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 11, 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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Kristi Wooten
- Mar 17, 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...
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...