Category Archives for "Entertainment Interviews"
November 12, 2012
A Conversation with The Pines’ Benson Ramsey & David Huckfelt – HuffPost 11.12.12
Mike Ragogna: Hi guys, let’s dive right into your new album, Dark So Gold. It kicks off with the song, “Cry, Cry, Crow.” Can you guys go into it? Benson Ramsey: It’s the first song on the record, and it helps kind of drift into the record. It’s just sort of a meditation between the rural […]
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November 12, 2012
A Conversation with Scotty McCreery – HuffPost 11.13.12
Mike Ragogna: Hi, Scotty! Scotty McCreery: Hey, how are you doing? MR: I’m fine, and you seem to be doing really, really well. Serioulsly, I’m sitting in front of so much news on you that I don’t even know where to start. SM: Yeah, it’s a crazy time of year for us. We’re pretty pumped […]
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November 9, 2012
A Conversation with Trouble Lights’ Adrien Daller & Phil Rabalais – HuffPost 11.9.12
Mike Ragogna: Trouble Lights, how are you? Adrien Daller: Good. Phil Rabalais: Mm hmm. MR: What are you up to? PR: Our album just came out, and we had an album release show in Ames, and then an album release show in Des Moines. AD: I’ve been kind of just making sure people are hearing […]
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November 6, 2012
A Conversation with Appleseed’s Jim Musselman – HuffPost 11.6.12
Mike Ragogna: Ladies and Gentlemen, without further ado, Mr. Jim Musselman! Jim Musselman: Hey Mike, how are you doing today? MR: I think I’m good. How are you sir, what’s going on? JM: I’m doing good, just a little crazy with all these releases and all this wonderful music putting out there in the universe. […]
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November 6, 2012
A Conversation with All That Remains’ Philip LaBonte – HuffPost 11.6.12
Mike Ragogna: Hey, how are you, sir? Philip LaBonte: I’m well. MR: Great. Let’s dig into your new album, A War You Cannot Win. I love the concept. Do you want to go into that a little? PL: Well, in the course of the time that All That Remains has been a band, I’ve done my […]
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November 5, 2012
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A Conversation with Kaki King – HuffPost 11.5.12
Mike Ragogna: Kaki, how are you? Kaki King: I’m good. How are you? MR: I’m good, thanks. Your new album, Glow, takes a kind of a different approach than the last one, which had kind of a band sound. Tell me how you came to the solo guitar approach again. KK: Well, solo guitar is the […]
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November 5, 2012
A Conversation with Gary Clark, Jr. – HuffPost 11.5.12
Mike Ragogna: Gary, how the heck are you doing? Gary Clark, Jr: I’m all right, I’m all right. MR: Your new album, Blak and Blu debuted at #6 on Billboard‘s album chart, and it follows your Bright Lights EP that got a lot of attention. How did you put this project together? GCJ: Well, I approached the album in […]
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November 5, 2012
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A Conversation with Lindi Ortega – HuffPost 11.5.12
Mike Ragogna: Lindi, how have you been? Lindi Ortega: I am wonderful, and so glad that this record is finally out. I’m happily out on tour. I was touring with k.d. lang, the Social Distortion tour, and I’m just loving life right now. MR: Were you an honorary “Siss Boom Bang-er?” LO: I wanted to […]
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