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    An Open Letter to the Bedsit Disco Queen | THE HUFFINGTON POST | By Kristi York Wooten
    Kristi Wooten
    • May 16, 2013

    An Open Letter to the Bedsit Disco Queen | THE HUFFINGTON POST | By Kristi York Wooten

    BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN | FROM THE HUFFINGTON POST: This week, British singer Tracey Thorn released her first book, a memoir called Bedsit...
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    Kristi Wooten
    • May 12, 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...
    Arrested Development’s Speech on Race, Religion, and Hip Hop | THE HUFFINGTON POST | By Kristi
    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,...
    Unseen Photos of Rock Stars and Salvador Dali Revealed | THE HUFFINGTON POST | By Kristi York Wooten
    Kristi Wooten
    • Mar 25, 2013

    Unseen Photos of Rock Stars and Salvador Dali Revealed | THE HUFFINGTON POST | By Kristi York Wooten

    BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN | FROM THE HUFFINGTON POST: When Spanish painter and photographer Martin Frias asks me who my favorite rock band...
    Jeff Lynne’s Sonic Sparkle | THE ECONOMIST | By Kristi York Wooten
    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...
    Glen Hansard’s Irish Folk Music on Broadway: “Once” More, With Feeling | THE ECONO
    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...
    Ghost Brothers of Darkland County: Stephen King and John Mellencamp Make Terrifying Music | THE WALL
    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...
    Nile Rodgers: Hanging out with Madonna and David Bowie | THE ECONOMIST | By Kristi York Wooten
    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...
    Matt Damon, Josh Brolin and Eddie Vedder Measure the Legacy of Howard Zinn | NEWSWEEK | By Kristi Yo
    Kristi Wooten
    • Dec 11, 2009

    Matt Damon, Josh Brolin and Eddie Vedder Measure the Legacy of Howard Zinn | NEWSWEEK | By Kristi Yo

    My feature about Howard Zinn (including interviews with Zinn, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Eddie Vedder, Marisa Tomei, Kerri Washington and...
    Natalie Portman Discusses “A Powerful Noise” on Filmanthropy’s Big Night | THE ECO
    Kristi Wooten
    • May 12, 2009

    Natalie Portman Discusses “A Powerful Noise” on Filmanthropy’s Big Night | THE ECO

    March, 2009 By Kristi York Wooten FROM THE ECONOMIST: Documentaries about war, HIV/AIDS and gender inequalities rarely pack a New York...
    Adele Cuts to the Chase | PURE POP FOR NOW PEOPLE | By Kristi York Wooten
    Kristi Wooten
    • Mar 18, 2009

    Adele Cuts to the Chase | PURE POP FOR NOW PEOPLE | By Kristi York Wooten

    Cut to the Chase: Adele Has a Hollywood Dream to Fulfill and a Grammy Curse to Avoid (VIDEO) March 17, 2009 Parked in her new tour bus...
    In Lean Economic Times, 1990s Supermodels Come to the Rescue | NEWSWEEK  | By Kristi York Wooten
    Kristi Wooten
    • Sep 7, 2008

    In Lean Economic Times, 1990s Supermodels Come to the Rescue | NEWSWEEK | By Kristi York Wooten

    “Today, I saw a Prada ad with Linda in it, and I said, ‘Is that Linda? That’s amazing!'” Isaac Mizrahi says. “I don’t think [Italian...

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