A naked Rainbath in Xanadu with the Queen
What 2022 taught me about unprecedented times "A million lights are dancing and there you are, a shooting star. An everlasting world and...
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Kristi Wooten
- Sep 10, 2022
Duran Duran sparkles in the Hollywood rain
Onstage during a tropical storm, the band lived up to its rock, punk and funk influences It's been a huge year for Duran Duran: The...
Kristi Wooten
- Jun 15, 2022
Your job doesn't define you. Your music does.
Kate Bush's triumphant chart return, the Prince Channel on Sirius XM, and Tears for Fears' bucket-list tour "Stars are like diamonds, we...
Kristi Wooten
- Jun 5, 2022
The New Era of Invisible Leadership
Humanoids, surviving the pandemic on Zoom, resolve after Buffalo and Uvalde, and a musical spring re-awakening "Better parted / I see...
Kristi Wooten
- May 28, 2022
It's time for a change, and we need to talk
Buffalo, Uvalde, Unity in America and Lightning Crashes "I can feel it coming back again / Like a rolling thunder chasing the wind /...
Kristi Wooten
- May 14, 2022
Specs and the City
Holy spaces on planes, SJP on Broadway, Rock Hall inductees, Jean-Michel Basquiat, The Jeffersons, Every Mother Counts, and a playlist...
Kristi Wooten
- May 1, 2022
The Algorithms Are Trolling Us
Naomi Judd and mental health, Trevor Noah, Cow Burps, Elbow, and Billie Eilish's Mushroom Nike drop. "The first step is to realize that...
Kristi Wooten
- Apr 24, 2022
As It Was: Childhood Remixed
Book banning, Bjork, Beatles, E.T., and the Drew Barrymore TikTok that sent me into a spiral. "In this world, it's just us / You know...
Kristi Wooten
- Apr 17, 2022
Welcome to Conversation Among the Ruins
"What ceremony of words can patch the havoc?" - Sylvia Plath What do poet Sylvia Plath, painter Giorgio de Chirico, and jazz pianist Joey...
Kristi Wooten
- Apr 17, 2022
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis stretch rock balladry to its limits at U.S. Tour Opener
In North Carolina, the Australian musicians counterbalanced scary headlines with songs both mournful and joyful News of the escalating...
Kristi Wooten
- Feb 26, 2022
The New Tears For Fears Album Is Right On Time
The Tipping Point offers introspection and gives hope to a hurting, mad world. By Kristi York Wooten Tears for Fears' music has addressed...
Kristi Wooten
- Dec 23, 2021
The Best Music Moments of 2021
As old songs provide comfort during a pandemic, are we approaching the end of the "new"? Music journalists take pride in...
Kristi Wooten
- Dec 30, 2019
The Must-See Willie Nelson Film You Missed in 2019
Writer and director Lian Lunson talks about working with the country legend on "Waiting for the Miracle to Come."
Kristi Wooten
- Oct 4, 2019
Mixing Keyboard Riffs and Famous Friends
Jon Regen's latest album Higher Ground bridges the digital gig economy, with a little help from fellow musicians.
Kristi Wooten
- Jul 19, 2019
Howard Jones is Transform-ing Summer
The singer's timeless affirmations and wall-to-wall synthesizers fit seamlessly into 2019.
Kristi Wooten
- Jul 18, 2019
Rethinking Hootie
Hootie & the Blowfish endured years of regionalist and racist condescension. Now, critics are reconsidering the South Carolina band's place
Kristi Wooten
- May 30, 2019
Paul McCartney is Coming Up
If Southern cities can be measured by the caliber of artists they attract, then Greenville, South Carolina is ready for this Beatle. For...
Kristi Wooten
- May 19, 2019
Rocketman is a Bodacious Romp, But Elton John Deserves More
Rocketman opened at the Cannes Film Festival this week: it’s a glorious song-and-dance extravaganza interspersed with fantasy and...
Kristi Wooten
- May 2, 2019
Rench Speaks Out About Lil Nas X
“‘The whole endeavor of trying to maintain some sort of genre purity or resist its evolution and mingling is a ridiculous notion.”...
Kristi Wooten
- Apr 5, 2019
HuDost Makes Music for the Sacred and the Profane
How the Kentucky duo is using social activism and interfaith messaging to forge a new path for independent rock on its latest album Of...
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