A Conversation with Joe Bonamassa
Mike Ragogna: Joe, how and what are you doing, man?
Joe Bonamassa: I'm doing fine. I'm actually here doing my debut on David Letterman, sitting in with the band. It's a real honor. We're in New York and we're...
(4) Comments | Posted May 23, 2012 | 12:00 AM
Mike Ragogna: Joe, how are you?
Joe Walsh: Hello, Mike. I'm good, thanks.
MR: So your new album, Analog Man, is your first in 20 years. Twenty years?
JW: Well, two things happened. The...
(1) Comments | Posted May 21, 2012 | 12:00 AM
Mike Ragogna: Lisa, you have a new album, Storm & Grace, and you approached this one very differently than your others, especially by working on it with T-Bone Burnett. Can you tell us the history of how...
(3) Comments | Posted May 18, 2012 | 11:04 AM
A Conversation With Jon McLaughlin
Mike Ragogna: Jon, your new album Promising Promises is basically a reworking of Forever If Ever, right?
Jon McLaughlin: I made Forever If Ever last summer, 2011. I was actually in between labels at the time so I made...
(2) Comments | Posted May 16, 2012 | 12:01 AM
A Conversation With Sonny Landreth
Mike Ragogna: Sonny, your new album is called Elemental Journey, as in, "Gonna take an elemental journey," kicking off with "Gaia Tribe," as in "diatribe." Nice.
Sonny Landreth: You know, actually, those are two good perspectives because you want...
(4) Comments | Posted May 14, 2012 | 12:00 AM
GIL EVANS CENTENNIAL PERFORMANCE BY SON MILES EVANS
Performing at the Highline Ballroom in Manhattan, The Gil Evans Orchestra -- led by Gil's son Miles Evans -- will conclude a week of Gil Evans Centennial Celebrations on...
(4) Comments | Posted May 11, 2012 | 10:18 AM
HuffPost Video Premiere: Robert Schwartzman - "Second Chances"
Robert Schwartzman's new video for "Second Chances,"--a featured song on his recently released solo album Double Capricorn--is premiering on The Huffington Post. Schwartzman has fronted the alternative pop group Rooney for the past decade, and this video was directed by childhood friend,...
(1) Comments | Posted May 10, 2012 | 12:14 PM
Joe Jonas teams up with Pepsi's "Live For Now" global campaign to help inspire fans around the world to live in the moment. Check out the following interview with Joe on how it will work...
photo by Don Bowers / courtesy of Getty
(1) Comments | Posted May 9, 2012 | 9:10 AM
A Conversation With New Music Seminar Exec and Tommy Boy Founder Tom Silverman
Mike Ragogna: How are you doing, Tom?
Tom Silverman: I'm doing fantastic! A little crazy, but fantastic.
MR: Is it fantastic because of what's on this year's New Music Seminar slate?
...(2) Comments | Posted May 7, 2012 | 12:06 AM
A Conversation With Norah Jones
Mike Ragogna: Hi Norah, you good?
Norah Jones: I'm good! How are you?
MR: I'm fine, thanks. Norah, your new album is titled Little Broken Hearts, and it seems to be a bit...
(6) Comments | Posted May 4, 2012 | 10:53 AM
A Conversation With Jon Anderson
Mike Ragogna: Jon, there's so much to talk about, but let's start with the film The Highest Pass that you've contributed a couple of songs for -- the title track, "The Highest Pass," and "Waking Up." The...
(4) Comments | Posted May 2, 2012 | 12:45 PM
A Conversation With Greg Laswell
Mike Ragogna: Greg, what was the creative process like for your new album Landline?
Greg Laswell: Well this one was a little bit of a struggle, actually. I'm in a better place now than I...
(1) Comments | Posted April 30, 2012 | 6:45 PM
This video exclusive features blues-rock guitarist and singer-songwriter Joe Bonamassa, who is showing up on "best guitarist" lists everywhere. His DVD Live from the Royal Albert Hall and Beacon Theatre debuted at number 3 on Billboard's DVD chart, and his new album, also titled Driving Towards the Daylight, will be...
(3) Comments | Posted April 30, 2012 | 12:17 AM
Kevin Rudolf -- Ferraris & Helicopters Part 1
"Hey man, I grew up in New York City," said Kevin Rudolf whose new EKP is an exclusive for The Huffington Post. "I could be on the subway standing next to the Mayor and I wouldn't know it. New York is about...
(2) Comments | Posted April 27, 2012 | 11:23 AM
A Conversation With Haley Reinhart
Mike Ragogna: Hello, Haley! Let's jump right into this. Listen Up! your new album, is on 19 Records and Interscope?
Haley Reinhart: Yes, 19, and Interscope Records, you got it!
MR: Your track...
(1) Comments | Posted April 25, 2012 | 10:37 AM
IT'S KINDIEFEST!
This weekend brings the 4th annual Kindiefest conference. Every year, the family music community descends upon Brooklyn for industry members, musicians, kids' promotion and media professionals and talent buyers to learn, grow and play together addressing all aspects of this corner of...
(1) Comments | Posted April 23, 2012 | 12:00 AM
LATIN BOOGALOO: JOHNNY COLON, DJ TURMIX AND SPANGLISH FLY
Latin boogaloo, the infectious musical style blending soul, rhythm & blues and Latin grooves that was born in NYC's Spanish Harlem in the 1960s is undergoing a major resurgence in NYC and elsewhere thanks to...
(6) Comments | Posted April 20, 2012 | 10:40 AM
A Conversation with Jason Mraz
Mike Ragogna: How are you doing, Jason?
Jason Mraz: I'm good, Mike!
MR: Nice. Your new album is called Love Is a Four Letter Word, and it does seem that every song on this project has something to do...
(11) Comments | Posted April 19, 2012 | 1:31 PM
A Conversation With Hot Water Music
Mike Ragogna: Your last official last album, The New What Next, was released in 2004, and your single "The Fire, The Steel, The Tread" came out last August. What else has been going on over the...
(4) Comments | Posted April 18, 2012 | 9:22 AM
...BUT FIRST, A RANDOM EAGLE SIGHTING
After 40 years, the Eagles are touring in countries in which they never previously performed. Last year was mainland China and this year, it's the Middle East and South Africa. Here's proof...
(2) Comments | Posted May 25, 2012 | 12:07 AM