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Gonna Take An Elemental Journey: A Conversation With Sonny Landreth, Plus Getting To Know J.D. Shelburne

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.16.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Charlie Patton, Mississippi John Hurt, J.D. Shelburne, Robert Greenidge, Joe Satriani, Clint Davis, Robert Johnson, Fred McDowell, John Hiatt, Sonny Landreth, Jimmy Buffett, Sam Broussard, The Ventures, Dave Ranson, Eric Johnson, Taj Mahal, Chet Atkins, Mariusz Smolij, Video, Steve Conn, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Use the internet, spread the word, word of mouth. But in the long run, that's what it all comes down to, you have to play live. You never know who's going to be in that audience who knows somebody else, who knows somebody else, and one thing leads to another. You have to open up to that.

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Thirty Years Of Sublime Rock 'n' Roll: A Conversation With Marshall Crenshaw, Plus Chatting With Petra Haden, Cory Mon and Wes Kirkpatrick

Mike Ragogna | Posted 06.11.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Michael Jackson, Losers Take All, Whit Smith, The Eagles, Ira Kaplan, The Bulgarian Female Vocal Choir, Hot Club of Cow Town, Rich Kienzle, Robert Crenshaw, Rachmaninoff, Chad Weiss, The Milo Twins, Marshall Crenshaw, Cheap Trick, The Byrds, Albert Einstein, David Byrne, Keith Jarrett, Bug Music, Alan Betrock, John C. Reilly, Ronnie Spector, The Stooges, Jaron Lanier, Cibo Matto, Sean Lennon, If by Yes, The Move, Bach, La Bamba, Pat Metheny, Charlie Haden, Sam Phillips, Tom Wolfe, Stefan Sagmeister, Yuko Araki, Nick Lowe, Debussy, Hirotaka Shimizu, Richard Goddard, Robert Gordon, Owen Paul, Nilsson, Phil Spector, Jake Riviera, Beatlemania, Miles Davis, Aretha Franklin, The Beatles, Bo Diddley, Petra Haden, The Louvin Brothers, Yo La Tengo, Bill Frisell, Cory Mon, Guitar Hero, Erik Satie, David Richman, Karen Berg, Steve Reich, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Yoko Ono, Cory Mon & the Starlight Gospel, The Foo Fighters, You Are Not a Gadget, Empire Records, Razor & Tie, Buck Owens, Danny Tamberelli, Nickelodeon, Gin Blossoms, The Ventures, Rock Band, Marti Jones, The Adventures of Pete & Pete, Graham Maby, City Winery, Wes Kirkpatrick, Keigo, Cornelius, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Back in 1981, Marshall Crenshaw's single "Something's Gonna Happen" was released on Shake Records, initiating his string of critically acclaimed classic albums and 45s. Now Marshall, celebrating 30 years of music-making, sits down to talk.

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Dog Days of Summer Playlist: Volume 2

The Everlasting Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Eric Clapton, Ian Hunter, Declan O'Rourke, Lupe Fiasco & Jill Scott, The B-52's, Prince, Squeeze, Salt-N-Pepa, Iron & Wine, Benji Hughes, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Smashing Pumpkins, Music, Ali Farka Touré & Ry Cooder, N.W.A, Fleet Foxes, Julie Doiron, Fleetwood Mac, Empire of the Sun, David Bowie, A Tribe Called Quest, Billy Idol, Muse, Martha Wainwright, Mary J. Blige, Elmer Bernstein, Danielle Evin, Bob Dylan, Big Mama Thornton, Lykke Li, Andrew Bird, Golden Earring, mp3s, Diana Ross, Emmylou Harris, The Ventures, Artie Shaw, Skip James, Gillian Welch, Richard Swift, Frank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey, Phil Ramone, Nina Simone, Pink Floyd, Alice Coltrane, Diana Krall, Jeff Buckley, Seals & Crofts, Pixies, James Taylor, Dog Ears, The Wallflowers, Entertainment News
The Everlasting Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin

This week's column features music by the B-52's, The Smashing Pumpkins, Nina Simone, Jeff Buckley, The Wallflowers and Pink Floyd.

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