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    Keytars, Tesla Girls and the Toilet Song: How Barenaked Ladies Won the Summer
    Kristi Wooten
    • Jun 29, 2016

    Keytars, Tesla Girls and the Toilet Song: How Barenaked Ladies Won the Summer

    #2016 #BarenakedLadies #HowardJones #omd
    The Monkees Kick Off Fun 50th Anniversary Tour Down South
    Kristi Wooten
    • May 27, 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....
    What Prince's Death Teaches Us About the Power of Music
    Kristi Wooten
    • Apr 22, 2016

    What Prince's Death Teaches Us About the Power of Music

    1981 seems like just yesterday. Remember roller skating with your friends to Prince’s song “Controversy”? Fast forward 35 years, and it’s...
    Why We're Still Watching That Video of Aretha Franklin at the Kennedy Center
    Kristi Wooten
    • Jan 4, 2016

    Why We're Still Watching That Video of Aretha Franklin at the Kennedy Center

    By now, I’m sure you’ve seen the viral video of the Queen of Soul singing for the Obamas and songwriter Carole King at the Kennedy Center...
    Elvis Costello's Hardcover Rock: Why Music Memoirs Matter
    Kristi Wooten
    • Dec 14, 2015

    Elvis Costello's Hardcover Rock: Why Music Memoirs Matter

    THIS Christmas, booksellers are featuring several memoirs by rock musicians in their product queues. The authors are not all household...
    The Endless Dance: Spending My Birthday With Spandau Ballet
    Kristi Wooten
    • Dec 8, 2015

    The Endless Dance: Spending My Birthday With Spandau Ballet

    A woman checks my ID at ATL TSA and hands me my driver’s license. “Make it a good one,” she says. I walk to T Gates and fill my water...
    Can Miley Cyrus Educate Millennials About the Fight Against AIDS?
    Kristi Wooten
    • Dec 4, 2015

    Can Miley Cyrus Educate Millennials About the Fight Against AIDS?

    At Carnegie Hall this past Tuesday night, Miley Cyrus joined U2’s Bono and The Edge, Hozier and Jessie J for a World AIDS Day event...
    U2's Age Against the Machine
    Kristi Wooten
    • Aug 27, 2015

    U2's Age Against the Machine

    BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE ECONOMIST Many of today’s top touring artists, including Taylor Swift, One Direction, the Rolling Stones,...
    Why We Love Brian Wilson's Melodies (and Matzo Ball Soup)
    Kristi Wooten
    • Jun 11, 2015

    Why We Love Brian Wilson's Melodies (and Matzo Ball Soup)

    After seeing the new movie, Love & Mercy, we’ll never hear The Beach Boys’ “God Only Knows” the same way again. During a scene in which...
    Branford Marsalis and the Echoes of Grace Cathedral
    Kristi Wooten
    • Oct 20, 2014

    Branford Marsalis and the Echoes of Grace Cathedral

    BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN The latest album from saxophonist Branford Marsalis finds him playing at one of our country’s most beautiful...
    Mad World is a Great Reason to Revisit the Crazy 1980s
    Kristi Wooten
    • May 6, 2014

    Mad World is a Great Reason to Revisit the Crazy 1980s

    BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST Photo courtesy of Abrams Image Big hair, shoulder pads, and synthesizers are the first...
    Joys of Moogfest: Geeks, Hippies and Nile Rodgers
    Kristi Wooten
    • Apr 29, 2014

    Joys of Moogfest: Geeks, Hippies and Nile Rodgers

    BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST First, let me set the tone: Imagine you’re walking around in downtown Portland, Oregon....
    Little Richard Confesses to Cee Lo About Heart Attack
    Kristi Wooten
    • Sep 30, 2013

    Little Richard Confesses to Cee Lo About Heart Attack

    BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR ROLLING STONE Last night in Atlanta, Little Richard joined Cee Lo Green onstage for a Recording Academy...
    Paul Weller: Apollo Landing
    Kristi Wooten
    • Jul 31, 2013

    Paul Weller: Apollo Landing

    BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE ECONOMIST THE Apollo Theatre’s place in music history dates from 1914, when the building opened as a...
    Paul McCartney's Ballet: Ocean's Kingdom
    Kristi Wooten
    • Sep 29, 2011

    Paul McCartney's Ballet: Ocean's Kingdom

    BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE ECONOMIST PAUL MCCARTNEY is one of the most important figures of 20th-century music. Therein lies the...

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