Category Archives for "Entertainment Interviews"
July 23, 2014
A Conversation with Jack Tempchin – HuffPost 7.23.14
Mike Ragogna: Jack, what got you into music? Jack Tempchin: Probably listening to Harry Belafonte. I think he had the number one album in this country for seven years or something. MR: I imagine you were exposed to that through your parents? JT: Yeah, and listening to music on the transistor radio under the covers […]
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July 21, 2014
- in Entertainment Interviews , Freda Payne by Mike
A Conversation with Freda Payne – HuffPost 7.21.14
Mike Ragogna: We have quite a few things to talk about here, especially your new album, Come Back To Me Love. So who is this love you want to come back to you? Freda Payne: [laughs] That’s an interesting one, no one’s ever asked me that one before… “Who is this love you want to come […]
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July 21, 2014
A Conversation with Natalie Merchant – HuffPost 7.21.14
Mike Ragogna: Natalie, what have you been up to lately beyond the new album? Natalie Merchant: I’ve become extremely active in the fight against hydraulic fracking in New York. Where are you based? MR: Iowa, though I grew up in New York, so this concerns me as well. NM: Well, New York is sitting on […]
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July 16, 2014
A Conversation with Chris Smither – HuffPost 7.16.14
Mike Ragogna: You’ve got a newly recorded, two-disc retrospective, Still On The Levee. You’ve had this wonderful career that the masses… Chris Smither: …don’t know a thing about! MR: [laughs] Yeah, what is that? CS: Back before cable, on UHF, you used to see this guy being advertised. He was some kind of a country or […]
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July 16, 2014
A Conversation with Peter Himmelman – HuffPost 7.16.14
Mike Ragogna: Your new album is titled The Boat That Carries Us. How did the creative process start? Were there songs that spurred on the concept and then the process just evolved from there? Peter Himmelman: You know, I just don’t really know. That’s a good question. Normally, all these pat answers come to mind, […]
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July 14, 2014
- in Entertainment Interviews , Jason Mraz by Mike
A Conversation with Jason Mraz – HuffPost 7.14.14
Mike Ragogna: It’s Jason Mraz! So you’re doing a world tour with Raining Jane Jason Mraz: Yep, I’ll be taking Raining Jane with me on the road, so we’ll be able to recreate this album and obviously, we’ll be able to play a lot of our old songs through our new musical filter that Raining […]
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July 14, 2014
A Conversation with Marc Broussard – HuffPost 7.14.14
Mike Ragogna: Marc, I just finished listening to your album A Life Worth Living. I think it’s your most personal one yet. Marc Broussard: No doubt about it! MR: You mention family members, your relation to God, Hurricane Katrina… What motivated you to put a project together in this way? MB: Being honest. I think the […]
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July 11, 2014
A Conversation with Craig Bickhardt – HuffPost 7.11.14
Mike Ragogna: The new album’s titled The More I Wonder. So whatcha been wonderin’ about, Craig? Craig Bickhardt: [laughs] The record for me is a forty-minute memoir, a very personal record — much more personal than the stuff I wrote when I was staying behind the scenes. I think because of the stripped-down production and live […]
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