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BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN | FROM THE HUFFINGTON POST It takes guts to stand in the middle of New York City’s Grand Central Station wearing a...
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Kristi Wooten
- May 12, 2013
Richard Curtis on HBO’s Mary and Martha | By Kristi York Wooten | ATLANTA MAGAZINE
BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN | FROM THE HUFFINGTON POST AND ATLANTA MAGAZINE: When was the last time you had a good, cathartic cry while...
Kristi Wooten
- May 12, 2013
Sounding off about Smokey Robinson’s New Social Media Project, Smoke Alarm | Kristi York Woote
Click on the image above to watch our Huffington Post Live interview with Smokey Robinson (that’s me live on the screen via Google+...
Kristi Wooten
- May 11, 2013
A “Private View” Into the Wonderful Life of … Swing Out Sister?! | THE HUFFINGTON
BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN | FROM THE HUFFINGTON POST: Of all the musicians on social media, who’d guess that Swing Out Sister would be one of...
Kristi Wooten
- May 11, 2013
Is Bryan Ferry the Real Great Gatsby? | THE HUFFINGTON POST | By Kristi York Wooten
BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN | FROM THE HUFFINGTON POST: He shimmied in shiny suits to the glam rock sounds of his band Roxy Music in the 1970s,...
Kristi Wooten
- Apr 12, 2013
Arrested Development’s Speech on Race, Religion, and Hip Hop | THE HUFFINGTON POST | By Kristi
BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN | FROM THE HUFFINGTON POST: This week in 1993, Arrested Development’s “Mr. Wendal,” an ode to a homeless man,...
Kristi Wooten
- Mar 10, 2013
Annie Lennox, Olivia Wilde, Amy Brenneman and Others Join Voices for International Women’s Day
Sustenance Group worked in tandem with EQUALS, PASTE Magazine, The Huffington Post and Half the Sky Movement to promote International...
Kristi Wooten
- Dec 12, 2012
From the Carbon War Room: Richard Branson and More | THE HUFFINGTON POST | By Kristi York Wooten and
Sustenance Group Founder Kristi York Wooten interviewed Richard Branson about his environmental activism, his new venture The Carbon War...
Kristi Wooten
- Oct 22, 2012
Jeff Lynne’s Sonic Sparkle | THE ECONOMIST | By Kristi York Wooten
FROM THE ECONOMIST: “Re-recording the old songs had little to do with money and everything to do with technology,” claims Jeff Lynne. “It...
Kristi Wooten
- Oct 11, 2012
Glen Hansard’s Irish Folk Music on Broadway: “Once” More, With Feeling | THE ECONO
FROM THE ECONOMIST: “It’s ‘Once’ being on Broadway that has afforded me some luxuries, not being in a band,” Hansard says. “It affords me...
Kristi Wooten
- May 9, 2012
Ghost Brothers of Darkland County: Stephen King and John Mellencamp Make Terrifying Music | THE WALL
FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: The idea for “Ghost Brothers” began in Mellencamp’s territory of “Small Town” Indiana, where the “Pink...
Kristi Wooten
- May 1, 2012
Why Eddie Vedder’s Singing for Maternal Health on New Starbucks Charity CD | THE HUFFINGTON PO
Improving Maternal Healthcare, One Song at a Time May 1, 2012 FROM THE HUFFINGTON POST | by Kristi York Wooten and Christy Turlington...
Kristi Wooten
- Nov 21, 2011
Nile Rodgers: Hanging out with Madonna and David Bowie | THE ECONOMIST | By Kristi York Wooten
There are plenty of juicy celebrity anecdotes, including hanging out with David Bowie, rows with Motown Records, and clubbing with...
Kristi Wooten
- Feb 9, 2011
Jimmy Carter, Worm Slayer | THE HUFFINGTON POST | By Kristi York Wooten
FROM THE HUFFINGTON POST: “The main lesson I’ve learned in the whole process [of Guinea Worm eradication] is that we underestimate the...
Kristi Wooten
- Dec 16, 2010
Jeff Bridges: Dude, Codger, Humanitarian | THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION | By Kristi York Wooten
December 16, 2010 Jeff Bridges: Dude, codger, humanitarian Directors Joel and Ethan Coen sure know how to make audiences appreciate a...
Kristi Wooten
- Sep 21, 2010
How Michael Franti Found the Sun
Michael Franti sings with children in East Timor. Photo Courtesy of CARE. © Josh Estey/CARE Welcome! If you weren’t directed here from...
Kristi Wooten
- Jul 19, 2010
The Stage and Screens Where It’s Just Me and Keane: My Convo with Tim Rice-Oxley
Hey Tim! I’m extremely sad that Keane isn’t coming to Atlanta on this tour. Tim Rice Oxley: We haven’t been there in awhile now. We would...
Kristi Wooten
- Jul 13, 2010
Rob Sheffield talks Duran Duran
Below is part of my interview with Rolling Stone columnist Rob Sheffield about his new book, Talking to Girls About Duran Duran. The...
Kristi Wooten
- Jun 22, 2010
Kristi Wooten
- Jun 16, 2010
Harry, Harry
Here’s my Harry Connick story in the AJC:
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