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    The Bowie Brigade
    Kristi Wooten
    • Jan 26, 2016

    The Bowie Brigade

    Atlanta’s Bowie Parade, in honor of David Bowie, who died January 10, 2016. Photo by Kristi York Wooten #Atlanta #DavidBowie #featured...
    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...
    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...
    World Party on Tour: Long Live Rainbows and Revolutions
    Kristi Wooten
    • Jun 15, 2014

    World Party on Tour: Long Live Rainbows and Revolutions

    BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST Karl Wallinger is sitting on the running board of his tour van and smoking a cigarette. He...
    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...
    In a Big Country, Reasons to Stay Alive
    Kristi Wooten
    • Jun 27, 2013

    In a Big Country, Reasons to Stay Alive

    BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST It may surprise music fans of a certain age to know that various members of Big Country,...
    John Mellencamp Tackles Race, Politics in New Album
    Kristi Wooten
    • Jul 22, 2008

    John Mellencamp Tackles Race, Politics in New Album

    BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR NEWSWEEK Just because he’s riffed his way into our collective consciousness with no-frills all-American rock...

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