Category Archives for "Entertainment Interviews"
April 16, 2012
A Conversation with fun.’s Jack Antonoff – HuffPost 4.16.12
Mike Ragogna: How are you Jack? Jack Antonoff: Good. MR: You’ve got a lot of momentum right now with the band. What kinds of crazy things have been happening since your second album Some Nights came out and “We Are Young” became a huge hit? JA: What’s funny is a lot of the crazy things that are […]
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April 13, 2012
A Conversation with Counting Crows’ Adam Duritz – HuffPost 4.13.12
Mike Ragogna: Adam, what is the concept behind the assembled material you recorded for Underwater Sunshine? Adam Duritz: No concept, they’re just really records we liked, songs we wanted to play. MR: The material also, for the most part, isn’t about big hits, much of it being a little lower on everyone’s radar. AD: Well, we […]
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April 13, 2012
A Conversation with Trampled By Turtles’ Dave Simonett – HuffPost 4.13.12
Mike Ragogna: Dave, Trampled By Turtles has released quite a few albums up to this point — Songs from a Ghost Town, Blue Sky and the Devil, Trouble, Duluth, Palomino, and now Stars and Satellites. You’re classified as “bluegrass,” but the sound goes beyond that, and your songwriting has the depth of classic artists like Jackson Browne. What inspires the style […]
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April 10, 2012
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A Conversation with Devin – HuffPost 4.10.12
Mike Ragogna: Devin! Devin: Hello, how are you? MR: I’m fine, you? D: Swell. MR: Peachy. So what’s your deal? What is “Devin”? D: Devin is pretty straight rock ‘n’ roll. We have a high-energy set that we play. We’re brand new and we’re having the album out so we have a lot ahead of […]
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April 10, 2012
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A Conversation with Ed Sheeran – HuffPost 4.10.12
Mike Ragogna: Ed, you’ve got a new album, Plus. Plus? Ed Sheeran: You just said it…Plus. It’s ambiguous, you can think of it what you want. Everyone’s calls it Plus, but it’s just a symbol. MR: Ah, it’s +, okay. Now, it already features a few international hit songs, including “The A Team.” And that recording was a huge […]
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April 6, 2012
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A Conversation with Tommy Roe – HuffPost 4.6.12
Mike Ragogna: Hey, Tommy, what the story behind your song “It’s For You And Me” from your new album, tentatively titled Devil’s Soul Pile? Tommy Roe: I’ll tell you the story… I wrote this song for my wife. We’ve been married 30 years, and, of course, after you’ve been married 30 years, you have these spats […]
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April 6, 2012
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A Conversation with Donovan – HuffPost 4.6.12
Mike Ragogna: Hello there, Donovan, father of Ione Skye and Donovan Leitch. How are you sir? Donovan: How are you? Hello America! I’m fine, thank you. I’m sitting over here in California and that can’t be bad. MR: We’re sitting in Iowa and we’re having some nice, warm weather here. DL: There was a bit […]
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April 4, 2012
A Conversation with Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson – HuffPost 4.4.12
Mike Ragogna: Ian, how are you? Ian Anderson: Well, remarkably well, considering my advanced years and the state of mental degeneration that I was in earlier today when I was starting my couple hours rehearsal of learning the second half of side two of Thick As A Brick 1, if you can grasp all of that. […]
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