The Mike Wagner Show

The multi-talented Dublin-born singer/songwriter and author of “Road Tales” Dar Ra is back with “Cure For Jealousy” with a new album coming soon! Dar Ra is the owner of Kusha Deep Music with numerous followers on social media plus “Soul Hours”, “Blood & Treasure”, “No Time For Tears”, “Ballads For The Downtrodden”, “Serfs & Kings”, and “Rise Like the Sun” plus gives us plenty of updates in...

Legendary career singer/songwriter Mark Farner of Mark Farner’s American Band returns with “Closer To My Home” celebrating the 55th anniversary of the classic song “(I’m Your Captain) Closer To My Home” made famous by Grand Funk Railroad plus “Anymore”, “The Prisoner”, “Same Game”, “Façade”, the bonus track “Friends Forever” and more! Mark also gives us an update on the last release “From Chile wi...

San Diego filmmaker/videographer Ray Roman talks about his latest release “Concussed: The American Dream” as a documentary exploring the devastating impact of head trauma in the NFL focusing on the late Tyler Sash of the Super Bowl champion New York Giants and legendary Hall-of Fame NFL quarterback Brett Favre notably of The Green Bay Packers. Ray brought his own experiences playing football at Po...

San Francisco author/former Chief of Police Brian Brady talks about his latest release “Hiding in Plain Sight” opening at a school playground where a serial killer shadows a girl he wants to abduct, but when the body is discovered it’s a race against time as the SF Homicide is split into two squads before the killer strikes again! Brian served 40+ years in the security field with 4 police departme...

Acclaimed singer/songwriter from Dayton, OH Tim Tye of Midnight Sky (MTS Records) talks about his latest release “Last Hope For The Modern World” featuring the title track, “Long Way Back to Town”, “Every Now & Then”, “Way Out West” plus his previous releases “Dark Stretch of Road”, “A Few Good Years” and more! Tim spent 45+ years as a lawyer before returning to his musical career in ’09, bega...

California author/HS Science teacher & daughter of kind Christian parents Lani Lanchester talks about her latest release “Learning to Listen to Palestine: A Personal Quest” as a powerful narrative following her transformative journey from HS science teacher to impassioned advocate compelled by the tragic death of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, while peeling back the layers of political rhetoric...

Montana born/raised country singer/songwriter Doug Adkins talks about his latest release “A Cowboy’s Life” featuring “Second Hand Heart” plus “Waltz Across Montana”, “Whisky Salesman”. “Made in Montana”, “Cowboys of the Sky”, “Bismarck, North Dakota” and more! Doug began his career at a young age influenced by numerous country legends, toured extensively in the U.S & Europe including Germany,...

30+ year registered dietician/nutritionist/healthy-eating coach Kay Loughery talks about here latest release “A Happy Life at a Healthy Weight: Creating a Shame-Free Healthy Relationship with Food & Life” striving to teach readers how to live a happy life at a healthy weight providing the tools to remove roadblocks to weight loss success, plus what causes food-shame connection and how to heal!...

Denver-based poet/author/musician & spoken word artist Daniel Hayes talks about his latest “Butterfly with Bazookas” featuring “Ecstasy”, “Redemption”, “Wake Up”, “The Witch”, “Eat Fast”, “Bullet Train” and more! Daniel is also the author of the book “Cairns” featured on Amazon about the trail of discovery sharing vulnerable insights into how life cairns, curated by courage & curiosity inv...

Canadian/Australian singer/songwriter born/raised in small towns of New Brunswick Robert Ross (MTS Records) talks about his latest release “Better With Time” featuring “Drink ‘em Down”, “Momma’s Song” plus his previous release “It’s Never Too Late” featuring “Jack Daniels”, “Driving Me Insane”, “Golden Band” and more! Robert’s amazing career spans over a decade including 11/12 years of service in...

NYC performing singer/songwriter Lara Taubman born/raised in Roanoke, VA talks about her latest release “The Gospel of Getting Free” featuring the title track, “Home at Last”, “The Siren”, along with “Ol’ Kentucky Light”, “Blind Spot”, “Revelation” and more! Lara began her career at 8 and left ten years later due to personal trauma, lived in Montana and moved to NYC in ‘15, served as visual art cr...

Kansas City acclaimed singer/songwriter Bill Abernathy (MTS Records) is back with “Save Your Drama For your Momma” from the upcoming release “MORE”! Bill also talks about his previous releases including “Crossing Willow Creek”, “Goodbye Will Never Come Again”, “Cry Wolf”, “Who You Are Who Am I” and shares the stories behind the music plus his thoughts as a musician touching the lives of many peopl...

Award-winning author/professor Sabrina Strings talks about her latest release “The End of Love:, Sexism & The Death of Romance” blending historical research, personal stories & critic analysis of popular culture leading to the demise of romantic partnerships, emphasizing how racism & anti-feminist ideology has been the driving force! Sabrina is a professor & North Hall Chair of Bla...

