Category Archives for "Entertainment Interviews"
April 18, 2014
- in Entertainment Interviews , Mindi Abair by Mike
A Conversation with Mindi Abair – HuffPost 4.18.14
Mike Ragogna: So Mindi, it seems that you have a new album, Wild Heart, with guest performances by folks like Gregg Allman, Booker T. Jones, Keb’ Mo, Trombone Shorty, ai yi yi, I have to stop there. Mindi Abair: [laughs] Joe Perry, Max Weinberg… [laughs] MR: Okay, how the heck did you get this cast […]
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April 17, 2014
A Conversation with Foghat’s Roger Earl – HuffPost 4.17.14
Mike Ragogna: Hello…Roger, can you hear me? Roger Earl: I can hear you fine, actually, and that’s pretty good because I played drums in a rock ‘n’ roll band for fifty years, so my hearing is somewhat challenged. [laughs] MR: Roger, I’m very happy to talk to you and let’s get right into it. Foghat […]
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April 17, 2014
- in Entertainment Interviews , Michael Penn by Mike
A Conversation with Michael Penn – HuffPost 4.17.14
Mike Ragogna: Michael, what have you been up to recently? Michael Penn: I’ve been busy scoring stuff, I’ve been working on the Showtime show Masters Of Sex and I’ve been working on Girls for HBO and that’s what I’ve been doing. MR: At the moment, you’re kind of putting the singer-songwriter thing aside and concentrating on TV and film. […]
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April 16, 2014
- in Dolly Parton , Entertainment Interviews by Mike
A Tiny But Lovely Q&A with Dolly Parton – HuffPost 4.16.14
Mike Ragogna: Dolly, you’ve had an amazing recording and music history. When you look back at young Dolly Parton, what would you tell her? Dolly Parton: [laughs] Well, I would tell her I’m pretty proud of her, because when you get older, you really reflect and you really think so many things. One of the […]
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April 16, 2014
A Conversation with The Both’s Aimee Mann and Ted Leo – HuffPost 4.16.14
Mike Ragogna: Of course everybody’s asked you this, but how did you guys decide to become The Both? Ted Leo: Well we were on the road together, we were touring in the fall of 2012. I had a song that I had actually been writing with Aimee in mind, and luckily it happened to be […]
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April 15, 2014
A Conversation with Stanton Moore – HuffPost 4.15.14
Mike Ragogna: Let’s have a conversation about Conversations. You haven’t heard that one before, I imagine. Stanton Moore: Actually not yet. MR: This is your first straight up jazz album with a wonderful straight-up jazz posse like your buddy Rick Margitza. What inspired all this? SM: This is going to sound like a long story, but […]
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April 15, 2014
A Conversation with Rodney Crowell – HuffPost 4.15.14
Mike Ragogna: Rodney, can you give a tour of your new album, Tarpaper Sky? Rodney Crowell: It started with conversations with Steuart Smith who is a guitar player who normally plays with the Eagles. They actually bought him away from me some years ago. But we’re really good friends, and he’s a great conversation, very smart, […]
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April 14, 2014
A Conversation with Chuck E. Weiss – HuffPost 4.14.14
Mike Ragogna: [sings] “If it ain’t that old Chuck E. Weiss.” Chuck E. Weiss: Oh, you like that, huh? MR: Between Tom Waits’ “I Wish I Was In New Orleans” and Rickie Lee Jones’ “Chuck E.’s In Love,” I don’t know which is the cooler shoutout! By the way, love your Weiss-guy title for the […]
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