Mike Ragogna: What is your advice to new artists? Joan Armatrading: It’s kind of tough and easy, all at the same time. Easy in that if you have a love for music, then do it just for the love of it; some people have a love for it, but don’t have that creativity. They’ll sometimes […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: Bill, this project started as your idea to put out a positive message using rap as its medium, and it took a couple of years to assemble. What initiated its creation? Bill Cosby: Here’s the deal. As I’m going around and making my callouts — talking to people in churches and community colleges […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: So, you’re performing with your family and friends for a charitable event tonight at The El Rey. What’s the purpose of the event? Donovan Leitch: It’s one more in a series for The David Lynch Foundation. David and I have been traveling the world these last few years presenting a program that’s working […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: What have you been up to since the release of your last album, Little Honey? Lucinda Williams: Well, we bought a house two years ago February, then the record came out, and we had to go right on the road. It’s been a crazy last couple years, very hectic. We’ve been touring pretty much […]
Continue reading[Note: During this interview with Lucinda Williams, she offered some insights into her creative process that might be useful for artists.] Mike Ragogna: What’s your creative process like? Lucinda Williams: A therapist told me one time, “Don’t worry about it, you’re working on a J-Curve.” That’s how I wrote all the songs for West, I ended […]
Continue readingFor most of the fifty years since she debuted at the Newport Folk Festival, Joan Baez has dedicated her life and music to fighting for equality and social justice, and for bringing about positive change in the world. On Wednesday, October 14, PBS stations nationwide celebrated her life, music, and activism in the American Mastersdocumentary How Sweet […]
Continue reading[Note: This is taken from my first interview with Julian Lennon, his discussing his starting up a music entity to accommodate new releases.] Mike Ragogna: Would you discuss how you started plotting theReveloution? Julian Lennon: Yes, I’d been speaking with the other founding members over six months to a year now. In fact, one of […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: Julian, this is like your twentieth interview of the day? Julian Lennon: (laughs) It’s been a looong day, but I’m fine. MR: Are you all talked-out yet? JL: No, this is partly the beginning of the onslaught. You know, it’s been a while since I’ve done any interviews so I haven’t quite condensed […]
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