Mike Ragogna: Hi Alexa. Alexa Ray Joel: Hello. MR: Your first album is going to come out soon, right? ARJ: Hopefully, yes. I’m such a perfectionist that I am not going to let anything get released unless I feel really great about every song and every song is where it needs to be. So, hopefully, […]
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Continue readingMike Ragogna interviews singer/songwriter Jason Mraz, who lives in a solar-powered house. MR: What are you up to these days? JM: Actually, before we talk about me, I want to acknowledge you for running the first, and what I perceive to be the only solar-powered radio station in the Midwest. That reminds me of when […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: Hey Josh, how are you? Josh Groban: Hi Michael, how are you? MR: I’m pretty good, Josh. You have a beautiful new album, Illuminations. JG: Well, it’s out November 15th, and I’m extremely proud of it–it’s been a long time in the making. MR: You recorded it with legendary producer, Rick Rubin. Can you […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: Josh, do you have any advice for new artists? Josh Groban: It sounds cliché, but today’s music business is such that it’s becoming so quick–I know that there’s been BS in the industry for quite some time, but it seems like the “yes” men are expanding in today’s music world. I think it’s […]
Continue readingMike Ragona interviews Bill Mumy from Lost in Space & Babylon 5.
Continue readingMike Ragogna speaks with Jett Williams who talks about her daddy, Pulitzer Prize-winning country music icon Hank Williams, and his new Time-Life box set The Complete Mother’s Best Recordings…Plus! Joining Mike is MUM adjunct faculty member and KRUU general manager James Moore with his Radio Broadcasting class MC330, who also ask questions as part of […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: How are you, Jett? Jett Williams: I’m doing fantastic. MR: Nice. I heard you were in New York recently promoting a certain box set. JW: Exactly, the enthusiasm for the Mother’s Best radio shows that my father did back in ’51 was absolutely awesome. One of the things that impressed me was the appreciation from an […]
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