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Kristi Wooten

Aug 19, 2013

Dean Roland Finds a New Way to Shine

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Paul Weller and Rock History:
Apollo Landing

Kristi Wooten

Jul 31, 2013

Paul Weller and Rock History: Apollo Landing

In Harlem the roots of the rock ‘n’ roll family tree are 100 years strong. THE Apollo Theatre’s place in music history dates from 1914,...

Kristi Wooten

Jul 31, 2013

Paul Weller: Apollo Landing

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE ECONOMIST THE Apollo Theatre’s place in music history dates from 1914, when the building opened as a...

Kristi Wooten

Jul 15, 2013

You Can FIght AIDS With Alicia Keys

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST Guess what? The AIDS epidemic isn’t over. It’s true that numbers of overall AIDS deaths...

Kristi Wooten

May 20, 2013

George W. Bush Sent Me a YouTube Video!

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Unseen Photos of Rock Stars and Salvador Dali Revealed

Kristi Wooten

Mar 25, 2013

Unseen Photos of Rock Stars and Salvador Dali Revealed

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST When Spanish painter and photographer Martin Frias asks me who my favorite rock band is, I...

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...

Kristi Wooten

Oct 11, 2012

Glen Hansard: Once More

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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...

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 wih Madonna and Bowie

Kristi Wooten

Nov 21, 2011

Nile Rodgers: Hanging wih Madonna and Bowie

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE ECONOMIST CANCER isn’t cool. Nile Rodgers’s diagnosis in late 2010 proved especially baffling for him. A...

Nile Rodgers's Memoir: Inside "Le Freak"

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...

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...

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,...

Kristi Wooten

Jul 22, 2009

Do We Need A National Black Arts Festival?

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST Over the past month, I’ve been thinking a lot about Claude Monet. Partly because I live in...

Do We Need A National Black Arts Festival?

Kristi Wooten

Jul 22, 2009

Do We Need A National Black Arts Festival?

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST Over the past month, I’ve been thinking a lot about Claude Monet. Partly because I live in...

Kristi Wooten

Jun 3, 2009

The Sachs-Moyo-Easterly Aid Debate: An Activist's Perspective

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST In reading and participating in the exchange about aid to Africa (in particular, the one...

John Legend and Jeffrey Sachs: Philanthropy's New BFFs

Kristi Wooten

May 18, 2009

John Legend and Jeffrey Sachs: Philanthropy's New BFFs

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST The rooftop of the private Soho House in New York’s Meatpacking District is the perfect...

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...