Category Archives for "Entertainment Interviews"
April 4, 2010
- in Entertainment Interviews , Matt Hires by Mike
A Conversation with Matt Hires – HuffPost 4.5.10
Mike Ragogna: We have quite a few questions to get through, but let’s get the most important one out of the way first. What’s up with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers? Matt Hires: Oh man, I don’t know. I just know that they haven’t been doing so hot, that’s about as much as I can tell […]
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April 1, 2010
- in Alan Parsons , Entertainment Interviews by Mike
A Conversation with Alan Parsons – HurffPost 4.1.10
Mike Ragogna: Since your early days of engineering at Abbey Road Studios, you’ve always been ahead of the technology curve. What are you working on lately? Alan Parsons: I’m trying to pass some of the knowledge of the technology back to the real world. I’ve been working on a DVD series called The Art & Science […]
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March 29, 2010
- in Entertainment Interviews , Jakob Dylan by Mike
A Conversation with Jakob Dylan – HuffPost 3.29.10
Mike Ragogna: You recorded your previous album Seeing Things with producer Rick Rubin, and the critics loved it, many even raving about its sparseness. But you took a totally different path with your new album, using T-Bone Burnett and an Americana or roots approach. After recording this project and looking back at Seeing Things, what are your thoughts […]
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March 26, 2010
A Conversation with Joan Armatrading – HuffPost 3.26.10
Mike Ragogna: This Charming Life seems to not only be the title of your album, but also its theme. Joan Armatrading: Yes, it’s a very “up” album, it’s very positive. I’m a very positive person, so it comes out…it’s what I’m thinking inside of my head, but I have to say it outside of my head as […]
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March 22, 2010
- in Bill Cosby , Entertainment Interviews by Mike
A Conversation with Bill Cosby & The Cosnarati – HuffPost 3.22.10
Mike Ragogna: Bill, this project started as your idea to put out a positive message using rap as its medium, and it took a couple of years to assemble. What initiated its creation? Bill Cosby: Here’s the deal. As I’m going around and making my callouts — talking to people in churches and community colleges […]
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March 19, 2010
- in Donovan , Entertainment Interviews by Mike
A Conversation with Donovan Leitch – HuffPost 3.19.10
Mike Ragogna: So, you’re performing with your family and friends for a charitable event tonight at The El Rey. What’s the purpose of the event? Donovan Leitch: It’s one more in a series for The David Lynch Foundation. David and I have been traveling the world these last few years presenting a program that’s working […]
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March 15, 2010
A Conversation with Lucinda Williams – HuffPost 3.15.10
Mike Ragogna: What have you been up to since the release of your last album, Little Honey? Lucinda Williams: Well, we bought a house two years ago February, then the record came out, and we had to go right on the road. It’s been a crazy last couple years, very hectic. We’ve been touring pretty much […]
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December 14, 2009
- in Entertainment Interviews , Joan Baez by Mike
How Sweet The Sound: An Interview with Joan Baez – HuffPost 10.14.09
For most of the fifty years since she debuted at the Newport Folk Festival, Joan Baez has dedicated her life and music to fighting for equality and social justice, and for bringing about positive change in the world. On Wednesday, October 14, PBS stations nationwide celebrated her life, music, and activism in the American Mastersdocumentary How Sweet […]
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