Category Archives for "Entertainment Interviews"
July 6, 2011
A Conversation with Ben Folds – HuffPost 7.6.11
Mike Ragogna: Hey Ben, how are you doing? Ben Folds: I’m good, I’m good. How are you doing? MR: I’m good, honored that you took some time to talk with me. BF: Oh yeah, no worries. MR: Let’s talk about Lonely Avenue, your collaboration with novelist, Nick Hornby. A while back, I debuted one of your […]
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July 1, 2011
- in Entertainment Interviews , Joe Jackson by Mike
A Conversation with Joe Jackson – HuffPost 7.1.11
Mike Ragogna: Joe, how are you? Joe Jackson: Doing well Mike, thanks. MR: Live Music is your sixth live album, isn’t it? JJ: Is it? (laughs) Wow. I don’t know, I haven’t been counting. (laughs) MR: You like performing, don’t you, Joe. JJ: Yeah, I do. I think it’s the best part of this madness that I’m […]
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July 1, 2011
A Conversation with The Wombats’ Dan Haggis & Matthew Murphy – HuffPost 6.1.11
A Conversation with The Wombats’ Dan Haggis Mike Ragogna: Dan, thanks for taking the time to chat about your latest album The Wombats Proudly Present: This Modern Glitch. First off, you’ve used it twice now, who came up with The Wombats Proudly Present… riff? Dan Haggis: I think it was a combination of all three of us. We […]
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July 1, 2011
- in Earl Klugh , Entertainment Interviews by Mike
A Conversation with Earl Klugh – HuffPost 7.1.11
Mike Ragogna: Hi Earl. Earl Klugh: Hi, how are you doing? MR: I’m well, and you, sir? EK: Great. MR: Earl, many feel you are one of the smoothest jazz guitarists of the 20th and 21st centuries. EK: (laughs) That tells the story–long time. MR: (laughs) But your first solo album only goes back to […]
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June 29, 2011
A Conversation with Loverboy’s Mike Reno – HuffPost 6.29.11
Mike Ragogna: Hey Mike, it used to be everybody was “Working For The Weekend.” Now, everybody is working on the weekend. Mike Reno: Yeah, when we wrote the song, we wrote it, “Everybody’s working for the weekend,” but now it appears that everybody is working on the weekend. You’re absolutely right, Mike. MR: One of the joys of the […]
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June 27, 2011
A Conversation with Atlantic Records / Rolling Stone Contest Finalists Lelia Broussard and Ewan Currie of The Sheepdogs – HuffPost 6.27.11
Mike Ragogna: Alright, Lelia Broussard and Ewan Currie of The Sheepdogs, you’re the finalists in a contest sponsored by Garnier Fructis where the winner gets a contract with Atlantic Records and the cover of Rolling Stone. Recently, you appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. How did it go? Lelia Broussard: Well, we got there and they […]
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June 24, 2011
A Conversation with Herbie Hancock – HuffPost 6.24.11
Mike Ragogna: Herbie, you’re doing the European jazz festival circuit this year paying tribute to Miles Davis, right? Herbie Hancock: Yes, we’re playing the Montreaux Jazz Festival, the North Sea Jazz Festival, and several others. MR: And you’re mainly going to be doing this with your pals, Wayne Shorter and Marcus Miller? HH: Right, exactly. […]
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June 20, 2011
- in Bill Mumy , Entertainment Interviews by Mike
A Conversation with Bill Mumy – HuffPost 6.20.11
Mike Ragogna: Bill, let’s start with your new release, Glorious In Defeat. It’s like you’re 23rd album? Bill Mumy: (laughs) Probably, if you add them all up with everybody involved. No, I think it’s my 10th. Yes, I’m in double digits now–10 albums since 1997. It’s on the label GRA, a little label out of San […]
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