Check out my new blog at MyAudioBio.com about the music of Everything But the Girl and the new release by Tracey Thorn.

I really dug getting a sneak peek of The Archandroid (her new album, out May 18) from Janelle Monae herself. Below, a blurry iphone pic...

Mark Lee, Christina Howell, Mac Powell, Kristi Wooten, Tai Anderson * ©2010 Widescreen Video Productions / Kaitlyn Pack In partnership...

OK, so some of these are a little old, but I keep listening … enjoy. “Atticus” by the Noisettes “Harmonix” by Surfer Blood “Sweet...

Working with amazing artists on the music for CARE’s Half the Sky event was a fantastic experience: I teamed with India.Arie, Diane Birch...

Sarah Ferguson, Sheryl WuDenn, Nicholas Kristof, and Marisa Tomei at Half the Sky Live in 2010.Photo Courtesy of CARE USA. On Thursday,...

Harry at the Wall / Photo by Stacy James Payne Me at the Wall - November 1989 / Photo by Stacy James Payne It was 20 years ago! Check out...

This past saturday night, I was very happy to be able to bring Hanson to Atlanta be honored by CARE at our Take a Stand against Poverty...

SO much good music out right now. Here’s what’s playing in my ears (you can purchase this mix on iTunes here.) Show Me What I’m Looking...

OK, I’m hoping I might eventually write something up for The Economist’s More Intelligent Life soon, so I won’t give too much away … but...

My life would be different today if there hadn’t been Pretty in Pink. The inclusion of New Order’s “Thieves Like Us” MADE that movie … it...

I love this partnership! Singing about making love and writing about making poverty history … what more could one ask? But seriously,...

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST The rooftop of the private Soho House in New York’s Meatpacking District is the perfect...

I’ve never been a Pearl Jam fan per se, but I do respect them, and the Ved and I keep running into eachother backstage at various and...

Michael Franti performs to an excited crowd at CARE's National Conference & Celebration on May 5, 2009. Copyright 2009 Amanda...

Click here to view the gallery I did for Newsweek about supergroups.

Fun, fun, fun.  I am a fan of all of these guys’ bands. Fountains of Wayne‘s “Valley Winter Song” is one of my faves of all time, and...

Onstage at a Tulsa, Okla., nightclub in March, hometown singer Taylor Hanson shimmies to the beat of a dozen catchy rave-ups. Dressed in...

I enjoyed interviewing Goldenvoice guru and Coachella founder Paul Tollett for this Newsweek piece about summer festivals. and, once...

This weekend, California’s Coachella Music and Arts Festival kicks off the summer music festival season with some of the biggest names in...