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Annie Lennox, Olivia Wilde, Amy Brenneman and Others Join Voices for International Women’s Day

Kristi Wooten

Mar 10, 2013

Annie Lennox, Olivia Wilde, Amy Brenneman and Others Join Voices for International Women’s Day

Sustenance Group worked in tandem with EQUALS, PASTE Magazine, The Huffington Post and Half the Sky Movement to promote International...

Kristi Wooten

Nov 27, 2012

Jeff Lynne Recordings: Sonic Sparkle

IN THE opening sequence of the documentary “Mr Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne and ELO”, Mr Lynne, a British musician, saunters through...

Jeff Lynne’s Sonic Sparkle | THE ECONOMIST | By Kristi York Wooten

Kristi Wooten

Oct 22, 2012

Jeff Lynne’s Sonic Sparkle | THE ECONOMIST | By Kristi York Wooten

FROM THE ECONOMIST: “Re-recording the old songs had little to do with money and everything to do with technology,” claims Jeff Lynne. “It...

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...

Glen Hansard’s Irish Folk Music on Broadway: “Once” More, With Feeling | THE ECONO

Kristi Wooten

Oct 11, 2012

Glen Hansard’s Irish Folk Music on Broadway: “Once” More, With Feeling | THE ECONO

FROM THE ECONOMIST: “It’s ‘Once’ being on Broadway that has afforded me some luxuries, not being in a band,” Hansard says. “It affords me...

Ghost Brothers of Darkland County: Stephen King and John Mellencamp Make Terrifying Music | THE WALL

Kristi Wooten

May 9, 2012

Ghost Brothers of Darkland County: Stephen King and John Mellencamp Make Terrifying Music | THE WALL

FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: The idea for “Ghost Brothers” began in Mellencamp’s territory of “Small Town” Indiana, where the “Pink...

Why Eddie Vedder’s Singing for Maternal Health on New Starbucks Charity CD | THE HUFFINGTON PO

Kristi Wooten

May 1, 2012

Why Eddie Vedder’s Singing for Maternal Health on New Starbucks Charity CD | THE HUFFINGTON PO

Improving Maternal Healthcare, One Song at a Time May 1, 2012 FROM THE HUFFINGTON POST | by Kristi York Wooten and Christy Turlington...

Stephen King and John Mellencamp Make Terrifying Music Together

Kristi Wooten

Apr 7, 2012

Stephen King and John Mellencamp Make Terrifying Music Together

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Southern Gothic once referred exclusively to scribes and literature from the land of...

Nile Rodgers: Hanging out with Madonna and David Bowie | THE ECONOMIST | By Kristi York Wooten

Kristi Wooten

Nov 21, 2011

Nile Rodgers: Hanging out with Madonna and David Bowie | THE ECONOMIST | By Kristi York Wooten

There are plenty of juicy celebrity anecdotes, including hanging out with David Bowie, rows with Motown Records, and clubbing with...

Paul McCartney's Ballet: Ocean's Kingdom

Kristi Wooten

Sep 29, 2011

Paul McCartney's Ballet: Ocean's Kingdom

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE ECONOMIST PAUL MCCARTNEY is one of the most important figures of 20th-century music. Therein lies the...

Paul McCartney's Classical Music and
Sir Paul, the Sun King

Kristi Wooten

Sep 29, 2011

Paul McCartney's Classical Music and Sir Paul, the Sun King

PAUL MCCARTNEY is one of the most important figures of 20th-century music. Therein lies the dilemma. Can the 69-year-old former Beatle...

Tastemakers Top 20: Our Favorite Songs of 2010

Kristi Wooten

Feb 12, 2011

Tastemakers Top 20: Our Favorite Songs of 2010

Just in time for the Grammy Awards on February 13, here’s a list of 2010’s best songs. I asked one of my favorite bands (who, by the way,...

Kristi Wooten

Sep 20, 2010

How Michael Franti Found the Sun

Michael Franti sings with children in East Timor. Photo Courtesy of CARE. © Josh Estey/CARE Welcome! If you weren’t directed here from...

The Stage and Screens Where It’s Just Me and Keane: My Convo with Tim Rice-Oxley

Kristi Wooten

Jul 19, 2010

The Stage and Screens Where It’s Just Me and Keane: My Convo with Tim Rice-Oxley

Hey Tim! I’m extremely sad that Keane isn’t coming to Atlanta on this tour. Tim Rice Oxley: We haven’t been there in awhile now. We would...

Kristi Wooten

Jul 13, 2010

Rob Sheffield talks Duran Duran

Below is part of my interview with Rolling Stone columnist Rob Sheffield about his new book, Talking to Girls About Duran Duran. The...

Live Aid at 25: Remembering The Concert That Changed My Life

Kristi Wooten

Jul 13, 2010

Live Aid at 25: Remembering The Concert That Changed My Life

Below, my favorite performances of the day. They’re not all musically great, but the memory is perfect. Comment below and let me know...

Kristi Wooten

Jun 22, 2010

Cyndi, Cyndi, Cyndi

Kristi Wooten

Jun 21, 2010

Drake vs. Hanson vs. NYPD!

Kristi Wooten

Jun 17, 2010

Summer things: 10 songs I dig right now.

“Something Good Can Work” by Two Door Cinema Club “Voice in the Chorus” by Hanson “Saturday Sun” by Crowded House “Long White Dress” by...

Kristi Wooten

Jun 16, 2010

Harry, Harry

Here’s my Harry Connick story in the AJC: