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."
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Kristi Wooten
- Oct 3, 2018
Jim Kerr Talks About Simple Minds' Hot New Tour and Top-5 Album
Simple Minds’ latest album, Walk Between Worlds, pierced the Top 5 on the Official U.K. Album Charts earlier this year, and the band is...
Kristi Wooten
- Nov 20, 2017
Premiere: Watch Tom Chaplin Sing The Pretenders’ Holiday Classic, “2000 Miles.”
As Thanksgiving turkeys fill the dining table and twinkling lights hang from every lamppost, Tom Chaplin’s Twelve Tales of Christmas...
Kristi Wooten
- Oct 31, 2017
Halloween Special: PVRIS’s Lynn Gunn on Finding Light in the Darkness
PVRIS is an esoteric band whose latest release, All We Know of Heaven, All We Need of Hell, makes a timely addition to your autumn...
Kristi Wooten
- Sep 30, 2017
Neil Finn’s Quiet Masterpiece
Neil Finn’s latest solo album, Out of Silence, offers us the gift of catharsis in a season of unpredictable politics and societal...
Kristi Wooten
- Sep 20, 2017
Mark Ruffalo's Environmental Superheroes
MARK RUFFALO is making the most out of his time in metro Atlanta, both on and off movie sets. While filming his roles as Bruce Banner and...
Kristi Wooten
- Sep 8, 2017
Mike Scott on Love Affairs, Disco, and The Waterboys’ Groovy New Album
In July, I caught up with musician Mike Scott in the basement of an ivy-covered Georgian townhome in Dublin to talk about The Waterboys’...
Kristi Wooten
- Aug 27, 2017
Pop music is rejecting the piano. Why?
The instrument’s warm tone is increasingly rare in an industry driven by computer-generated sounds. A SEARCH for the sound of acoustic...
Kristi Wooten
- Jun 27, 2017
Is Beth Ditto the New Stevie Nicks?
Beth Ditto has always been ready for her close-up, but now the fashion-forward singer is ready for a brighter spotlight, too. After years...
Kristi Wooten
- Dec 21, 2016
The Curious Comforts of “In the Bleak Midwinter”
FEW Christmas songs temper the joy and light of the festive season with the dark realities of modern life. Most “wish it could be...
Kristi Wooten
- Oct 5, 2016
Maxwell reimagines a Kate Bush song
The protest songs of the 1960s were anthems for freedom and peace. In 2016, Maxwell's cover of "This Women's Work" continues the tradition.
Kristi Wooten
- Oct 4, 2016
Global Citizen Festival: Bands and Prime Ministers
The annual Global Citizen Festival encourages people to sign petitions and write to world leaders rather than swipe a credit card. Before...
Kristi Wooten
- Aug 27, 2016
Why We Love the Dulcimer-Playing Dad, His Raccoon and Tears for Fears
On Wednesday, August 24, 2016 Ted Yoder set up a dulcimer in his Goshen, Indiana backyard and turned on Facebook Live, while his wife and...
Kristi Wooten
- Apr 6, 2016
Exclusive: How Nile Rodgers and Duran Duran Helped Each Other Win
Thirty years ago, no one might have predicted that Nile Rodgers would be on the road with Duran Duran in 2016. Yet, this spring the...
Kristi Wooten
- Jul 13, 2015
The Legacy of Live Aid, 30 Years Later
On July 13, 1985, Africa became a brand. The image of a starving Ethiopian girl named Birhan Woldu flickered across TV screens as Paul...
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...
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...
Kristi Wooten
- Sep 30, 2013
When Little Richard Met Cee Lo
Last night in Atlanta, Little Richard joined Cee Lo Green onstage for a Recording Academy fundraiser, where the topics ranged from MC...
Kristi Wooten
- Dec 9, 2009
Will Howard Zinn Get Broad Acclaim With New Films?
For Howard Zinn, some things never change. Backstage at the Atlanta Film Festival, after screening his new documentary, The People Speak,...
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...
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