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The Must-See Willie Nelson Film You Missed in 2019

Kristi Wooten

Dec 30, 2019

The Must-See Willie Nelson Film You Missed in 2019

Writer and director Lian Lunson talks about working with the country legend on "Waiting for the Miracle to Come."

Jim Kerr Talks About Simple Minds' Hot New Tour and Top-5 Album

Kristi Wooten

Oct 3, 2018

Jim Kerr Talks About Simple Minds' Hot New Tour and Top-5 Album

Simple Minds’ latest album, Walk Between Worlds, pierced the Top 5 on the Official U.K. Album Charts earlier this year, and the band is...

Premiere: Watch Tom Chaplin Sing The Pretenders’ Holiday Classic, “2000 Miles.”

Kristi Wooten

Nov 20, 2017

Premiere: Watch Tom Chaplin Sing The Pretenders’ Holiday Classic, “2000 Miles.”

As Thanksgiving turkeys fill the dining table and twinkling lights hang from every lamppost, Tom Chaplin’s Twelve Tales of Christmas...

Halloween Special: PVRIS’s Lynn Gunn on Finding Light in the Darkness

Kristi Wooten

Oct 31, 2017

Halloween Special: PVRIS’s Lynn Gunn on Finding Light in the Darkness

PVRIS is an esoteric band whose latest release, All We Know of Heaven, All We Need of Hell, makes a timely addition to your autumn...

Kristi Wooten

Sep 30, 2017

Neil Finn’s Quiet Masterpiece

Neil Finn’s latest solo album, Out of Silence, offers us the gift of catharsis in a season of unpredictable politics and societal...

Mark Ruffalo's Environmental Superheroes

Kristi Wooten

Sep 20, 2017

Mark Ruffalo's Environmental Superheroes

MARK RUFFALO is making the most out of his time in metro Atlanta, both on and off movie sets. While filming his roles as Bruce Banner and...

Mike Scott on Love Affairs, Disco, and The Waterboys’ Groovy New Album

Kristi Wooten

Sep 8, 2017

Mike Scott on Love Affairs, Disco, and The Waterboys’ Groovy New Album

In July, I caught up with musician Mike Scott in the basement of an ivy-covered Georgian townhome in Dublin to talk about The Waterboys’...

Kristi Wooten

Aug 27, 2017

Pop music is rejecting the piano. Why?

The instrument’s warm tone is increasingly rare in an industry driven by computer-generated sounds. A SEARCH for the sound of acoustic...

Kristi Wooten

Jun 27, 2017

Is Beth Ditto the New Stevie Nicks?

Beth Ditto has always been ready for her close-up, but now the fashion-forward singer is ready for a brighter spotlight, too. After years...

The Curious Comforts of “In the Bleak Midwinter”

Kristi Wooten

Dec 21, 2016

The Curious Comforts of “In the Bleak Midwinter”

FEW Christmas songs temper the joy and light of the festive season with the dark realities of modern life. Most “wish it could be...

Kristi Wooten

Oct 5, 2016

Maxwell reimagines a Kate Bush song

The protest songs of the 1960s were anthems for freedom and peace. In 2016, Maxwell's cover of "This Women's Work" continues the tradition.

Global Citizen Festival: Bands and Prime Ministers

Kristi Wooten

Oct 4, 2016

Global Citizen Festival: Bands and Prime Ministers

The annual Global Citizen Festival encourages people to sign petitions and write to world leaders rather than swipe a credit card. Before...

Why We Love the Dulcimer-Playing Dad, His Raccoon and Tears for Fears

Kristi Wooten

Aug 27, 2016

Why We Love the Dulcimer-Playing Dad, His Raccoon and Tears for Fears

On Wednesday, August 24, 2016 Ted Yoder set up a dulcimer in his Goshen, Indiana backyard and turned on Facebook Live, while his wife and...

Exclusive: How Nile Rodgers and Duran Duran Helped Each Other Win

Kristi Wooten

Apr 6, 2016

Exclusive: How Nile Rodgers and Duran Duran Helped Each Other Win

Thirty years ago, no one might have predicted that Nile Rodgers would be on the road with Duran Duran in 2016. Yet, this spring the...

Kristi Wooten

Jul 13, 2015

The Legacy of Live Aid, 30 Years Later

On July 13, 1985, Africa became a brand. The image of a starving Ethiopian girl named Birhan Woldu flickered across TV screens as Paul...

How 1980s Atlanta Became the Backdrop for the Future

Kristi Wooten

Mar 30, 2015

How 1980s Atlanta Became the Backdrop for the Future

Downtown Atlanta contains very little brick and mortar. A westward view of the city’s skyline—the same image used in the opening credits...

The Original Recipe for "Do They Know It's Christmas?"

Kristi Wooten

Nov 18, 2014

The Original Recipe for "Do They Know It's Christmas?"

One of the driving forces behind the original Band Aid recording looks back 30 years. THREE decades before One Direction, Ellie Goulding...

Kristi Wooten

Sep 30, 2013

When Little Richard Met Cee Lo

Last night in Atlanta, Little Richard joined Cee Lo Green onstage for a Recording Academy fundraiser, where the topics ranged from MC...

Will Howard Zinn Get Broad Acclaim With New Films?

Kristi Wooten

Dec 9, 2009

Will Howard Zinn Get Broad Acclaim With New Films?

For Howard Zinn, some things never change. Backstage at the Atlanta Film Festival, after screening his new documentary, The People Speak,...

Meet Tinted Windows, the Newest Rock Supergroup

Kristi Wooten

Apr 19, 2009

Meet Tinted Windows, the Newest Rock Supergroup

Onstage at a Tulsa, Okla., nightclub in March, hometown singer Taylor Hanson shimmies to the beat of a dozen catchy rave-ups. Dressed in...