Category Archives for "Entertainment Interviews"
September 11, 2013
A Conversation with The Devil Wears Prada’s Mike Hranica – HuffPost 9.11.13
Mike Ragogna: How are you, Mike? Mike Hranica: I’m doing all right, how are you? MR: I’m pretty good. First of all, I want to ask you a couple of questions from Dylan Chenfeld, aka Your Underdog. MH: Sure. MR: So it’s your first album without former keyboardist James [Baney], you’ve had Jonathan [Gering] filling […]
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September 11, 2013
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A Conversation with Max Frost – HuffPost 9.11.13
Mike Ragogna: Max, “White Lies” is kind of blowing up on the internet. What’s the history? How did this all come together, this latest EP, Low High Low? Max Frost: I sort of had many points really in the past year or two since I’ve started making music on my own where I put together a […]
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September 11, 2013
A Conversation with Five For Fighting’s John Ondrasik – HuffPost 9.11.13
Mike Ragogna: Hey John, how’s “Superman”? John Ondrasik: [laughs] Mike, I’m doing good! MR: So you have a new album, Bookmarks. How did John Ondrasik approach this one creatively? JO: Well, it’s always odd to describe your record, right? I promise I won’t go to the Musical Journey Guide, but honestly, for me, every album is […]
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September 11, 2013
A Conversation with Old Crow Medicine Show’s Ketch Secor – HuffPost 9.11.13
Mike Ragogna: You must be in heaven with that Grand Ole Opry celebration in your honor, Ketch. Ketch Secor: Quite unbelievable, isn’t it? MR: What is usually the parameter for this? How does a crew like Old Crow Medicine Show end up getting inducted like that? KS: Well, it’s certainly a rare case. Gosh, I […]
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September 6, 2013
A Conversation with Little River Band’s Wayne Nelson – HuffPost 9.6.13
Mike Ragogna: Wayne, hi. Let’s talk about the new one, Cuts Like A Diamond. This is coming several years after the last studio album of originals. What got you guys back in the game? Wayne Nelson: Well, first of all, we were getting itchy, I’ll tell you that. I left the band for a few years […]
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September 6, 2013
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A Conversation with Jimmy Webb – HuffPost 9.6.13
Mike Ragogna: Jimmy, we spoke recently about Harry, let’s talk about your new album,Still Within The Sound Of My Voice. It’s a followup to Just Across The River, which was the 2010 album, right? Jimmy Webb: Well, it was actually released a couple of years back and the record company came back to me because it […]
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September 6, 2013
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A Conversation with Nora Guthrie – HuffPost 9.6.13
Mike Ragogna: Nora, what was it about your father’s music that affected America so deeply? Nora Guthrie: Maybe because, in the 1940s and 1950s, it was so different from any other music they were hearing. He was writing lyrics about things that were actually happening to them. It was personal, so much of it based […]
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September 4, 2013
A Conversation with Gloria Estefan – HuffPost 9.4.13
Mike Ragogna: Hi, how are you doing Gloria? Gloria Estefan: I’m great, nice to talk to you again. How are you doing? MR: I’m pretty well. You must be all excited about this new album The Standards. GE: I am very excited. MR: What made you want to do a standards album this time out? GE: […]
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