Mike Ragogna: Jimmy Cliff, I love you! Jimmy Cliff: Thank you! MR: (laughs) You have contributed to the culture in ways that some people, I think, are unaware of, and I want to get to that story. But first, for your new album Rebirth, you took a different approach. Can you describe it? JC: Absolutely. It’s […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: Hi Eleni, your new album is titled I Can See The Future. So what do you see? Eleni Mandell: Well, despite my melancholy exterior, I’ve always actually believed deep inside that everything would turn out okay. That song was sort of a message to myself that things would work out; I would fall in […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Jimmy Cliff: I think we all should recognize that we have something of ourselves, just like how our fingerprint is different from everyone else’s, we also have something different inside from everyone else. Try to recognize what that is and bring it out, and you’ll […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: What advice would you have for those who want to pursue this path? Eleni Mandell: The path of being a single mom or the path of being a musician? They’re actually very similar. You have to have unending determination. MR: Cool. Actually, it was a question about both, but what advice do you […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: Joe, do you have any advice that you’d care to share with new artists? Country Joe McDonald: Well, this is a strange era to be a songwriter, singer, and performer like I am because people look up to and admire people who perform other people’s music. But if this is what you want […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: Country Joe McDonald, how are you today? Country Joe McDonald: Doing well, Mike. Thank you. MR: Wonderful. Let’s just jump right in by talking about Woodyfest, which is the Woody Guthrie Folk Music Festival, where you’ll be performing. CJMcD: That’s right. MR: Now, this is for KNBO-New Bo Neighborhood Radio, which is a […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: Steve! Steve Vai: Hey, hey! MR: So you have a new album, The Story of Light. Is it really the story of light? SV: (laughs) Well, I guess it’s what I might perceive as a story of light. It’s actually this big part of a concept that started with my last record that slowly […]
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