Petula Clark’s New Songs Offer Good Advice for 2018
Petula Clark’s 1964 song, “Downtown,” burnished modern urban life into a smash hit. In 2017, she’s back at age 85 with new music and lots...
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Kristi Wooten
Dec 6, 2017
What Happens When We Let Data Decide the Best Music of 2017?
For my 2017 list of the Top 50 Best Songs and Top 20 Best Albums, I let my stats on Spotify, YouTube, and Shazam–plus my vinyl...
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...
Kristi Wooten
Nov 20, 2017
Premiere: Watch Tom Chaplin Sing The Pretenders’ Holiday Classic, “2000 Miles.”
As Thanksgiving turkeys fill the dining table and twinkling lights hang from every lamppost, Tom Chaplin’s Twelve Tales of Christmas...
Kristi Wooten
Oct 31, 2017
Halloween Special: PVRIS’s Lynn Gunn on Finding Light in the Darkness
PVRIS is an esoteric band whose latest release, All We Know of Heaven, All We Need of Hell, makes a timely addition to your autumn...
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....
Kristi Wooten
Sep 30, 2017
Neil Finn’s Quiet Masterpiece
Neil Finn’s latest solo album, Out of Silence, offers us the gift of catharsis in a season of unpredictable politics and societal...
Kristi Wooten
Sep 20, 2017
Mark Ruffalo's Environmental Superheroes
MARK RUFFALO is making the most out of his time in metro Atlanta, both on and off movie sets. While filming his roles as Bruce Banner and...
Kristi Wooten
Sep 8, 2017
Mike Scott on Love Affairs, Disco, and The Waterboys’ Groovy New Album
In July, I caught up with musician Mike Scott in the basement of an ivy-covered Georgian townhome in Dublin to talk about The Waterboys’...
Kristi Wooten
Sep 7, 2017
Hear the Waterboys Profess Love for Music City in Live 'Nashville'
The Waterboys’ new album Out of All This Blue continues where 2015’s Modern Blues left off – with plenty of twang-and-groove plucked from...
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
Jun 27, 2017
Is Beth Ditto the New Stevie Nicks?
Beth Ditto has always been ready for her close-up, but now the fashion-forward singer is ready for a brighter spotlight, too. After years...
Kristi Wooten
Jun 16, 2017
Here’s How The Edge Celebrates Les Paul’s Birthday
Guitarist Les Paul would have turned 102 this year. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee died in 2009, but his legacy lives on through...
Kristi Wooten
Mar 15, 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...
Kristi Wooten
Jan 15, 2017
Keane's Tom Chaplin Talks Drama, Drugs and Dreams
Releasing an album no longer guarantees success in an industry where platinum-selling singers face the same pressures as fledgling...
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
Dec 8, 2016
The Top Songs of 2016: A Mixtape for a Crazy Year
Some years are groovier than others. This year, music provided a steadying backbeat against the craziness of the political climate. We...
Kristi Wooten
Nov 4, 2016
Johnnyswim’s New Album Makes Marriage Sound Wonderful
Johnnyswim’s new album Georgica Pond makes marriage sound wonderful – just ask TV’s hottest couple, Chip and Joanna Gaines. “The album...
Kristi Wooten
Oct 16, 2016
The Night Bob Dylan Made Sense
Twenty-four years ago, a concert predicted Dylan’s future as a Nobel Laureate. Bob Dylan is officially the songwriter with the most...
Kristi Wooten
Oct 14, 2016
What Happened When Midge Ure Drove Himself Across America
Midge Ure is music royalty. Or at least an indefatigable and decorated player who originates from the pre-digital age. He has sold...
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