Kristi WootenJan 15, 2017Keane Singer Tom Chaplin Makes Triumphant Solo Debut in AmericaReleasing an album no longer guarantees success in an industry where platinum-selling singers face the same pressures as fledgling...
Kristi WootenJun 11, 2016The Perfect Album for Your Midlife CrisisWith his new recording, Fever Dream, Ben Watt captures the pleasure and pain of a Gen-Xer caught between two fires – his youth and the...
Kristi WootenApr 8, 2016Exclusive: How Nile Rodgers and Duran Duran Helped Each Other WinThirty years ago, no one might have predicted that Nile Rodgers would be on the road with Duran Duran in 2016. Yet, this spring the...
Kristi WootenSep 23, 2015Ready and Worthy: Glen Hansard on Love, Money and Why Artists Should Never Give UpEvery great songwriter has a “bird on the shoulder” moment now and then. Glen Hansard says the melody of the lead track from his new...
Kristi WootenMay 5, 2014Rufus Wainwright Compares Verdi to NirvanaBY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR ORIGIN MAGAZINE Rufus Wainwright is an enigmatic singer from a family of Canadian-American musicians. He...
Kristi WootenJan 14, 2014Rosanne Cash's Southern MusicBY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE ECONOMIST FOR her latest muse, Rosanne Cash returns to the familiar world of the American South, where the...
Kristi WootenMar 25, 2013Unseen Photos of Rock Stars and Salvador Dali RevealedBY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST When Spanish painter and photographer Martin Frias asks me who my favorite rock band is, I...