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...
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Kristi Wooten
- Aug 27, 2017
Pop music is rejecting the piano. Why?
The instrument’s warm tone is increasingly rare in an industry driven by computer-generated sounds. A SEARCH for the sound of acoustic...
Kristi Wooten
- Dec 21, 2016
The Curious Comforts of “In the Bleak Midwinter”
FEW Christmas songs temper the joy and light of the festive season with the dark realities of modern life. Most “wish it could be...
Kristi Wooten
- Oct 5, 2016
Maxwell reimagines a Kate Bush song
The protest songs of the 1960s were anthems for freedom and peace. In 2016, Maxwell's cover of "This Women's Work" continues the tradition.
Kristi Wooten
- Oct 4, 2016
Global Citizen Festival: Bands and Prime Ministers
The annual Global Citizen Festival encourages people to sign petitions and write to world leaders rather than swipe a credit card. Before...
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...
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...
Kristi Wooten
- Aug 27, 2015
U2’s Disappearing Act: Age Against the Machine
LAST September U2 released its 13th album, “Songs of Innocence.” Critics lauded the collection’s lush ballads and rhythmically angular...
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,...
Kristi Wooten
- Nov 19, 2014
Original Recipe: Midge Ure and "Do They Know It's Christmas"
THE ECONOMIST THREE decades before One Direction, Ellie Goulding and others added their voices and carefully mussed-up hair to “Do They...
Kristi Wooten
- Nov 18, 2014
The Original Recipe for "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
One of the driving forces behind the original Band Aid recording looks back 30 years. THREE decades before One Direction, Ellie Goulding...
Kristi Wooten
- Oct 21, 2014
Annie Lennox's Nostalgia: Timeless Soul
“NOSTALGIA”, the latest album from Annie Lennox, the British singer-songwriter, recalls an era of smoky clubs and street-corner swing....
Kristi Wooten
- Oct 21, 2014
Annie Lennox's Timeless Soul
BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE ECONOMIST “NOSTALGIA”, the latest album from Annie Lennox, the British singer-songwriter, recalls an era of...
Kristi Wooten
- Apr 28, 2014
Jimmy Carter on Women's Rights: Presidential Decree
JIMMY CARTER, the 39th president of the United States, is known for staunch opinions on matters ranging from peace in Palestine to poetry...
Kristi Wooten
- Apr 28, 2014
Jimmy Carter's New Book About Women, Religion, Violence and Power
BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE ECONOMIST JIMMY CARTER, the 39th president of the United States, is known for staunch opinions on matters...
Kristi Wooten
- Jan 24, 2014
Angélique Kidjo's Memoir: About a Girl
ANGELIQUE KIDJO’S childhood in Benin was a whirl of different languages and cultural influences. Hers was a family that spoke French, Fon...
Kristi Wooten
- Jan 14, 2014
Rosanne Cash's Southern Music
BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE ECONOMIST FOR her latest muse, Rosanne Cash returns to the familiar world of the American South, where the...
Kristi Wooten
- Jan 14, 2014
Rosanne Cash and Southern Music: The Fabric of Her Life
FOR her latest muse, Rosanne Cash returns to the familiar world of the American South, where the ghosts of William Faulkner and Robert...
Kristi Wooten
- Oct 23, 2013
Elvis Costello and The Roots: Digital Duet
ELVIS COSTELLO, a British singer-songwriter, is known for his rock rants and intricate ballads. He has recorded with dozens of artists in...
Kristi Wooten
- Jul 31, 2013
Paul Weller and Rock History: Apollo Landing
In Harlem the roots of the rock ‘n’ roll family tree are 100 years strong. THE Apollo Theatre’s place in music history dates from 1914,...
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