Category Archives for "Entertainment Interviews"
February 3, 2012
A Conversation with Richard Thompson – HuffPost 2.3.12
Mike Ragogna: Richard, how are you? Richard Thompson: Doing well, Mike. MR: Richard, your new DVD, The Richard Thompson Band – Live At The Celtic Connections, is based on your album, Dream Attic, a collection of live performances that you did here in the US. I think this is a first, basing a live DVD on a […]
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February 1, 2012
A Conversation with Scorpions’ Klaus Meine – HuffPost 2.1.12
Mike Ragogna: Klaus, the latest Scorpions album, Comeblack, is supposed to be the band’s last project. Really? Klaus Meine: This is really our last album. I mean, what can I say? We announced that the last album we did was our last then went back into the studio last summer because our farewell tour was such […]
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February 1, 2012
A Conversation with Adam Arcuragi – HuffPost 2.1.12
Mike Ragogna: Your music has been described as “Death Gospel.” What do you think that means and is it the right description? Adam Arcuragi: I think it is an appropriate label. Death Gospel is anything that sees the inevitability of death as a reason to celebrate all the special wonder that is being alive and […]
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January 30, 2012
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A Conversation with Richard Marx – HuffPost 1.30.12
Mike Ragogna: Richard, last year, you released a Christmas EP, but what else have you been up to recently? Richard Marx: The Christmas EP obviously came out around Christmas time, so I was working on that for a few months prior. All in all it was pretty painless. It was just an EP, so it […]
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January 27, 2012
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A Conversation with Stuart Duncan of The Goat Rodeo – HuffPost 1.27.12
Mike Ragogna: Hey, Stuart Duncan of The Goat Rodeo, how are you? Stuart Duncan: Doing great, Mike. How are you? MR: Doing very well, sir. OK, getting right into The Goat Rodeo Sessions album, can you tell give us a little insight into one of its songs, perhaps, “Where’s My Bow?” SD: That song started as a […]
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January 27, 2012
A Conversation with Chuck Prophet – HuffPost 1.27.12
Mike Ragogna: Hi Chuck. What was your plan approaching your new album Temple Beautiful? Chuck Prophet: I knew I wanted to make a rock ‘n’ roll record, a guitar record, and then somehow, I got the idea of digging into the local lore of San Francisco, which is endless. I was writing with my friend Kurt, […]
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January 25, 2012
Chatting with Martin Guitar’s Fred Greene, Vice President Manufacturing and GM Custom Shop – HuffPost 1.25.12
Mike Ragogna: Can you go into your new John Mayer Signature Guitar? What is it about this guitar that separates it from all others? Fred Greene: There were many “firsts” involved in the construction of the John Mayer 00-45SC Limited Edition. We used Cocobolo wood, which we have not done before for the 00-body size. […]
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January 23, 2012
A Conversation with Four Year Strong’s Alan Day – HuffPost 1.23.12
Mike Ragogna: Alan, I would describe Four Year Strong’s sound as power-punk-pop…what do you think? Alan Day: Yeah, that’s pretty accurate. MR: And maybe a little bit indie? AD: Yeah, there may be a little bit of that mixed in there. MR: Four Year Strong’s In Some Way Shape Or Form is the band’s fourth album. How […]
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