ALBERT HAMMOND LEGENDARY SINGER… PROLIFIC SONGWRITER…MUSICIAN AND RECORD PRODUCER RELEASING NEW ALBUM ENTITLED ‘BODY OF WORK’ ZOOM SPECIAL EVENT ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS!   Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Interviewing the Legends I’m your host Ray Shasho. Albert Hammond grew up in Gibraltar. In 1960, Albert left school, formed a band and began sending out recordings of his very first compositions to labels in England, where they were released by Parlophone Records....

DAN E. MOLDEA BEST-SELLING AUTHOR CHATS ABOUT THE NFL RIGGING FOOTBALL GAMES: AN INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS SPECIAL EDITION EXPOSE WITH YOUR HOST RAY SHASHO Hello and welcome to a special edition expose of Interviewing the Legends …I’m your host Ray Shasho.  Dan E. Moldea is a best-selling author and investigative journalist who has reported on organized crime and political corruption since 1974. He is the author of books about the rise and fall of Jimmy Hoffa, the contract killing of an...

‘CASSIDY PARIS’ AUSSIE ROCKER CHICK CHATS ABOUT HER DEBUT ALBUM ‘NEW SENSATION’ ZOOM SPECIAL EVENT ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS WITH RAY SHASHO!   Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Interviewing the Legends I’m your host Ray Shasho. Young Australian rocker, Cassidy Paris released her debut album, “New Sensation” on December 8th.  Cassidy has a very bright future ahead of her. Raised on classic hard rock and inspired by female rockers such as Lzzy Hale, Joan Jett, Pink, Pat...

MARIA COOPER JANIS ARTIST, AUTHOR, BIOGRAPHER, DAUGHTER OF SCREEN LEGEND GARY COOPER AND WIFE OF LEGENDARY AMERICAN CLASSICAL PIANIST BYRON JANIS: AN INTIMATE CHAT WITH MARIA AND BYRON. *Note: Mr. Janis battled through laryngitis and a nagging cough to take part in this interview. We all thank you for your perseverance and Indomitable Spirit. Hello and welcome to another edition of Interviewing the Legends I’m your host Ray Shasho. Maria Cooper Janis was born in Los Angeles, California...

AMERICAN PROG LEGENDS ‘HAPPY THE MAN’ RETURN WITH NEW SINGLE “ONLY LOVE” FROM FORTHCOMING NEW ALBUM: ZOOM EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH STANLEY WHITAKER…RON RIDDLE AND MICHAEL BECK ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS!   Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Interviewing the Legends I’m your host Ray Shasho. Before we bring in our guests, I just want to acknowledge that we recently lost a legendary singer/songwriter and musician who was also a good friend to the show, and we will miss her...

Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Interviewing the Legends I’m your host Ray Shasho. Hailing from Leeds, England, and now based in Los Angeles, California Julian Shah-Tayler, AKA The Singularity Music is a singer, songwriter and producer.  He has recorded over 400 pieces of music and worked with many artists such as Peter Murphy and David J of Bauhaus. Julian has been working closely with Depeche Mode’s “But Not Tonight” producer Robert Margouleff for his own project “The...

  AMERICAN PROG ROCK GROUP ‘ADVENT HORIZON’ TALK LATEST ALBUM ‘A CELL TO CALL HOME’ SPECIAL ZOOM EDITION WITH BAND MEMBERS RYLEE MCDONALD AND GRANT MATHESON ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS! Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Interviewing the Legends I’m your host Ray Shasho. Utah based prog rockers Advent Horizon are making waves in the progressive music world and beyond after the release of their album "A Cell To Call Home" Featuring guest performances from Jordan Rudess...

L.A. Alt-Rock Band Make Believe Friends Releases New Single “INTENTIONS” Along with Their New Album “MAKE BELIEVE FRIENDS” Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Interviewing the Legends I’m your host Ray Shasho. L.A. based Make Believe Friends dropped their latest single and new album on December 15, 2023.  The new single, “Intentions”, is an upbeat alt-rock style song featuring Mindy Milburn on lead vocals and music by guitarist/keyboardist Laura Espinoza and lyrics by Milburn...

