Category Archives for "Entertainment Interviews"
August 2, 2013
A Conversation with Danny Lapidus and Francisco Cotto from Hot Peas ‘n Butter – HuffPost 8.2.13
Mike Ragogna: Tell me about your most recent video “Here At Last” that we have up as the exclusive. HPnB: We wrote the song, “Here at Last!” because…well, who doesn’t love the summertime??!! It’s a Hot Peas ‘n Butter party jam! MR: It definitely speaks to children but also to adults that love some fun […]
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August 2, 2013
A Conversation with Sheldon Gomberg – HuffPost 8.2.13
Mike Ragogna: Sheldon, Sweet Relief Volume III is very different from the two previous volumes created for Victoria Williams and Vic Chesnutt. How did this particular volume come together? Sheldon Gomberg: They had helped me when I was diagnosed with M.S. and after I don’t know how many years, I started having trouble walking and I was […]
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August 2, 2013
A Conversation with Walking Papers’ Duff McKagan – HuffPost 8.2.13
Mike Ragogna: So tell me more about Walking Papers. Who gave you these walking papers of which we speak? Duff McKagan: As an aside, actually, we, Walking Papers, have gone to the UK and Europe a couple times already in the last few months and I didn’t know this, but the term “Walking Papers” is […]
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August 2, 2013
A Conversation with Delbert McClinton – HuffPost 8.2.13
Mike Ragogna: Delbert, you have a new album, Delbert & Glen: Blind, Crippled And Crazy. Glen Clark’s still a pretty important figure in your life, especially these days. Delbert McClinton: Well, right now, he’s a pretty prominent feature in it. MR: What’s the history, how did that come about? DM: Glen and I did a couple of […]
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July 31, 2013
A Conversation with Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr. – HuffPost 7.31.13
Mike Ragogna: There’s so much to talk about, but let’s start by discussing two new reissues on Real Gone Music of your albums, The Two Of Us and Marilyn & Billy. Your first duet album together, I Hope We Get To Love In Time, earned you Grammies and featured one of the biggest hits of the seventies, “You Don’t […]
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July 31, 2013
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A Conversation with Jimmy Webb about Harry Nilsson – HuffPost 7.31.13
Mike Ragogna: Jimmy, how’ve you been? Jimmy Webb: Good. I’m on the road, I’m literally on the road but I’m enjoying myself. I’ve had some good gigs…that’s my Summer tour. I’m just staying in the trees and I’ll sit by the pond with my buddy. That’s about it, that’s the outlook. I read a really […]
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July 29, 2013
A Conversation with Incubus’ Brandon Boyd – HuffPost 7.29.13
Mike Ragogna: Brandon, you’ve been at work with some social-minded projects work lately. Brandon Boyd: Yeah. You know, over the past, I had done little bits here and there before we started our non-profit with Incubus, the Make Yourself Foundation in 2003. But we started slowly into that doing the bootleg series and donating all […]
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July 29, 2013
A Conversation with Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda – HuffPost 7.29.13
Mike Ragogna: Mike, what brought The Urgency Network to your attention? Mike Shinoda: That was brought to us by one of our staff members at Music For Relief. I’m sure you know Music For Relief is our non-profit. We established that back in the two thousands. Music For Relief was originally founded to provide relief […]
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