Category Archives for "Entertainment Interviews"
April 19, 2011
A Conversation with The Belle Brigade’s Barbara & Ethan Gruska – HuffPost 4.19.11
Mike Ragogna: Barbara and Ethan Gruska, you have a terrific new, self-titled album, and there are moments where your sound is like Simon & Garfunkel meets Fleetwood Mac. Are they among your influences? Ethan Gruska: We definitely are influenced by Fleetwood Mac, we like Simon & Garfunkel, but most of our influence is from Paul […]
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April 19, 2011
A Conversation with Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion – HuffPost 4.19.11
Mike Ragogna: What’s the story behind your new album Bright Examples? Sarah Lee Guthrie: Really, Bright Examples was born thru a friendship with Andy Cabic. Johnny went a few times to see Vetiver play in New York and invited everyone back to a little place here in our neck of the woods called The Dreamaway Lodge. We got […]
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April 19, 2011
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A Conversation with Steve Earle – HuffPost 4.19.11
Mike Ragogna: Steve, how are you doing? Steve Earle: I’m doing good. I’m sitting at Liuzza’s in New Orleans, I just ordered a Po Boy, and I’m going outside so I can do the interview. I’m here in New Orleans shooting Treme. MR: Nice, I appreciate you taking some time. Since you brought it up, […]
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April 15, 2011
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A Conversation with Archive Designer Jon Polk – HuffPost 4.15.11
Mike Ragogna: Jon, what does Bob Dylan mean to you? Jon Polk: Wow, his music is so much a part of my identity, it is difficult to have complete perspective on it. Growing up, music was the single most important thing to me, and singer-songwriters were what mattered to me most. It all led back […]
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April 15, 2011
A Conversation with The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne – HuffPost 4.15.11
Mike Ragogna: Hey, it’s Wayne Coyne — master genius, lead vocalist, and experimenteurof The Flaming Lips. Wayne Coyne: Well, thank you Mike, now I don’t know what to say. I thought we’d (talk about) “She Don’t Use Jelly,” and you’d say, “Wayne, why’d you write such a silly song?” Now, I feel obligated to love you […]
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April 13, 2011
A Conversation with Leverage Executives Stephen Levinson, Rick Rubin, Michael Goldberg and Isaac Heymann – HuffPost 4.13.11
From the teams who brought us Entourage and Boardwalk Empire as well as the labels Def Jam and American now comes Leverage Records, a division that will focus on developing and releasing projects by new talent as well as music placement in films and television. The following is a discussion of Leverage Records with some of the company’s executives, […]
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April 12, 2011
A Conversartion with If By Yes’ Petra Haden – HuffPost 4.12.11
Mike Ragogna: Hi, Petra. So? How did the If By Yes project come together? Petra Haden: Yuka and I started writing songs together nearly ten years ago. I would visit her in NY and stay with her at her lower east side apartment and we would just sit and write songs almost every day. It […]
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April 12, 2011
A Conversation with My Forlorn Wallet’s Cory Mon & Wes Kirkpatrick – HuffPost 4.12.11
Mike Ragogna: Hi guys, please would you go into what mandated your starting up the label My Forlorn Wallet? Cory Mon: Wes I and created My Forlorn Wallet Records out of absolute necessity. In our current “struggling to be heard, noticed and properly and affectionately represented position” we created our own record label for a […]
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