Category Archives for "Entertainment Interviews"
November 7, 2014
- in Entertainment Interviews , Lang Lang by Mike
A Conversation with Lang Lang – HuffPost 11.7.14
Mike Ragogna: Let’s talk about The Mozart Album that you recorded with the Weiner Philharmonkier. In the past, you’ve taken on other composers, why Mozart this time out? Lang Lang: First of all, I must say recording with Nikolaus Harnoncourt was always a big dream in my career. For me, he is the most unique […]
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November 7, 2014
- in Entertainment Interviews , Lloyd Cole by Mike
A Conversation with Lloyd Cole – HuffPost 11.7.14
Mike Ragogna: Hey Lloyd, what is all this about being too old to rock? Lloyd Cole: I think sometimes, we think a little bit too much about what is age-appropriate. I’d got to thinking that I was done with making rock music, and I was kind of okay with that. Then I wrote a bunch […]
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November 5, 2014
A Conversation with Ben Ottewell – HuffPost 11.5.14
Mike Ragogna: Ben, your new album Rattlebag follows your critically acclaimed debut solo album, Shapes And Shadows, both albums teaming you with your old pal Sam Genders. How did the collaboration work this time out and was it recorded? Ben Ottewell: The songs on Shapes And Shadows were a collection that spanned six years. Some […]
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November 5, 2014
A Conversation with Randy Jackson – HuffPost 11.5.14
Mike Ragogna: Randy, it’s an honor, thanks for the time. Let’s talk about your group North Of Nine. You met Jackson Guthy after an Ellen performance? Randy Jackson: Yeah, I was like, “Who is this kid, he’s mad talented, what’s going on with him?” MR: What was it about him that you saw? RJ: Well […]
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November 5, 2014
A Conversation with Simple Minds’ Jim Kerr – HuffPost 11.5.14
Mike Ragogna: Jim, the video for “Honest Town,” to me, speaks to how much Simple Minds has matured. It shows Simple Minds in 2014 and I appreciate that your music and band are not aggressively trying to appeal to fourteen-year-olds. Jim Kerr: If there are any out there, we’ll have them as well. [laughs] But […]
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November 5, 2014
A Conversation with North Of Nine’s Jackson Guthy – HuffPost 11.5.14
Mike Ragogna: Jackson, you must be amped about your single “We Ride” and that he band is getting their shot. Jackson Guthy: Yeah, we’re really stoked! We’ve been working so hard, so it’s great to finally see everything materialize. “We Ride” shows our softer side. It’s a track we hope will demonstrate the diversity in […]
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November 3, 2014
A Conversation with Daniel Lanois – HuffPost 11.3.14
Mike Ragogna: You took a couple of different approaches on your new album, Flesh And Machine. When you first decided to do the project, was this what you had in mind or did it evolve into this? Daniel Lanois: Oh, it evolved into this. I started with conventional songs and then the sidebars and byproducts became more interesting to me than the songs, so I abandoned the songs and went with the excitement of the sonics that I was discovering. It’s a very laboratory-driven record and I’m proud of it that way. For example, there’s a little track on there called “Two Bushas.” It sounds like a symphony but made of components and instruments that are unrecognizable. I’m glad I push the symphonic button with new sounds.
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November 3, 2014
A Conversation with Chuck Prophet – HuffPost 11.3.14
Mike Ragogna: Chuck, your new album is titled Night Surfer. Do you know how dangerous surfing at night is? Have you not seen Sharknado 1 and 2, even though no one’s surfing at night in either movie but that’s beside the point? Chuck Prophet: Um, what? Ah, yeah? I don’t know what a Sharknado is. […]
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