SEAN TIMMS KEYBOARDIST AND SONGWRITER FOR AUSSIE PROGGERS UNITOPIA AND SOUTHERN EMPIRE WITH NEW LEAD SINGER SHAUN HOLTON ZOOM SPECIAL EVENT LIVE FROM AUSTRALIA! Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Interviewing the Legends I’m your host Ray Shasho. Southern Empire is one of Australia's most exciting progressive rock bands.  Formed by keyboardist Sean Timms after the disbanding of Unitopia, Southern Empire will astound the listener with intricate yet catchy songs, amazing...

AUSTRALIAN PROGRESSIVE ROCK GROUP CALIGULA’S HORSE RELEASING NEW ALBUM ‘CHARCOAL GRACE’ RAW ROCK POWER WITH EMOTIONAL DEPTH! SPECIAL LIVE EVENT WITH LEAD GUITARIST/SONGWRITER SAM VALLEN FROM AUSTRALIA!   Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Interviewing the Legends I’m your host Ray Shasho. Caligula’s Horse, hailing from Brisbane, Australia, are a leading light in contemporary progressive metal. Their colourful and emotional music, spanning influences as diverse as King...

LEGENDARY HEAVY METAL GROUP ‘SAXON’ RELEASING THEIR  24TH STUDIO ALBUM ‘HELL, FIRE AND DAMNATION’ ZOOM SPECIAL EVENT WITH ORIGINAL LEAD SINGER BIFF BYFORD! Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Interviewing the Legends I’m your host Ray Shasho. In almost their fifth decade of making music, and continuing the tradition that they helped create, Saxon are still a tour de force in heavy metal music. Saxon were the leaders of the new wave of British heavy metal (they had eight UK...

BRITISH PROG GROUP ZEELLEY MOON RELEASES NEW ALBUM ‘THE AUTHOR AND THE DREAMER’ SPECIAL EVENT WITH FOUNDING MEMBER AND BAND LEADER PAT MOLESWORTH ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS   Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of Interviewing the Legends I’m your host Ray Shasho. Zeelley Moon is the brainchild of singer-songwriter and keyboardist Patrick Molesworth, who is assisted by the Zeelley Moon Band. A British band formed in Buckinghamshire in 2006, headed by Pat Molesworth. The band...

Hello everyone and welcome to the 426th episode of Interviewing the Legends I’m your host Ray Shasho. Sonic Mojo is Foghat’s highly anticipated and long-awaited 17th studio album—their first in seven years--on the band’s label, Foghat Records, which is distributed by Select-O-Hits (part of the Sun Records family).  On Sonic Mojo founding member, drummer and leader of the pack Roger Earl is joined by stalwart guitarist, engineer, and co-producer Bryan Bassett (formerly with Wild Cherry and...

Ex-King Crimson Violinist David Cross Announces the Release of New Studio Album “Ice Blue, Silver Sky” OUT NOW! Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Interviewing the Legends I’m your host Ray Shasho. Initially inspired by Leadbelly, the Beatles, Bartok, Coltrane and his church organist father, David became an irrepressible improvisor and experimenter.  His subsequent immersion in rock music introduced him to a new, vast pool of expressive possibilities.  Currently, he plays a...

Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Interviewing the Legends I’m your host Ray Shasho. After a near decade-long recording process, Swedish progressive rockers, Moon Safari are set to make a comeback this winter with their 5th studio album Himlabacken Vol. 2. The album will be released on December 6th through Marquee Inc. in Japan and worldwide on December 8th. "It took us ten years, for a million different reasons. But we're not dead yet. We return with what we know is a worthy...

JOHN McCUTCHEON AND TOM PAXTON JOIN FORCES TO CREATE THEIR FIRST JOINT RECORDING TITLED ‘TOGETHER’ John McCutcheon and Tom Paxton have been pals for decades, but it was COVID and Zoom that turned them into a songwriting team. Every Monday at 2PM they’d tell jokes, reminisce about old friends, and, of course, talk lots of sports. What happens when two of folk music’s most beloved and prolific songwriters join forces?  Songs about history, the news, baseball, cowboys, America, love, the...

VINTAGE-FUTURISM STORYTELLER KELLY DECO RELEASES NEW LYRIC VIDEO, “CREATURE DREAMS” FROM HIS LATEST ALBUM CONSTELLATION PRODUCED BY FIVE-TIME GRAMMY WINNER VAL GARAY (LINDA RONSTADT, JAMES TAYLOR, KIM CARNES): SPECIAL EVENT ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS. Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Interviewing the Legends I’m your host Ray Shasho. Steeped in the magic and mystery of an artist’s life in the Hollywood movie machinery, vintage-futurism storyteller Kelly Deco moves through...

