Kristi WootenJun 29, 2016Keytars, Tesla Girls and the Toilet Song: How Barenaked Ladies Won the Summer#2016 #BarenakedLadies #HowardJones #omd
Kristi WootenJun 11, 2016The Perfect Album for Your Midlife CrisisWith his new recording, Fever Dream, Ben Watt captures the pleasure and pain of a Gen-Xer caught between two fires – his youth and the...
Kristi WootenMay 27, 2016The Monkees Kick Off Fun 50th Anniversary Tour Down SouthFive decades after their TV debut, The Monkees are on the road with a multimedia tour featuring footage from the 1966 television series....
Kristi WootenMay 1, 2016What Happened When Jimmy Carter and Bono Went to the Disco?Jimmy Carter, Bono and Nile Rodgers made for a surprising trio of revelers at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom last Friday night. On the...
Kristi WootenMar 10, 2016Simon Le Bon: Why Duran Duran Never ComplainsOnly Duran Duran can get away with a seven-minute title track that offers electro grooves, hand-waving harmonies, and upbeat lyrics about...
Kristi WootenJan 4, 2016Why We're Still Watching That Video of Aretha Franklin at the Kennedy CenterBy now, I’m sure you’ve seen the viral video of the Queen of Soul singing for the Obamas and songwriter Carole King at the Kennedy Center...
Kristi WootenDec 20, 2015The Best Albums of 2015: Did Your Favorite Make the List?This year, traditional songwriting went head-to-head with algorithm-based formulas, leaving our brains confused about what makes a good...
Kristi WootenDec 8, 2015The Endless Dance: Spending My Birthday With Spandau BalletA woman checks my ID at ATL TSA and hands me my driver’s license. “Make it a good one,” she says. I walk to T Gates and fill my water...
Kristi WootenDec 4, 2015Can Miley Cyrus Educate Millennials About the Fight Against AIDS?At Carnegie Hall this past Tuesday night, Miley Cyrus joined U2’s Bono and The Edge, Hozier and Jessie J for a World AIDS Day event...
Kristi WootenSep 23, 2015Ready and Worthy: Glen Hansard on Love, Money and Why Artists Should Never Give UpEvery great songwriter has a “bird on the shoulder” moment now and then. Glen Hansard says the melody of the lead track from his new...
Kristi WootenAug 27, 2015U2's Age Against the MachineBY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE ECONOMIST Many of today’s top touring artists, including Taylor Swift, One Direction, the Rolling Stones,...
Kristi WootenJun 11, 2015Why We Love Brian Wilson's Melodies (and Matzo Ball Soup)After seeing the new movie, Love & Mercy, we’ll never hear The Beach Boys’ “God Only Knows” the same way again. During a scene in which...
Kristi WootenDec 3, 2014The Best Albums of 2014: Here's What They Have in CommonFor 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...
Kristi WootenDec 2, 2014Star 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...
Kristi WootenNov 13, 2014This Infographic Explains How America Feels About Spandau BalletA new documentary called Soul Boys of the Western World follows the British band Spandau Ballet from its New Romantic beginnings in...
Kristi WootenOct 20, 2014Will 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 WootenJun 15, 2014World Party on Tour: Long Live Rainbows and RevolutionsBY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST Karl Wallinger is sitting on the running board of his tour van and smoking a cigarette. He...
Kristi WootenJan 12, 2014Rock Hall of Famers Honor Gregg AllmanBY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR ROLLING STONE Rock and Roll Hall of Famers joined current and former members of the Allman Brothers Band for a...
Kristi WootenSep 30, 2013Little Richard Confesses to Cee Lo About Heart AttackBY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR ROLLING STONE Last night in Atlanta, Little Richard joined Cee Lo Green onstage for a Recording Academy...
Kristi WootenJul 31, 2013Paul Weller: Apollo LandingBY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE ECONOMIST THE Apollo Theatre’s place in music history dates from 1914, when the building opened as a...