Kristi WootenJan 8, 2016You Can Make It There: Alabama Chanin and the Muscle Shoals MakersArtists in the Quad Cities of Muscle Shoals, Tuscumbia, Sheffield and Florence — all along the Tennessee River — suppose it’s something...
Kristi WootenDec 14, 2015Elvis Costello's Hardcover Rock: Why Music Memoirs MatterTHIS Christmas, booksellers are featuring several memoirs by rock musicians in their product queues. The authors are not all household...
Kristi WootenDec 8, 2015The Endless Dance: Spending My Birthday With Spandau BalletA 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...
Kristi WootenAug 27, 2015U2's Age Against the MachineBY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE ECONOMIST Many of today’s top touring artists, including Taylor Swift, One Direction, the Rolling Stones,...
Kristi WootenJul 13, 2015The Legacy of Live AidOn July 13, 1985, Africa became a brand. The image of a starving Ethiopian girl named Birhan Woldu flickered across TV screens as Paul...
Kristi WootenMar 30, 2015Portmandia: Atlanta Architecture in the MoviesBY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE ATLANTIC The Southern capital has set the scene for dystopian thrillers such as Divergent and The Walking...
Kristi WootenNov 30, 2014Walking Dead’s Danai Gurira Vs. Boko HaramActress, activist and African American: Danai Gurira believes in the power of using her voice to amplify African storytellers. The set of...