The multi-talented singer/songwriter Dave Hamilton of The Happy Curmudgeons (Spectra Music Group) talks about the latest release “2nd Chances” featuring “Be Kind” and “Reluctant Prophets” along with the debut release of “Meant to Be”! Dave began his amazing career at 10 playing guitar and taking lessons at 12 later Minored in Music at Miami (Ohio) University, plus his encounters with Lou Reed, Nei...

15+ year Interior Designer of beautiful homes & offices Alejandra Brady talks about her latest release “I Just Can’t Make this Sh!t Up!” as a highly readable, engaging, and entertaining book that keeps you wondering what’s next and show everyone to experience true purpose, bliss, flow and awe the universe provides! Alejandra began her spiritual journey at 16 having her first visitation from so...

Philadelphia-born multi-talented sound designer/engineer Kennedy Phillips is back with “Clutch! A Kobold Story” celebrating the 4500th birthday of the Dragon Master who’s the benevolent Gougenvore the Crimson while the Daring Glaive and adventurers and heroes of Hearth plan to put a stop to the festivities plus a few dragon hearts while they’re at it! Kennedy is also an accomplished storyteller wi...

Multi-talented singer/songwriter/musician living in Paris Elliott Murphy talks about his latest release “Old Timer” celebrating 50 years on the road and at 75, he’s the “Last of the Rockstars”! Elliott began his amazing career as a troubadour-like odyssey in ’71, playing guitar at 12 and living in Paris for 30+ years as an ex-patriate New Yorker released over 35 albums while performing all over Eu...

Nashville-based traditional country singer/songwriter Lena Paige talks about her latest release “Civil War” (previously recorded by Ronnie Milsap) and her upcoming 2nd album “Singing in the Key of Country”! Lena began her amazing career at 15 writing songs with her mother and is a niece to guitar legend Merle Travis and cousin to guitar virtuoso Thom Brush, has numerous followers on Spotify, YouTu...

Canadian-born singer/songwriter based in Montreal Rachel Dara talks about her latest “The Next Big Invention” featuring the title track, “Go Home Johnny”, plus “Rich Love”, “18”, “Sunset Boy”, Noe’s Birthday Party”, “Young & Alone”, “Broken Friendships” and more! Rachel began her amazing career at 9 picking up a guitar and writing her own material, played onstage for Talent Nation and open mic...

The multi-talented John Hudak of Brickwall Jackson (Spectra Music Group) is back with “Big Orange Guitar” featuring “Porch Swings” and “Sons of Many Fathers” plus the title track, “Happy Ain’t Happy”, “Get Off My Lawn”, “Lovers Lullaby”, “When We’re Gone”, “Ol’ Scratch”, and “May You Remain”! John is a multi-talented singer, lead guitarist, vocalist and leader of the group hailing from Richmond, V...

LA based acclaimed jazz vocalist/community artist Patrisha Thomson talks about the “Imagine & Uplift” campaign featuring “Imagine a Better World”! Patrisha’s career spans decades promoting racial harmony, multi-generational understanding and social change through the arts, and began her amazing career listening to Count Basie’s “One O’Clock Jump” at 12, leads integrative arts classes while off...

New Zealand born/raised country singer/songwriter Don Allen (aka “The Don”) talks about his latest releases “Suzanne” and “Hold Your Head High”! Don talks about his upbringing on a dairy farm in New Zealand later venturing to the US and now in Queensland, Australia with numerous of musical influences while sharing stories about his amazing career of 40+ years plus talks about his other releases in...

40+ year Western PA veteran Kevin McCarthy talks about VZHM with “Garden Party”, “Love, Lust & Wreckage”, and the latest “Spaghetti Western”! Kevin is a veteran of the Western PA music scene spanning 40+ years as a performer, artist, music store owner playing blues, pop, jazz, rock and recognized as one of the top guitarists by the BSWPA! VZHM consists of John Vento, Bob Zigerelli, Cherylann H...

Canadian pop-rock singer/songwriter Michael Zuzek (MTS Records) talks about his latest release “Everest” featuring “The Man Who’s Never Been Found” plus “Graystone”, “All Comes Back”, “5000 Days”, “Scott’s Song”, “Sweet and Kind” and more! Michael has 17+ years experience on piano beginning at 5 taking piano lessons and is currently studying at Queen’s Univ. for Bachelor’s of Science (Honors) degr...

The amazing singer/songwriter from Oakland, CA Carrie Cleveland (told by her son Heston) talks about “The Rebirth of Carrie Cleveland” plus “High Beams” with Black Nova! Carrie has been a regular performer with “Looking Up”, “Love Will Set You Free”, “I Need Love”, “Take A Moment” at hotels and clubs in the SF Bay area in the 70’s and making a comeback after a 45-year hiatus, plus featured on “Gli...