A Conversation with The Beach Boys’ Al Jardine – HuffPost 8.27.10

Mike Ragogna: So, you’re sending A Postcard From California. Al Jardine: Indeed. This is my little message to the world. It’s a postcard, as it says in the title, and it has a lot of stories about the beautiful coastal environment of California. All of the songs relate to cities along that little highway there called […]

The Beach Boys’ Al Jardine – HuffPost 8.27.10

Mike Ragogna: “California Saga” has, personally, always been one of my favorites. I love Surf’s Up and on because I grew up in the singer-songwriter era, and all those somewhat later records really touched me in a different kind of way than the early records. The early records were more fun and functional, you know? […]

Mike Ragogna’s 2.0 – 20100826 – Paul McCartney’s Guitarist Brian Ray

Mike Ragogna’s 2.0 – 20100826 – Creed’s Scott Stapp & Mark Tremonti

Hailing from Tallahassee, Florida, Creed became popular in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The band disbanded in 2004 after three multi-platinum albums, selling 26 million records in the United States   and an estimated 35 million records worldwide. The original members of Creed reunited in 2009 for a tour and a new album called […]

Tegan and Sara – HuffPost 8.26.10

Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Tegan Quin: When we started playing music, our mom kept saying “go to the University and have a back up plan,” and we probably should have done that but we didn’t. I’m glad we didn’t because I think what we had going for us is […]

A Conversation with Tegan and Sara – HuffPost 8.26.10

Mike Ragogna: What’s up in the world of Tegan and Sara? Tegan Quin: Currently, we are on our tour until the end of September. Closer to home, we are working on a DVD and just released a vinyl box set. We released a music video and are sort of constantly writing and have these little […]

A Conversation with Hayley Taylor – HuffPost 8.26.10

Mike Ragogna: Your new album is titled One Foot In Front Of The Other. Can you tell us about it? Hayley Taylor: Sure, I started making it about three years ago. I didn’t know if I was going to make an EP or a record at first. In the beginning, I wasn’t working with a label, […]

Hayley Taylor – HuffPost 8.26.10

[Note: This is n excerpt of my interview with Haley Taylor that contains information that might be useful for new artists.] Mike Ragogna: There are a lot of singer-songwriters out there. How do you–especially when you have an independent album–cut through the din? Haley Taylor: I think the first thing is really having passion for […]