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Analog Man: A Conversation With Joe Walsh

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Jeff Lynne, Elo, The Eagles, Ringo Starr, James Gang, Electric Light Orchestra, Joe Walsh, Analog Man, Joe Walsh Interview, Joe Walsh Analog Man, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

"Holy smokes! The last time I made a record, it was on recording tape, and we had knobs, and now there's a mouse, so it's all new technology I've had to learn."

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One More Once: A Listen Back at the Records That Made 2010 More Bearable

Tony Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Elmore James, John Petkovic, Tom Jones, Roxy Music, Kanye West, William Shatner, Elo, Jon Auer, Brendan Benson, Sweet Apple, The Soundcarriers, Queen, J Mascis, The Reigning Sound, The Posies, Big Star, The Beatles, The Who, Xtc, Cheap Trick, The Zombies, Coco Hames, Queens of the Stone Age, Jack White, Dinosaur Jr, The Ettes, Nirvana, Paul McCartney, Billie Joe Shaver, Led Zeppelin, Allison Mosshart, Bob Dylan, Jason Falkner, The White Stripes, The Parting Gifts, John Lee Hooker, John Lennon, Ken Stringfellow, Susan Werner, Duke Ellington, Cobra Verde, Dan Auerbach, Air, The Dead Weather, The Hollies, The Kills, Greg Cartwright, The Black Keys, Jimi Hendrix, R.E.M., New Pornographers, Cee-Lo Green, Stereolab, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

As a cranky, sleep-deprived new parent in the throes of box sets by hipsters, I declared (on Twitter, no less) that there was absolutely no need for me to hear Kanye's latest magnum opus. Until I heard a track on YouTube.

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Triple Threat Friday: Conversations with BoDeans, Bleu and The Chapin Sisters

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tom Jones, Five for Fighting, Linda Ronstadt, The Mamas and the Papas, Elo, Keith Olbermann, Glen Campbell, Harry Chapin, Dolly Parton, The Beatles, John Mayer, Rooney, Lily Chapin, Abigail Chapin, Wes Craven, The BoDeans, The Thorns, The Electric Light Orchestra, The Brill Building, Disney, Party of Five, Hank Williams, The Rolling Stones, Kurt Neumann, Simon & Garfunkel, Depeche Mode, Paul McCartney, WHY Hunger, Led Zeppelin, Mary Travers, Taylor Locke, Jessica Craven, Train, All in the Family, Tom CHapin, Emmylou Harris, Time of Your Life, The Jeffersons, Sam Llanas, John Adams, Glenn Beck, Cashman & West, American Idol, Def Leppard, Bruce Springsteen, Bleu, Statistics, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Kurt Neumann and Sam Llanas of BoDeans talk their new album, the band's early days, and why their six-year break was a dark period.

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HuffPost Exclusive: Elizabeth & The Catapult's "You And Me," Plus Conversations with T-Bone Burnett, Next BIG Nashville's Jason Wilkins, and Author Jay Frank

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jim Keltner, Jimmy Reed, Mike Disfarmer, Son Volt, Jay Frank, An Inconvenient Truth, Arcade Fire, Jeff Bridges, Howlin' Wolf, Haley Williams, The Punch Brothers, Uncle Skeleton, Elvis Costello, Solar Power, Be Your Own Pet, Cmt, The Apache Relay, Trisha Yearwood, T-Bone Burnett, Ralph Stanley, Paramore, Waiting for Superman, New Kids on the Block, Elvis Presley, Sonic Youth, Sam Phillips, Jeff Lynne, Leonard Cohen, Taylor Swift, Gillian Welch, U2, Elizabeth & the Catapult, Duke Ellington, Madi Diaz, Charlie Wilson's War, Jim James, Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Black Keys, Brad Paisley, Ann Wilson, Britney Spears, Grant Lee Buffalo, John Mellencamp, The Informant, Crazy Heart, Miles Davis, John Hiatt, Mariah Carey, Heart, Elton John, Leon Russell, The Cove, Scott Borchetta, The Big Lebowski, E.L.O., Nancy Wilson, Bob Dylan, Backstreet Boys, Jim Wilkins, The Jayhawks, Gregg Allman, John Lee Hooker, Steve Wariner, Rob Stanley, Kings of Leon, Lady GaGa, O' Brother Where Art Thou?, Itunes, Bruce Springsteen, Nysync, Kruu, Kindercastle, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

2010-09-29-elizabeththecatapult.jpg Basically, The Other Side Of Zero -- the new album by Elizabeth & The Catapult -- is a commentary on the parallels of Elizabeth Ziman's New York City life and Leonard Cohen's inability to achieve Buddhist ideals.

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Americanarama: Conversations with Dave Barnes and Mark Olson

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mark Olson, Beka Callaway, Elo, Victoria Williams, Son Volt, Jolie Holland, Paul Simon, Jonny Lang, Electric Light Orchestra, Billy Joel, Norm Rogers, Marc Perlman, Devandra Banhart, The Williams Brothers, All My Children, Earth Wind and Fire, Gary Louris, Chaka Khan, Fleetwood Mac, Josh Rouse, Twin Tone, Thad Cockrell, Vashti Bunyan, Roots Music, Jack White, The Creekdippers, Morgan Freeman, Americana, Hanson, Waffle House, Ingunn Ringvold, Wilco, Uncle Tupelo, Dave Barnes, Razor & Tie, The Jayhawks, The Silver Seas, American Records, Entertainment News, Joni Mitchell, Idol Gives Back, Taylor Hanson, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

A Conversation With Dave Barnes Mike Ragogna: Hey Dave. Dave Barnes: (singing) I believe the children are our future. MR: (laughs) Speaking of ch...

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HuffPost Reviews: Supernatural and Matthew Clay, Plus a Conversation with Coheed and Cambria's Claudio Sanchez, and Steve Mosto's Video Premiere

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 90210, Elo, Coheed and Cambria, Heroes, Bob Fosse, Bobby Singer, GI Joe, One Tree Hill, Jared Padalecki, Dave Gibbons, Gossip Girl, 24, Dean Winchester, Claudio Sanchez, Castiel, Misha Collins, Jim Beaver, Alan Moore, Amory Wars, Jensen Ackles, Farscape, Matthew Clay, Lost, Nilsson, The Outer LImits, Star Wars, The X-Files, The Vampire Diaries, Sam WInchester, The Preacher, Queen, The Beatles, V, Shabütie, The Omen, The Excorcist, Smallville, Ray Bradbury, Watchmen, Supernatural, Steve Dillon, Panic at the Disco, Rosebud, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

In its finale, Supernatural delivered not only one of the finest hours of network television of 2010, but it also supplied one of the most intellectually and satisfying closures any sci-fi or horror series ever broadcast.

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Interview: Visqueen's Rachel Flotard Sends a Powerful Message

Michael Bialas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Emerald City, Laos, Message to Garcia, Neko Case, Kim Warnick, George Flotard, Rock, Ben Hooker, Jon Rauhouse, Cnn, Seattle, New Jersey, The New Pornographers, Tom Cummings, Cheap Trick, Cristina Bautista, Rachel Flotard, Power Pop, Underground, Elo, Kstw, Nodepression, Entertainment News
Michael Bialas

Rachel Flotard, the do-it-all frontwoman for power-popping, Seattle-based Visqueen is planning a fundraiser, promoting a record, running her own label, preparing for a trip to Southeast Asia in December and hustling to book a major tour for 2010.

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