Kristi WootenJan 15, 2017Keane Singer Tom Chaplin Makes Triumphant Solo Debut in AmericaReleasing an album no longer guarantees success in an industry where platinum-selling singers face the same pressures as fledgling artist...
Kristi WootenOct 27, 2016Adele at 20It’s hard to believe this London singer’s not old enough to buy herself a celebratory bottle of champagne on her first U.S. tour.
Kristi WootenJun 11, 2016The Perfect Album for Your Midlife CrisisWith his new recording, Fever Dream, Ben Watt captures the pleasure and pain of a Gen-Xer caught between two fires – his youth and the fu...
Kristi WootenApr 8, 2016Exclusive: How Nile Rodgers and Duran Duran Helped Each Other WinThirty years ago, no one might have predicted that Nile Rodgers would be on the road with Duran Duran in 2016. Yet, this spring the produ...
Kristi WootenMar 10, 2016Simon Le Bon: Why Duran Duran Never ComplainsOnly Duran Duran can get away with a seven-minute title track that offers electro grooves, hand-waving harmonies, and upbeat lyrics about...
Kristi WootenSep 23, 2015Ready and Worthy: Glen Hansard on Love, Money and Why Artists Should Never Give UpEvery great songwriter has a “bird on the shoulder” moment now and then. Glen Hansard says the melody of the lead track from his new albu...
Kristi WootenJul 13, 2015The Legacy of Live AidOn July 13, 1985, Africa became a brand. The image of a starving Ethiopian girl named Birhan Woldu flickered across TV screens as Paul Mc...
Kristi WootenFeb 27, 2015Noel Gallagher on Guitar Solos, Cowbells and Dirty UnderwearPASTE MAGAZINE Twenty years ago this spring, Oasis holed up in a recording studio in Wales to create the defining album of the Britpop mo...
Kristi WootenDec 2, 2014Star of The Good Lie Has a Holiday Message of Hope (and a Hot New Song With Nile Rodgers)Emmanuel Jal’s story is an inspiring personal journey of survival: During the second Sudanese civil war in the 1980s, his mother was kill...
Kristi WootenNov 19, 2014Original Recipe: Midge Ure and "Do They Know It's Christmas"THE ECONOMIST THREE decades before One Direction, Ellie Goulding and others added their voices and carefully mussed-up hair to “Do They K...
Kristi WootenNov 13, 2014This Infographic Explains How America Feels About Spandau BalletA new documentary called Soul Boys of the Western World follows the British band Spandau Ballet from its New Romantic beginnings in Londo...
Kristi WootenOct 21, 2014Annie Lennox's Timeless SoulBY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE ECONOMIST “NOSTALGIA”, the latest album from Annie Lennox, the British singer-songwriter, recalls an era of...
Kristi WootenOct 21, 2014The Life Cycle According to JamesBY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR PURE POP “So this is it, our life on earth, we’re made of stars, we’re made of dirt,” Tim Booth sings in “Walk ...
Kristi WootenSep 10, 2014Howard Jones: Orange is the New BlackBY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST When Howard Jones asked his fans on Facebook to wear orange to his performances this summer...
Kristi WootenJul 5, 2014The Summer of Ben Watt: It's Christmas in JulyBY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST Photo by Ian Webber. “Is this cheating on Tracey? I dunno,” Ben Watt asked. He felt a littl...
Kristi WootenJun 15, 2014World Party on Tour: Long Live Rainbows and RevolutionsBY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST Karl Wallinger is sitting on the running board of his tour van and smoking a cigarette. He ...
Kristi WootenMay 6, 2014Rufus Wainwright Compares Verdi to NirvanaBY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR ORIGIN MAGAZINE Rufus Wainwright is an enigmatic singer from a family of Canadian-American musicians. He releas...
Kristi WootenApr 30, 2014When Johnnyswim's "Home" Comes on the RadioBY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST Abner Ramirez and Amanda Sudano, better known as LA-based music duo Johnnyswim, released th...
Kristi WootenJan 15, 2014Rosanne Cash's Southern MusicBY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE ECONOMIST FOR her latest muse, Rosanne Cash returns to the familiar world of the American South, where the ...
Kristi WootenJun 27, 2013In a Big Country, Reasons to Stay AliveBY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST It may surprise music fans of a certain age to know that various members of Big Country, Th...
