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    The New Tears For Fears Album Is Right On Time
    Kristi Wooten
    • Feb 26

    The New Tears For Fears Album Is Right On Time

    The Tipping Point offers introspection and gives hope to a hurting, mad world. By Kristi York Wooten Tears for Fears' music has addressed...
    Rocketman is a Bodacious Romp, But Elton John Deserves More
    Kristi Wooten
    • May 19, 2019

    Rocketman is a Bodacious Romp, But Elton John Deserves More

    Rocketman opened at the Cannes Film Festival this week: it’s a glorious song-and-dance extravaganza interspersed with fantasy and...
    Grammys 2019: How Music Reclaimed Its Power
    Kristi Wooten
    • Feb 11, 2019

    Grammys 2019: How Music Reclaimed Its Power

    The four-hour broadcast silenced political division with dynamic performances by three generations of women and proved ‘less dancing,...
    Women Made the Best Albums of 2018.
    Kristi Wooten
    • Dec 7, 2018

    Women Made the Best Albums of 2018.

    Female songwriters topped publications’ year-end music polls, but few lists captured the gamut of their ages, genres, and talents. From...
    Queen's Brilliance at Live Aid: What Bohemian Rhapsody Missed
    Kristi Wooten
    • Nov 14, 2018

    Queen's Brilliance at Live Aid: What Bohemian Rhapsody Missed

    Bohemian Rhapsody, the Queen biopic named after one of the British rock group’s most famous songs, opened in theaters two weeks ago. The...
    The Modfather Goes Pastoral Again
    Kristi Wooten
    • Oct 3, 2018

    The Modfather Goes Pastoral Again

    Paul Weller is consistently one of the most listenable artists of the past forty years, and his latest album is spot-on. The former Jam...
    Sting and Shaggy's Reggae Party Broke the ATL
    Kristi Wooten
    • Sep 18, 2018

    Sting and Shaggy's Reggae Party Broke the ATL

    He may like his toast done on one side, but Sting’s new tour with Shaggy is crispy all the way around. At Atlanta’s Tabernacle Monday...
    Florence and the Machine’s New Feminist Sensibility
    Kristi Wooten
    • Jul 9, 2018

    Florence and the Machine’s New Feminist Sensibility

    From the July 9 2018 issueof The Economist magazine: FLORENCE WELCH has made her name both as a hitmaker and as a kind of strong-willed...
    Digital Design, Analog Soul
    Kristi Wooten
    • Jun 22, 2018

    Digital Design, Analog Soul

    From the June 2018 issue of Keyboard magazine: One of the joys of 21st century life is opening a digital music library and discovering an...
    An Oral History of U2 in Atlanta
    Kristi Wooten
    • May 17, 2018

    An Oral History of U2 in Atlanta

    U2’s intersections with Atlanta over the years have gone beyond the city as a requisite tour stop.
    Singing Your Life with The Zombies
    Kristi Wooten
    • Mar 22, 2018

    Singing Your Life with The Zombies

    ROD ARGENT AND COLIN BLUNSTONE began making music as The Zombies eleven years before I was born. By the time I was riding around in my...
    What No One Else Will Tell You About the New U2 Album
    Kristi Wooten
    • Dec 3, 2017

    What No One Else Will Tell You About the New U2 Album

    When music critics focus on confirming or denying the band’s place in music history, they miss the real story of Songs of Experience. I...
    Watch Dua Lipa Jump into Crowd of Atlanta Fans
    Kristi Wooten
    • Oct 3, 2017

    Watch Dua Lipa Jump into Crowd of Atlanta Fans

    Summer’s over and the leaves are falling, but we’ll always have memories of the music festival season to get us through fall and winter....
    Bryan Ferry and the Seduction of Subtlety
    Kristi Wooten
    • Mar 16, 2017

    Bryan Ferry and the Seduction of Subtlety

    A relentless assault of zeros and ones is stripping our brains of the ability to recognize smooth edges. In the 21st century, we want...
    The Monkees Kick Off Fun 50th Anniversary Tour Down South
    Kristi Wooten
    • May 26, 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....
    Florence Welch Climbs the Rafters at Shaky Knees
    Kristi Wooten
    • May 17, 2016

    Florence Welch Climbs the Rafters at Shaky Knees

    Florence and the Machine closed the Shaky Knees Music Festival in Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park May 15 with an energetic 90-minute...
    What Happened When Jimmy Carter and Bono Went to the Disco
    Kristi Wooten
    • May 3, 2016

    What Happened When Jimmy Carter and Bono Went to the Disco

    Bono, Jimmy Carter and Nile Rodgers made for a surprising trio of revelers at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom last Friday night. On the...
    Prince’s Death and the Power of Music
    Kristi Wooten
    • Apr 21, 2016

    Prince’s Death and the Power of Music

    Every note produced further evidence that he was one of the most purely creative and otherworldly talents to walk the earth in our time.
    Hardcover Rock: Do Music Memoirs Matter?
    Kristi Wooten
    • Dec 14, 2015

    Hardcover Rock: Do Music Memoirs Matter?

    THIS Christmas, booksellers are featuring several memoirs by rock musicians in their product queues. The authors are not all household...
    Can Miley Cyrus Educate Millennials About the Fight Against AIDS?
    Kristi Wooten
    • Dec 3, 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...
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