The New Tears For Fears Album Is Right On Time
The Tipping Point offers introspection and gives hope to a hurting, mad world. By Kristi York Wooten Tears for Fears' music has addressed...
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Kristi Wooten
- Oct 4, 2019
Mixing Keyboard Riffs and Famous Friends
Jon Regen's latest album Higher Ground bridges the digital gig economy, with a little help from fellow musicians.
Kristi Wooten
- May 19, 2019
Rocketman is a Bodacious Romp, But Elton John Deserves More
Rocketman opened at the Cannes Film Festival this week: it’s a glorious song-and-dance extravaganza interspersed with fantasy and...
Kristi Wooten
- May 2, 2019
Rench Speaks Out About Lil Nas X
“‘The whole endeavor of trying to maintain some sort of genre purity or resist its evolution and mingling is a ridiculous notion.”...
Kristi Wooten
- Apr 5, 2019
HuDost Makes Music for the Sacred and the Profane
How the Kentucky duo is using social activism and interfaith messaging to forge a new path for independent rock on its latest album Of...
Kristi Wooten
- Feb 11, 2019
Grammys 2019: How Music Reclaimed Its Power
The four-hour broadcast silenced political division with dynamic performances by three generations of women and proved ‘less dancing,...
Kristi Wooten
- Feb 8, 2019
Rosanne Cash Opens Up About Her New Album
The 63-year-old singer’s dedication to amplifying women’s voices is evident in ten new songs with atmospheric, country-gothic textures.
Kristi Wooten
- Dec 7, 2018
Women Made the Best Albums of 2018.
Female songwriters topped publications’ year-end music polls, but few lists captured the gamut of their ages, genres, and talents. From...
Kristi Wooten
- Nov 30, 2018
How Elton John Changed Fear of AIDS
The singer (and part-time Atlantan) paved the way for generations of activists determined to eradicate AIDS for good.
Kristi Wooten
- Nov 14, 2018
Queen's Brilliance at Live Aid: What Bohemian Rhapsody Missed
Bohemian Rhapsody, the Queen biopic named after one of the British rock group’s most famous songs, opened in theaters two weeks ago. The...
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
- Oct 3, 2018
The Modfather Goes Pastoral Again
Paul Weller is consistently one of the most listenable artists of the past forty years, and his latest album is spot-on. The former Jam...
Kristi Wooten
- Sep 18, 2018
Sting and Shaggy's Reggae Party Broke the ATL
He may like his toast done on one side, but Sting’s new tour with Shaggy is crispy all the way around. At Atlanta’s Tabernacle Monday...
Kristi Wooten
- Jul 9, 2018
Florence and the Machine’s New Feminist Sensibility
From the July 9 2018 issueof The Economist magazine: FLORENCE WELCH has made her name both as a hitmaker and as a kind of strong-willed...
Kristi Wooten
- Jun 22, 2018
Digital Design, Analog Soul
From the June 2018 issue of Keyboard magazine: One of the joys of 21st century life is opening a digital music library and discovering an...
Kristi Wooten
- May 17, 2018
U2 in Atlanta: An Oral History
With the boys from Dublin returning to town in May, two generations of Georgians talk about their experiences with the band. On a muggy...
Kristi Wooten
- May 17, 2018
An Oral History of U2 in Atlanta
U2’s intersections with Atlanta over the years have gone beyond the city as a requisite tour stop.
Kristi Wooten
- Mar 22, 2018
Singing Your Life with The Zombies
ROD ARGENT AND COLIN BLUNSTONE began making music as The Zombies eleven years before I was born. By the time I was riding around in my...
Kristi Wooten
- Dec 8, 2017
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...
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...