JOE BONAMASSA LONG-AWAITED NEW ALBUM HONORS 20 YEARS OF ICONIC BLUES MASTERY Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Interviewing the Legends I’m your host Ray Shasho. Blues-rock superstar Joe Bonamassa is one of the most celebrated performing musicians of today. Only in his mid-40s, Bonamassa has become a living legend with an astounding multi-genre catalog. He has released more than 40 albums, including studio and live recordings, as well as collaborative albums with his...

Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Interviewing the Legends I’m your host Ray Shasho. Born in Montreal, Andy Kim was inspired by the Beatles, Hank Williams, Frank Sinatra, Elvis, Buddy Holly, and Bob Dylan. He found fame in New York City at just 16 years old when he wrote How’d We Ever Get This Way? the first of nine Billboard Top 40 hits, including #1 songs Rock Me Gently and Sugar, Sugar, one of Billboard’s “Greatest Songs of All Time.” A true Canadian son, Andy has been...

AMERICAN PROG ROCK SUPERGROUP PATTERN-SEEKING ANIMALS RELEASE NEW ALBUM ‘SPOOKY ACTION AT A DISTANCE’ Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Interviewing the Legends I’m your host Ray Shasho. Since the release of their self-titled debut album in 2019, Los Angeles-based quartet Pattern-Seeking Animals have been one of the prog scene’s most prolific outfits. Formed from members of the influential group Spock’s Beard, Pattern-Seeking Animals (P-SA) has staked claim to its own...

Keyboardist and composer Rob Reed, known for his work with Magenta, Kompendium and Sanctuary solo albums, has once again joined forces for a new Cyan album titled Pictures From The Other Side. The second album from the resurrected project is due out on November 17th 2023. The new album contains 6 songs, including the epic 17-minute track ‘Nosferatu’. The CD is accompanied by a DVD with a full 5.1 surround mix of the album and a live acoustic performance of songs from the previous album For...

Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Interviewing the Legends I’m your host Ray Shasho. WORLD-FAMOUS GUITAR-MAKER PAUL REED SMITH AND HIS BAND EIGHTLOCK SET TO RELEASE NEW CD ENTITLED ‘LIONS ROARING IN QUICKSAND’ BIO: Paul Reed Smith is an internationally known guitar maker, musician and guitar player. Those facts are brilliantly evidenced on the debut album from his Eightlock band, Lions Roaring in Quicksand, which releases December 1st on Steele Records, distributed by...

Guitar Legend Juan Carlos Quintero Releases New Album “Desserts” As with all good meals, the sweets are the most memorable! It’s no wonder that guitar legend Juan Carlos Quintero’s critically acclaimed chart-topping 2022 release, “Table For Five,” segues so effortlessly to the sequel – the new album, “Desserts” … Quintero’s new album expands the music menu producing tasty treats while skillfully blending authentic grooves – originating from South American & Caribbean regions –...

PROGRESSIVE ROCK ARTIST DAVE KERZNER RELEASING ‘HEART LAND MINES VOLUME 1’ THE ALBUM IS YEARS IN THE MAKING! ZOOM SPECIAL EVENT ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS WITH RAY SHASHO   Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Interviewing the Legends I’m your host Ray Shasho. Dave Kerzner, known for co-founding the band Sound of Contact with Phil Collins’ son Simon and as the keyboardist of the band Arc of Life with members of Yes is releasing a new solo album entitled “Heart Land Mines...

‘HEAVENLY CREAM AN ACOUSTIC TRIBUTE TO CREAM’ FEATURING ALL-STAR CAST OF MUSICIANS: ZOOM SPECIAL EVENT WITH MALCOLM BRUCE SON OF CREAM LEGEND JACK BRUCE. Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Interviewing the Legends I’m your host Ray Shasho. “Heavenly Cream: An Acoustic Tribute to Cream” was recorded at Sensible Music and the legendary Abbey Road Studios in London. Years in the making, Quarto Valley Records’ executive Mike Carden initially approached Pete Brown, his long-time...