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Kristi Wooten
Jan 24, 2014
Angélique Kidjo's Memoir: About a Girl
ANGELIQUE KIDJO’S childhood in Benin was a whirl of different languages and cultural influences. Hers was a family that spoke French, Fon...
Kristi Wooten
Jan 14, 2014
Rosanne Cash and Southern Music: The Fabric of Her Life
FOR her latest muse, Rosanne Cash returns to the familiar world of the American South, where the ghosts of William Faulkner and Robert...
Kristi Wooten
Oct 30, 2013
Diane Birch Sheds Her Rebellious Past
It’s been nearly four years since Diane Birch performed her quirky hit “Valentino” on Ellen and mom bloggers went berserk for her debut...
Kristi Wooten
Oct 23, 2013
Elvis Costello and The Roots: Digital Duet
ELVIS COSTELLO, a British singer-songwriter, is known for his rock rants and intricate ballads. He has recorded with dozens of artists in...
Kristi Wooten
Oct 11, 2012
Irish Folk Music: Once More
AT A music hall in Atlanta, a few hundred glowing iPhones bob to the rhythm of a strumming guitar. Glen Hansard, an Irish singer, is on...
Kristi Wooten
Nov 21, 2011
Nile Rodgers's Memoir: Inside "Le Freak"
CANCER isn’t cool. Nile Rodgers’s diagnosis in late 2010 proved especially baffling for him. A 59-year-old music producer, he was putting...
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,...
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...
Kristi Wooten
Aug 1, 2008
John Mellecamp and Campaign Music
By now, John Mellencamp is used to hearing his songs on the Election 2008 soundtrack. McCain, Clinton and Edwards all used his patriotic...
Kristi Wooten
Jul 22, 2008
John Mellencamp Tackles Race, Politics On New Album
Just because he’s riffed his way into our collective consciousness with no-frills all-American rock songs doesn’t mean John Mellencamp...
Kristi Wooten
Jun 3, 2008
Jakob Dylan Talks About His First Solo Album
Jakob Dylan says he knows what reviewers will write about his first solo recording, the Rick Rubin-produced “Seeing Things,” which goes...
Kristi Wooten
May 6, 2008
Aimee Mann's New Album: Less Serious, But Still Smart
If you’re annoyed by those relentlessly happy people who put smiley faces in e-mails, Aimee Mann’s new album is for you: “@#%&! Smilers!”...
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