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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...

Meet Tinted Windows: Rock's Newest Supergroup?

Kristi Wooten

Apr 19, 2009

Meet Tinted Windows: Rock's Newest Supergroup?

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR NEWSWEEK Onstage at a Tulsa, Okla., nightclub in March, hometown singer Taylor Hanson shimmies to the beat of a...

Kristi Wooten

Apr 15, 2009

Summer’s just around the corner

I enjoyed interviewing Goldenvoice guru and Coachella founder Paul Tollett for this Newsweek piece about summer festivals. and, once...

Kristi Wooten

Apr 14, 2009

The Rise of Summer Music Festivals

This weekend, California’s Coachella Music and Arts Festival kicks off the summer music festival season with some of the biggest names in...

Johnny come lately: Razorlight’s struggle for US success continues (as do my attempts to inter

Kristi Wooten

Mar 18, 2009

Johnny come lately: Razorlight’s struggle for US success continues (as do my attempts to inter

First of all, let me say that Razorlight is, hands down, one of my favorite bands of the past five years. I love Johnny Borrell‘s voice –...

Cut to the Chase: Adele Has a Hollywood Dream to Fulfill and a Grammy Curse to Avoid

Kristi Wooten

Mar 18, 2009

Cut to the Chase: Adele Has a Hollywood Dream to Fulfill and a Grammy Curse to Avoid

Photo from Adele.tv story by Kristi York Wooten Parked in her new tour bus outside a popular theater in Atlanta, Adele curls up on a...

Adele Cuts to the Chase | PURE POP FOR NOW PEOPLE | By Kristi York Wooten

Kristi Wooten

Mar 17, 2009

Adele Cuts to the Chase | PURE POP FOR NOW PEOPLE | By Kristi York Wooten

Cut to the Chase: Adele Has a Hollywood Dream to Fulfill and a Grammy Curse to Avoid (VIDEO) March 17, 2009 Parked in her new tour bus...

Kristi Wooten

Mar 10, 2009

A Powerful Noise NYC

What a great week last week supporting my friends in New York City for the one-night-only A Powerful Noise Live! event to benefit CARE....

Kristi Wooten

Dec 1, 2008

Best Songs of 2008

This was a crazy and very tough year. When I first sat down to do this list, I thought I wouldn’t have as much to say as I did in 2007....

Kristi Wooten

Sep 10, 2008

FACE VALUE

Check out my Newsweek story on the return of the 1990s supermodel!

Fall Fashion 2009: Return of the 1990s Supermodel

Kristi Wooten

Sep 9, 2008

Fall Fashion 2009: Return of the 1990s Supermodel

The fashion industry wants everything skinny—except, of course, its magazines. While thin models sashay under the tents at New York’s...

In Lean Economic Times, 1990s Supermodels Come to the Rescue | NEWSWEEK | By Kristi York Wooten

Kristi Wooten

Sep 7, 2008

In Lean Economic Times, 1990s Supermodels Come to the Rescue | NEWSWEEK | By Kristi York Wooten

“Today, I saw a Prada ad with Linda in it, and I said, ‘Is that Linda? That’s amazing!'” Isaac Mizrahi says. “I don’t think [Italian...

The Business of Fashion: A Return of the '90s Supermodel

Kristi Wooten

Sep 7, 2008

The Business of Fashion: A Return of the '90s Supermodel

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR NEWSWEEK The fashion industry wants everything skinny—except, of course, its magazines. While thin models...

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...

The Happy Mellencampers: John Mellencamp and Campaign Music

Kristi Wooten

Aug 1, 2008

The Happy Mellencampers: John Mellencamp and Campaign Music

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John Mellencamp Tackles Race, Politics On New Album

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...

John Mellencamp Tackles Race, Politics in New Album

Kristi Wooten

Jul 22, 2008

John Mellencamp Tackles Race, Politics in New Album

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR NEWSWEEK Just because he’s riffed his way into our collective consciousness with no-frills all-American rock...

Jakob Dylan Talks About His First Solo Album

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

Jun 3, 2008

Jakob Dylan Talks About His First Solo Album

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR NEWSWEEK Jakob Dylan says he knows what reviewers will write about his first solo recording, the Rick...

Aimee Mann's New Album: Less Serious, But Still Smart

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!”...