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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
Dec 30, 2019

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
Oct 3, 2018

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
Nov 20, 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
Oct 31, 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 30, 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 20, 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
Sep 8, 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
Aug 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
Jun 27, 2017


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
Dec 21, 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 5, 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
Oct 4, 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
Aug 27, 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
Apr 6, 2016


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
Jul 13, 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
Mar 30, 2015

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
Nov 18, 2014


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
Sep 30, 2013


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
Dec 9, 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...
Kristi Wooten
Apr 19, 2009
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