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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...

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 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...

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...

Kristi Wooten

Mar 8, 2011

Jimmy Carter: Worm Slayer

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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,...

Jimmy Carter, Worm Slayer | THE HUFFINGTON POST | By Kristi York Wooten

Kristi Wooten

Feb 9, 2011

Jimmy Carter, Worm Slayer | THE HUFFINGTON POST | By Kristi York Wooten

FROM THE HUFFINGTON POST: “The main lesson I’ve learned in the whole process [of Guinea Worm eradication] is that we underestimate the...

Kristi Wooten

Dec 16, 2010

Jeff Bridges is a Dude & Codger

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Jeff Bridges: Dude, Codger, Humanitarian | THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION | By Kristi York Wooten

Kristi Wooten

Dec 16, 2010

Jeff Bridges: Dude, Codger, Humanitarian | THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION | By Kristi York Wooten

December 16, 2010 Jeff Bridges: Dude, codger, humanitarian Directors Joel and Ethan Coen sure know how to make audiences appreciate a...

Kristi Wooten

Nov 27, 2010

Catching up

I just realized while checking out the stats for this blog that some of you are actually visiting this site regularly and by golly, I...

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...

Kristi Wooten

Aug 23, 2010

Emma Thompson Meets Margaret Mitchell

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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...