Mike Ragogna: Hi Earl. Earl Klugh: Hi, how are you doing? MR: I’m well, and you, sir? EK: Great. MR: Earl, many feel you are one of the smoothest jazz guitarists of the 20th and 21st centuries. EK: (laughs) That tells the story–long time. MR: (laughs) But your first solo album only goes back to […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Mike Reno: It’s quite simple. Find a person or a group of people that you really enjoy being around and like to work with, and concentrate on your songwriting and practice your craft. If you’re a player of some sort, keep playing all the time, […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: Hey Mike, it used to be everybody was “Working For The Weekend.” Now, everybody is working on the weekend. Mike Reno: Yeah, when we wrote the song, we wrote it, “Everybody’s working for the weekend,” but now it appears that everybody is working on the weekend. You’re absolutely right, Mike. MR: One of the joys of the […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: Alright, Lelia Broussard and Ewan Currie of The Sheepdogs, you’re the finalists in a contest sponsored by Garnier Fructis where the winner gets a contract with Atlantic Records and the cover of Rolling Stone. Recently, you appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. How did it go? Lelia Broussard: Well, we got there and they […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: Now, I know that you both are fairly fresh acts, but do you have any advice for new artists? Ewan Currie: I would say listen to as much music as possible. Lelia Broussard: I agree completely. I would say, even though is seems like an obvious answer, to practice constantly–never put your instrument […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: I know I’ve asked you this question before, but I’m going to ask it again because it’s always a lovely answer. My question to you is, what advice do you have for new artists, right now? Herbie Hancock: This is a transitional stage in the music business–the whole business of music, with record […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: Herbie, you’re doing the European jazz festival circuit this year paying tribute to Miles Davis, right? Herbie Hancock: Yes, we’re playing the Montreaux Jazz Festival, the North Sea Jazz Festival, and several others. MR: And you’re mainly going to be doing this with your pals, Wayne Shorter and Marcus Miller? HH: Right, exactly. […]
Continue readingInfluential bass player and Chick Corea’s musical partner, Stanley Clarke speaks with Mike about his music, career, and recent album, “Forever.
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