Category Archives for "Entertainment Interviews"
April 23, 2012
A Conversation with THE Dwight Twilley – HuffPost 4.23.12
Mike Ragogna: It’s Dwight Twilley! Dwight Twilley: Hello, Mike! MR: How are you doing today? Not too shabby? DT: Well, not shabby. MR: (laughs) Well, let’s dive into your new album Soundtrack. Can you fill us in about the album? DT: Well, it was a situation where I just had released an album called Green Blimp, which […]
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April 20, 2012
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A Conversation with Kevin Kinney – HuffPost 4.20.12
Mike Ragogna: Kevin, where did the idea for an album collaboration with your old pal Anton Fier come from? Kevin Kinney: Quite honestly, I worked with Anton on my second drivin’ n’ cryin’ record,The Whisper Tames The Lion, and the experience was less than stellar.We were a young garage band in New York working with […]
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April 20, 2012
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A Conversation with Jason Mraz – HuffPost 4.20.12
Mike Ragogna: How are you doing, Jason? Jason Mraz: I’m good, Mike! MR: Nice. Your new album is called Love Is a Four Letter Word, and it does seem that every song on this project has something to do with an angle that brings you back to the bigger point, which is about love. JM: Absolutely, […]
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April 19, 2012
A Conversation with Hot Water Music’s Chris Wollard & Jason Black – HuffPost 4.19.12
Mike Ragogna: Your last official last album, The New What Next, was released in 2004, and your single “The Fire, The Steel, The Tread” came out last August. What else has been going on over the last few years with Hot Water Music? Chris Wollard: Kind of a lot, I guess. We’ve been playing a lot […]
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April 18, 2012
A Conversation with Eric Hutchinson – HuffPost 4.18.12
Mike Ragogna: Hi Eric, how are you? Eric Hutchinson: I’m good, how are you? MR: I’m pretty well. So you were on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno performing “Rock ‘n’ Roll,” a song from your new album, Moving Up Living Down. EH: Yeah, I’ve done a couple of late night shows with Leno, Conan, Jimmy Kimmel and […]
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April 18, 2012
A Conversation with The Gaddabouts’ Edie Brickell & Steve Gadd – HuffPost 4.18.12
Mike Ragogna: Hello, Edie Brickell! How are you? Edie Brickell: I’m good, thank you, Mike. How are you? MR: I’m pretty good. First off, you have a new album with The Gaddabouts titled Look Out, Now!, with Pino Palladino, Andy Fairweather-Low, and, of course, Steve Gadd. Is the song “The Mountain” referencing anything in particular, or […]
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April 16, 2012
A Conversation with Milo Greene’s Andrew Herringer & Graham Fink – HuffPost 4.16.12
Mike Ragogna: What is this “Milo Greene”‘s origin story? Andrew Herringer: I was living in the Sacramento area in California and I was doing music with Marlana (Sheetz) who’s the female vocalist in the band. I went to school with Robbie and the two of us had started to exchange music online. I was doing […]
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April 16, 2012
Yet Another Conversation with The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne – HuffPost 4.16.12
Mike Ragogna: Dude, when we get talking, it’s like an hour and a half later. Wayne Coyne: (laughs) MR: Wayne, the internet has to get popular someday, right? WC: Well, look, Mike, since this is supposed to be a short interview, if we start talking about the internet, this is going to turn into an epic weeklong […]
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