Mike Ragogna: Hello, Mason. How are you? Mason Jennings: Hey, I’m good. Thanks for having me. MR: Your new album, Minnesota, is like your seventh album or something, right? MJ: Yeah, it’s my eighth. MR: (laughs) Exactly, this is like your eighth album, right? MJ: (laughs) Yeah, it was a record that I made in Minnesota […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: What kind of advice would you have for new artists? Mason Jennings: Not that I really have any advice, but I think one thing I’ve learned is that there really is no pot of gold out there other than that you get to play music. I think at the beginning, I thought, “If […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: Today I’m talking with the Julliard-at-nine, Mr. Harvard graduate with an honorary doctorate, and renowned international cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Yo, Yo-Yo. Yo-Yo Ma: Hello, Mike. I only have one regret. I don’t have a solar-powered cello. You have a solar-powered radio station, and that’s very, very cool. MR: (laughs) Thank you very, very […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: What advice would you give to new artists? Carl Thomas: I would say that before you go out and try to make someone else believe in what you’re doing, you’ve got to believe in it. If you don’t believe in it, everyone else will know. Trust me. They’ll see the emperor has no clothes […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: Carl, thanks for talking with us today. Carl Thomas: Thanks for having me, Mike. MR: What inspired you to record your new album, Conquer? CT: It really started as a conversation between me and my friends about what kind of album I wanted to do. From there, it just kind of took on its […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: What advice would you give to new artists? Charlie Mechling: I would just say keep trying to get your music out there. It’s easier now than it’s ever been to get your music out there to people. I think the more you get out and perform in front of people and get more […]
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