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How 1980s Atlanta Became the Backdrop for the Future

Kristi Wooten

Mar 30, 2015

How 1980s Atlanta Became the Backdrop for the Future

Downtown Atlanta contains very little brick and mortar. A westward view of the city’s skyline—the same image used in the opening credits...

Portmandia: Atlanta Architecture in the Movies

Kristi Wooten

Mar 30, 2015

Portmandia: Atlanta Architecture in the Movies

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE ATLANTIC The Southern capital has set the scene for dystopian thrillers such as Divergent and The Walking...

Noel Gallagher on Guitar Solos, Cowbells and Dirty Underwear

Kristi Wooten

Feb 27, 2015

Noel Gallagher on Guitar Solos, Cowbells and Dirty Underwear

PASTE MAGAZINE Twenty years ago this spring, Oasis holed up in a recording studio in Wales to create the defining album of the Britpop...

What Eva Longoria Learned in the Barrios of Cartagena

Kristi Wooten

Feb 2, 2015

What Eva Longoria Learned in the Barrios of Cartagena

Eva Longoria says some of her earliest childhood memories are of accompanying her family to volunteer at the Special Olympics in her...

10 Inspiring Life Lessons From My Conversations With Jane Goodall

Kristi Wooten

Jan 1, 2015

10 Inspiring Life Lessons From My Conversations With Jane Goodall

THE HUFFINGTON POST One doesn’t need an encyclopedic knowledge of science to hang with Jane Goodall; instead, a dose of curiosity will...

The Best Albums of 2014: Here's What They Have in Common

Kristi Wooten

Dec 3, 2014

The Best Albums of 2014: Here's What They Have in Common

For the past few years, my year-end music column has focused almost exclusively on lists of singles, from which I’ve tried my darndest to...

Star of The Good Lie Has a Holiday Message of Hope (and a Hot New Song With Nile Rodgers)

Kristi Wooten

Dec 2, 2014

Star of The Good Lie Has a Holiday Message of Hope (and a Hot New Song With Nile Rodgers)

Emmanuel Jal’s story is an inspiring personal journey of survival: During the second Sudanese civil war in the 1980s, his mother was...

Walking Dead’s Danai Gurira Vs. Boko Haram

Kristi Wooten

Nov 30, 2014

Walking Dead’s Danai Gurira Vs. Boko Haram

Actress, activist and African American: Danai Gurira believes in the power of using her voice to amplify African storytellers. The set of...

Original Recipe: Midge Ure and "Do They Know It's Christmas"

Kristi Wooten

Nov 19, 2014

Original Recipe: Midge Ure and "Do They Know It's Christmas"

THE ECONOMIST THREE decades before One Direction, Ellie Goulding and others added their voices and carefully mussed-up hair to “Do They...

The Original Recipe for "Do They Know It's Christmas?"

Kristi Wooten

Nov 18, 2014

The Original Recipe for "Do They Know It's Christmas?"

One of the driving forces behind the original Band Aid recording looks back 30 years. THREE decades before One Direction, Ellie Goulding...

This Infographic Explains How America Feels About Spandau Ballet

Kristi Wooten

Nov 13, 2014

This Infographic Explains How America Feels About Spandau Ballet

A new documentary called Soul Boys of the Western World follows the British band Spandau Ballet from its New Romantic beginnings in...

Kristi Wooten

Oct 21, 2014

Annie Lennox's Nostalgia: Timeless Soul

“NOSTALGIA”, the latest album from Annie Lennox, the British singer-songwriter, recalls an era of smoky clubs and street-corner swing....

Kristi Wooten

Oct 21, 2014

Annie Lennox's Timeless Soul

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE ECONOMIST “NOSTALGIA”, the latest album from Annie Lennox, the British singer-songwriter, recalls an era of...

Kristi Wooten

Oct 21, 2014

The Life Cycle According to James

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR PURE POP “So this is it, our life on earth, we’re made of stars, we’re made of dirt,” Tim Booth sings in “Walk...

Branford Marsalis and the Echoes of Grace Cathedral

Kristi Wooten

Oct 20, 2014

Branford Marsalis and the Echoes of Grace Cathedral

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN The latest album from saxophonist Branford Marsalis finds him playing at one of our country’s most beautiful...

Kristi Wooten

Oct 20, 2014

Will Super Fans Save Music?

Not too long ago, I had an interesting phone call with Benji Rogers, the president and founder of PledgeMusic. We geeked out about...

Kristi Wooten

Oct 6, 2014

An Impossible Life Made Possible

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Kristi Wooten

Sep 23, 2014

Watch Highlights from the Climate March in NYC

On Sunday, September 21, hundreds of thousands of people gathered on Eighth Avenue in New York City to raise their voices in unison to...

Ebola Crisis: Idris Elba Goes Viral to Fight the Virus

Kristi Wooten

Sep 23, 2014

Ebola Crisis: Idris Elba Goes Viral to Fight the Virus

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST Amidst United Nations activities in New York this week, global health experts, NGOs and...

Kristi Wooten

Sep 10, 2014

Howard Jones: Orange is the New Black

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST When Howard Jones asked his fans on Facebook to wear orange to his performances this...