Petula Clark’s New Songs Offer Good Advice for 2018
Petula Clark’s 1964 song, “Downtown,” burnished modern urban life into a smash hit. In 2017, she’s back at age 85 with new music and lots...
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Kristi Wooten
- Dec 6, 2017
What Happens When We Let Data Decide the Best Music of 2017?
For my 2017 list of the Top 50 Best Songs and Top 20 Best Albums, I let my stats on Spotify, YouTube, and Shazam–plus my vinyl...
Kristi Wooten
- Dec 3, 2017
What No One Else Will Tell You About the New U2 Album
When music critics focus on confirming or denying the band’s place in music history, they miss the real story of Songs of Experience. I...
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 3, 2017
Watch Dua Lipa Jump into Crowd of Atlanta Fans
Summer’s over and the leaves are falling, but we’ll always have memories of the music festival season to get us through fall and winter....
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 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
- 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
- Jun 16, 2017
Here’s How The Edge Celebrates Les Paul’s Birthday
Guitarist Les Paul would have turned 102 this year. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee died in 2009, but his legacy lives on through...
Kristi Wooten
- Jan 15, 2017
Keane's Tom Chaplin Talks Drama, Drugs and Dreams
Releasing an album no longer guarantees success in an industry where platinum-selling singers face the same pressures as fledgling...
Kristi Wooten
- Dec 26, 2016
Why George Michael’s Music Will Always Make Us Feel Like Teenagers
George Michael was only 53 years old when he left us, but for Generation X, his music recalls the Cold War-era sounds of our youth. The...
Kristi Wooten
- Dec 8, 2016
The Top Songs of 2016: A Mixtape for a Crazy Year
Some years are groovier than others. This year, music provided a steadying backbeat against the craziness of the political climate. We...
Kristi Wooten
- Nov 4, 2016
Johnnyswim’s New Album Makes Marriage Sound Wonderful
Johnnyswim’s new album Georgica Pond makes marriage sound wonderful – just ask TV’s hottest couple, Chip and Joanna Gaines. “The album...
Kristi Wooten
- Oct 16, 2016
The Night Bob Dylan Made Sense
Twenty-four years ago, a concert predicted Dylan’s future as a Nobel Laureate. Bob Dylan is officially the songwriter with the most...
Kristi Wooten
- Oct 14, 2016
What Happened When Midge Ure Drove Himself Across America
Midge Ure is music royalty. Or at least an indefatigable and decorated player who originates from the pre-digital age. He has sold...
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
- Jun 11, 2016
Ben Watt Made the Best Album for Your Midlife Crisis
With 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 Wooten
- May 25, 2016
The Monkees Kick Off Fun 50th Anniversary Tour Down South
Five decades after their TV debut, The Monkees are on the road with a multimedia tour featuring footage from the 1966 television series....
Kristi Wooten
- May 17, 2016
Florence Welch Climbs the Rafters at Shaky Knees
Florence and the Machine closed the Shaky Knees Music Festival in Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park May 15 with an energetic 90-minute...
Kristi Wooten
- May 3, 2016
What Happened When Jimmy Carter and Bono Went to the Disco
Bono, Jimmy Carter and Nile Rodgers made for a surprising trio of revelers at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom last Friday night. On the...
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