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Can Miley Cyrus Educate Millennials About the Fight Against AIDS?
At Carnegie Hall this past Tuesday night, Miley Cyrus joined U2’s Bono and The Edge, Hozier and Jessie J for a World AIDS Day event...
Kristi Wooten
Dec 3, 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
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...
Kristi Wooten
Jun 11, 2015
Noel Gallagher on Guitar Solos, Cowbells and Dirty Underwear
PASTE MAGAZINE Twenty years ago this spring, Oasis holed up in a recording studio in Wales to create the defining album of the Britpop...
Kristi Wooten
Feb 27, 2015
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 19, 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
Nov 18, 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
Oct 21, 2014
The Life Cycle According to James
BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR PURE POP “So this is it, our life on earth, we’re made of stars, we’re made of dirt,” Tim Booth sings in “Walk...
Kristi Wooten
Oct 21, 2014
Branford Marsalis and the Echoes of Grace Cathedral
BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN The latest album from saxophonist Branford Marsalis finds him playing at one of our country’s most beautiful...
Kristi Wooten
Oct 20, 2014
Howard Jones: Orange is the New Black
BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST When Howard Jones asked his fans on Facebook to wear orange to his performances this...
Kristi Wooten
Sep 10, 2014
The Summer of Ben Watt: It's Christmas in July
BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST Photo by Ian Webber. “Is this cheating on Tracey? I dunno,” Ben Watt asked. He felt a...
Kristi Wooten
Jul 5, 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...
Kristi Wooten
Jun 15, 2014
Rufus Wainwright Compares Verdi to Nirvana
BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR ORIGIN MAGAZINE Rufus Wainwright is an enigmatic singer from a family of Canadian-American musicians. He...
Kristi Wooten
May 5, 2014
When Johnnyswim's "Home" Comes on the Radio
BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST Abner Ramirez and Amanda Sudano, better known as LA-based music duo Johnnyswim, released...
Kristi Wooten
Apr 30, 2014
Joys of Moogfest: Geeks, Hippies and Nile Rodgers
BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST First, let me set the tone: Imagine you’re walking around in downtown Portland, Oregon....
Kristi Wooten
Apr 29, 2014
Guy washes 12" single with Tootbrush and Dish Soap
Sounds sudsily good! #20122014 #issue1 #MUSIC #nowhearthis
Kristi Wooten
Apr 24, 2014
Where Were You in the Summer of 1986?
#1986 #petergabriel #20122014 #U2 #MUSIC #ThePolice #amnesty #loureed
Kristi Wooten
Apr 24, 2014
Spandau Ballet vs. SXSW
#austin #20122014 #SpandauBallet #MUSIC #sxsw
Kristi Wooten
Apr 18, 2014
Neil Finn's Third Act
BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST Falsetto is a rock singer’s secret weapon. The upper register of a man’s voice can transmit...
Kristi Wooten
Mar 19, 2014
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