A Private View Into the Life of … Swing Out Sister?!
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Kristi Wooten
- Apr 12, 2013
Arrested Development’s Speech on Race, Religion, and Hip Hop
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Kristi Wooten
- Apr 3, 2013
Does Bryan Ferry Think He’s the Great Gatsby?
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Kristi Wooten
- Mar 15, 2013
An Open Letter to the Bedsit Disco Queen
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Kristi Wooten
- Nov 27, 2012
Jeff Lynne: Sonic Sparkle
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Kristi Wooten
- Nov 27, 2012
Jeff Lynne Recordings: Sonic Sparkle
IN THE opening sequence of the documentary “Mr Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne and ELO”, Mr Lynne, a British musician, saunters through his stately, panelled drawing room while plucking a ukulele. He steps outside into his garden, crosses a footbridge, and sits in a wooden chair on a grassy knoll. The camera pans around to reveal the Los Angeles skyline in front of him. The scene says a lot about Mr Lynne and his five decade-long music career. As a singer, songwriter and pr
Kristi Wooten
- Oct 11, 2012
Glen Hansard: Once More
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Kristi Wooten
- Oct 11, 2012
Irish Folk Music: Once More
AT A music hall in Atlanta, a few hundred glowing iPhones bob to the rhythm of a strumming guitar. Glen Hansard, an Irish singer, is on stage with a dozen musicians, playing a tune called “Talking with the Wolves”. The crowd wiggles in time to its thump-and-shuffle beats. Deeper into the set, cups of beer are hoisted into the air, and a singalong erupts when Hansard pleads “Say It to Me Now” in his signature guttural wail. It is the kind of satisfying finale fans have come to
Kristi Wooten
- Apr 7, 2012
Stephen King and John Mellencamp Make Terrifying Music Together
BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN
FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Southern Gothic once referred exclusively to scribes and literature from the land of kudzu and mint juleps. Today, a Google search of the genre serves up everything from Bon Iver’s Wisconsin folk rock to gory novels by Australian Nick Cave. Will a new musical from Stephen King and John Mellencamp also fit into the category? Veteran Broadway performer Shuler Hensley is betting on it. The Tony- award winner (“Oklahoma”) recently
Kristi Wooten
- Nov 21, 2011
Nile Rodgers: Hanging wih Madonna and Bowie
BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE ECONOMIST CANCER isn’t cool. Nile Rodgers’s diagnosis in late 2010 proved especially baffling for him. A 59-year-old music producer, he was putting the finishing touches on his tell-all memoir, “Le Freak”, when his doctor gave him the verdict. Given his partying history (“Since the tender age of eleven, I’d been dabbling in mind-altering substances,” he writes in the book), Mr Rodgers had expected a malady more in keeping with his past. “The whol
Kristi Wooten
- Nov 21, 2011
Nile Rodgers's Memoir: Inside "Le Freak"
CANCER isn’t cool. Nile Rodgers’s diagnosis in late 2010 proved especially baffling for him. A 59-year-old music producer, he was putting the finishing touches on his tell-all memoir, “Le Freak”, when his doctor gave him the verdict. Given his partying history (“Since the tender age of eleven, I’d been dabbling in mind-altering substances,” he writes in the book), Mr Rodgers had expected a malady more in keeping with his past. “The whole thing took me completely by surprise,”
Kristi Wooten
- Sep 29, 2011
Paul McCartney's Ballet: Ocean's Kingdom
BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE ECONOMIST PAUL MCCARTNEY is one of the most important figures of 20th-century music. Therein lies the dilemma. Can the 69-year-old former Beatle pull off writing a ballet? Will he break new ground? How will this addition to his repertoire affect his standing in music history? Those were the questions looming in the air on September 22nd as Sir Paul debuted his most recent classical composition, “Ocean’s Kingdom”, as part of New York City Ballet’s
Kristi Wooten
- Sep 29, 2011
Paul McCartney's Classical Music and Sir Paul, the Sun King
PAUL MCCARTNEY is one of the most important figures of 20th-century music. Therein lies the dilemma. Can the 69-year-old former Beatle pull off writing a ballet? Will he break new ground? How will this addition to his repertoire affect his standing in music history? Those were the questions looming in the air on September 22nd as Sir Paul debuted his most recent classical composition, “Ocean’s Kingdom”, as part of New York City Ballet’s Fall Gala performance at Lincoln Centre
Kristi Wooten
- Mar 1, 2010
CARE Shows You Why to Celebrate International Women’s Day on March 4
#SARAHFERGUSON #SALLYLEE #DIANEBIRCH #HalftheSky #CARE #GLOBALGOOD #HELENEGAYLE #ANGELIQUEKIDJO #seanpenn #MARIABELLO #MUSIC #20082011 #NicholasKristof #rachelmayanja #INDIAARIE #SherylWuDUNN #MARISATOMEI
Kristi Wooten
- Dec 21, 2009
A Look Back at the Decade in Music: Why Rolling Stone Magazine Should Be Ashamed
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Kristi Wooten
- Nov 14, 2009
How David Hasselhoff Toppled the Berlin Wall: Music Memories From November, 1989
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Kristi Wooten
- Nov 14, 2009
How David Hasselhoff Toppled the Berlin Wall
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Kristi Wooten
- Mar 17, 2009
Adele Cuts to the Chase | PURE POP FOR NOW PEOPLE | By Kristi York Wooten
Cut to the Chase: Adele Has a Hollywood Dream to Fulfill and a Grammy Curse to Avoid (VIDEO) March 17, 2009 Parked in her new tour bus outside a popular theater in Atlanta, Adele curls
up on a built-in leather sofa and tosses a long, ruddy ponytail behind her
right shoulder. It’s St. Patrick’s Day, and two hours before tonight’s
sold-out gig, the queue of ticketholders stretches a full city block. Gazing
out the window at so many fans dressed in green, Adele looks like sh
Kristi Wooten
- Aug 1, 2008
The Happy Mellencampers: John Mellencamp and Campaign Music
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Kristi Wooten
- Jul 22, 2008
John Mellencamp Tackles Race, Politics in New Album
BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR NEWSWEEK Just because he’s riffed his way into our collective consciousness with no-frills all-American rock songs doesn’t mean John Mellencamp can’t be introspective. After getting flack for putting his 2006 song “Our Country” in a patriotic Chevrolet truck commercial, Mellencamp, 56, is currently enjoying a mini renaissance–thanks to his recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction and a stripped-down new album of soulful ruminations called “Life, D
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