WHATEVER I’M IN THE MOOD FOR by Lori Burns
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n 2016, Ragan Rae checked an essential item off the bucket list when she performed for the first time at the famous Bluebird Café in Nashville in front of a sold-out crowd. Since that night, Ragan has had the privilege to perform there more times, a stage that has hosted artists like Carrie Underwood, LeAnn Rimes, Garth Brooks and, other singer/songwriters who still “pop-up” there from time to time. At 23 years of age, Ragan, a native Tennessean, melds 10 | Good Fat Life
her sultry, Motown sounds giving listeners her genuine emotions, vulnerability, and a reality that we can all relate to. I sat down to talk about her music-making process, her influences, and things that are coming up for her. Ragan, Have you always wanted to be in the music business? Yeah, since I was six years old. My dad was always on the road with the artists and, I would go and see him,
and if it weren’t for him having that job, I would not be who I am or do what I am doing today because that so influenced me. If you could collaborate with any musician, who would it be and why? Who inspired you to make music? Other than my dad, I would have to say, Springsteen, James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, people like that because that is who my dad listened to.
