago. MR: And all at four in the morning. JB: […]
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December 7, 2011
A Conversation with Mason Jennings – HuffPost 12.7.11
Mike Ragogna: Hello, Mason. How are you? Mason Jennings: Hey, I’m good. Thanks for having me. MR: Your new album, Minnesota, is like your seventh album or something, right? MJ: Yeah, it’s my eighth. MR: (laughs) Exactly, this is like your eighth album, right? MJ: (laughs) Yeah, it was a record that I made in Minnesota […]
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December 7, 2011
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A Conversation with Yo-Yo Ma – HuffPost 12.7.11
Mike Ragogna: Today I’m talking with the Julliard-at-nine, Mr. Harvard graduate with an honorary doctorate, and renowned international cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Yo, Yo-Yo. Yo-Yo Ma: Hello, Mike. I only have one regret. I don’t have a solar-powered cello. You have a solar-powered radio station, and that’s very, very cool. MR: (laughs) Thank you very, very […]
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December 5, 2011
- in Carl Thomas , Entertainment Interviews by Mike
A Conversation with Carl Thomas – HuffPost 12.5.11
Mike Ragogna: Carl, thanks for talking with us today. Carl Thomas: Thanks for having me, Mike. MR: What inspired you to record your new album, Conquer? CT: It really started as a conversation between me and my friends about what kind of album I wanted to do. From there, it just kind of took on its […]
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December 5, 2011
A Conversation with Straight No Chaser’s Charlie Mechling – HuffPost 12.5.11
Mike Ragogna: Charlie, this is usually the time of year when people pull out their holiday music, which would include Christmas Cheers and Holiday Spirits by your group, Straight No Chaser. This year, however, you put out an EP titled Six Pack Volume 2 that includes covers of The Temptations’ “Get Ready,” Madonna’s “Like A Prayer,” Weezer’s “Buddy Holly,” and some […]
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December 3, 2011
A Conversation with Stanley Jordan – HuffPost 12.3.11
Mike Ragogna: Hi Stanley. Although you’re credited with being one of the great jazz guitarists, you don’t just play in that genre. Stanley Jordan: I would say that I really just play any kind of music that I like. In the beginning, my first instrument was piano. I studied classical piano and the touch technique […]
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November 30, 2011
- in Entertainment Interviews , Ricky Scaggs by Mike
A Conversation with Ricky Skaggs – HuffPost 11.30.11
Mike Ragogna: Why, it’s Mr. Ricky Skaggs, and we ain’t foolin’. Ricky Skaggs: No we ain’t! (laughs) I’m coming to you live from Medicine Hat, Alberta. I’ve been in up in Canada doing shows, and I appreciate you having me. MR: My pleasure. Hey, are you on the Treasure Chest tour? RS: No, actually the […]
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