Category Archives for "Entertainment Interviews"
August 6, 2010
A Conversation with Squeeze’s Chris Difford & Glenn Tilbrook – HuffPost 8.6.10
Mike Ragogna: Your new album Spot The Difference is a revisit of previous hits and classics. And as your title suggests, it’s literally hard to spot the difference on many of these songs. Why did you record a project like this? Chris Difford: Well, Squeeze has never owned our own copyrights because, obviously, they’re owned by a […]
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August 4, 2010
A Conversation with Counting Crows’ Adam Duritz – HuffPost 8.4.10
Mike Ragogna: So, it’s another leg of your Counting Crows Traveling Circus & Medicine Show tour. Adam Duritz: That it is, that it is. MR: And what is that exactly? AD: The idea kind of came a few years ago when a couple of guys in our band’s wives got pregnant. We thought we had […]
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July 30, 2010
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A Conversation with Marc Cohn – HuffPost 7.30.10
Mike Ragogna: Listening Booth: 1970 is a concept album that compiles your favorite–and many would feel greatest–songs from that year. Marc Cohn: That’s basically it. It’s a record of my favorite songs from 1970, and exactly 40 years ago, all these songs came out. MR: And every one of these songs is seminal. MC: My producer John […]
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July 29, 2010
A Conversation with Indigo Girls’ Amy Ray & Emily Saliers – HuffPost 7.29.10
Mike Ragogna: Your new live album Staring Down The Brilliant Dream is presented like a book. Is it supposed to imply the album’s like a journal? Emily Saliers: Well, it’s supposed to be opened and held like a book. It has chapters, 35 songs, and it’s fabulous. In this day of ordering online, it’s really nice to […]
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July 29, 2010
A Conversation with Sugarland’s Kristian Bush – HuffPost 7.29.10
Mike Ragogna: So, what are you up to these days? Kristian Bush: Well, we are in the middle of a tour. We just finished the first leg of the Lilith Tour and the Lilith Fair, and we are about to go and finish out the rest of the year with the headlining tour. MR: The […]
Continue readingA Conversation with Tom Jones – HuffPost 7.27.10
Mike Ragogna: Your new albumPraise & Blame has a very stripped-down sound. What was your philosophy going into making this record? Tom Jones: Well, I’ve been wanting to do something like this for a long time, and some of the albums I’ve done in the past, one or two tracks sometimes have been like this–stripped down. […]
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July 23, 2010
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A Conversation with Fanfarlo’s Simon Balthazar – HuffPost – 7.23.10
Mike Ragogna: Your song “Atlas” is one of the strongest cuts on the Twilight: Eclipsesoundtrack. Let’s catch everyone up on how you got involved with the franchise. Simon Balthazar: These things tend to be a bit of a mystery in terms of what the mechanics are. But this bedroom recording of the song is a demo […]
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July 23, 2010
A Conversation with Maroon 5’s Adam Levine – HuffPost 7.23.10
Mike Ragogna: What’s up with your new album Hands All Over? Are you still working on it? Adam Levine: Well, I guess we’re done… more or less we’ve finished it. Hands All Over is our record. We went to Switzerland and made it with “Mutt” Lange, and we had an incredible, inspiring experience that we will never forget. […]
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