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    You Can Make It There: Alabama Chanin and the Muscle Shoals Makers
    Kristi Wooten
    • Jan 8, 2016

    You Can Make It There: Alabama Chanin and the Muscle Shoals Makers

    Artists in the Quad Cities of Muscle Shoals, Tuscumbia, Sheffield and Florence — all along the Tennessee River — suppose it’s something...
    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,...
    The Legacy of Live Aid
    Kristi Wooten
    • Jul 13, 2015

    The Legacy of Live Aid

    On July 13, 1985, Africa became a brand. The image of a starving Ethiopian girl named Birhan Woldu flickered across TV screens as Paul...
    Portmandia: Atlanta Architecture in the Movies
    Kristi Wooten
    • Mar 30, 2015

    Portmandia: Atlanta Architecture in the Movies

    BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE ATLANTIC The Southern capital has set the scene for dystopian thrillers such as Divergent and The Walking...
    Walking Dead’s Danai Gurira Vs. Boko Haram
    Kristi Wooten
    • Nov 30, 2014

    Walking Dead’s Danai Gurira Vs. Boko Haram

    Actress, activist and African American: Danai Gurira believes in the power of using her voice to amplify African storytellers. The set of...

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