Category Archives for "Entertainment Interviews"
November 3, 2014
- in Charlie Mars , Entertainment Interviews by Mike
A Conversation with Charlie Mars – HuffPost 11.3.14
Mike Ragogna: Charlie, rumor has it you’ve got something going on with The Money. First of all, how much are talking about? Charlie Mars: I’ve got a new album called The Money, which cost most of my money to make and I hope listeners find it to be the money. So lots of money…and lots […]
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November 3, 2014
A Conversation with Deep Purple’s Ian Paice – HuffPost 11.3.14
Mike Ragogna: Ian, you’re one of the driving forces behind the Jon Lord tribute projects that have been released. Would you go into how these CDs came about and what inspired their creation at this point in time? Ian Paice: The whole event was the brainchild of my wife Jacky in collaboration with Jon’s wife […]
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October 31, 2014
A Conversation with Genesis’ Mike Rutherford – HuffPost 10.31.14
Mike Ragogna: Mike, Genesis’ new anthology, R-Kive, is an overview of the musical creativity of not only Genesis but it includes the works of each member of the band as well. How did it come together? Mike Rutherford: It started, really, with the documentary. Eagle Rock wanted to make a documentary of The Lamb Lies […]
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October 31, 2014
A Conversation with Kasim Sulton – HuffPost 10.31.14
Mike Ragogna: Kasim, “Clocks All Stopped” from your new album 3 sounds like this group called Utopia that featured Todd Rundgren, Roger Powell, this guy Kasim…oh, hold on… Kasim Sulton: I often get confused with the other guy named Kasim Sulton…oh, wait…there IS no other guy named Kasim Sulton! MR: Yeah, I deserved that. So. […]
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October 31, 2014
- in Entertainment Interviews , Sallie Ford by Mike
A Conversation with Sallie Ford – HuffPost 10.31.14
Mike Ragogna: Sallie, your album Slap Back seems to evoke many iconic rockers such as Joan Jett, Pat Benatar and Heart. How influential were these artists to you and who are some of your other influences? Sallie Ford: When I first started writing the songs for this record I was listening to a lot of […]
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October 29, 2014
A Conversation with Cobra Starship’s Gabe Saporta – HuffPost 10.29.14
Mike Ragogna: Gabe, Cobra Starship’s latest, “Never Been In Love,” features Icona Pop. Who’s idea was this mighty union and what was the collaboration like? Gabe Saporta: We had been wanting to do a collaboration with Icona Pop since we first heard them! They signed to our label and we got the chance to do […]
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October 29, 2014
A Conversation with Live’s Chad Taylor – HuffPost 10.29.14
Mike Ragogna: So you guys have been together for a while, it’s got a new self-titled album and, what is this, like your twentieth anniversary? Chad Taylor: We’ve been a band now for 29 years, but it’s the twentieth anniversary of Throwing Copper. It came out in ’94. But we’re in our twenty-ninth consecutive year […]
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October 29, 2014
A Conversation with Hellion’s Ann Boleyn – HuffPost 10.29.14
Mike Ragogna: Ann, you are closely associated with the term “speed metal” since, well, you invented it. You’ve been a major KROQ personality, you owned the New Renaissance Records label, you’re an icon for women’s empowerment, and your group Hellion released a double disc — not a single disc — anthology, To Hellion And Back. […]
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