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America America: Conversations With BeBe Winans and Al Jarreau, Plus "Ask Renman"

Mike Ragogna | Posted 09.04.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Michael Jackson, Mavis Staples, Jay Graydon, Count Basie, The Wonder Stuff, Bruce Willis, Lee Holdridge, BeBe Winans, Sting, Bill Haley and the Comets, Hothouse Flowers, The The, Vince Mendoza, Stevie Wonder, Ella Fitzgerald, Cece Winans, Roger Murrah, The Manchurian Candidate, Keith Stegall, Stabbing Westward, Motown, Quincy Jones, Denzel Washington, The Staple Singers, Cybill Shepherd, The Color Purple, Billy Eckstine, Incubus, Lionel Richie, Patti Page, Primal Scream, USA for Africa, Chuck Berry, Oprah Winfrey, Al Jarreau, Dave Koz, The Winans, Brenda Lee, Herbie Hancock, Meryl Streep, Duke Ellington, Steve Rennie, Todd Gershwin, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, Little Richard, Nellie Lutcher, Sarah Vaughan, Smokey Robinson, Dramarama, Renman, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

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Tomorrow's Children: A Conversation With Pete Seeger, Plus Chatting With Bill Frisell

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: AP Carter, Eyvind Kang, ECM Records, Winston Churchill, Pete Seeger, Blind WIllie Johnson, Woody Guthrie, Paul Motian, Rudy Royston, Teddy Randazzo, Nikita Kruschev, The Weavers, Judy Collins, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bill Frisell, Dar Williams, Rutherford B Hayes, Franklyn Delanore Roosevelt, Stax Records, Benny Goodman, Elvis Costello, The Byrds, Theodor Roosevelt, Stephen Foster, Burt Bacharach, Genghis Khan, The Staple Singers, Fantasy Records, Kurt Vonnegut, David Bernz, Fantasy Studios, Pat Metheny, Fdr, Reuben James, Herbie Hancock, Terry Udell, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

After years of activism on behalf of the average Joe and Jane, this 91-year-old national treasure still swings a heavy hammer, and his thoughtful insights are presented here just in time for Labor Day.

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Praise & Blame: A Conversation With Tom Jones

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: The Staple Singers, Peter Gabriel, Island Records, Ethan Johns, Tom Jones, Prince, Mahalia Jackson, The Jordanaires, Dave Bronze, Bob Dylan, Karaoke, Jeremy Stacey, Elvis Presley, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

We took a lot of time picking the keys to get them in the right keys. We wanted to do some of the slower songs low because my voice over the years has become lower and richer.

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Dog Ears: New Year's Edition

The Everlasting Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 07.27.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: The Staple Singers, Polyphonic Spree, U2, Phil Ramone, Bobby Darin, Oscar Peterson, Danielle Evin, Music, Zukerman Chamber Players, Dog Ears, Entertainment News
The Everlasting Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin

Our New Year's edition brings you U2, Oscar Peterson, Polyphonic Spree, Bobby Darin, The Staple Singers, and Zuckerman's Chamber Players.

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