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    Kristi Wooten
    • Jul 1, 2014

    What Paramore Did to Me at the Gas Station

    OK, I admit it. I’m one of the geeks who sings along at the pump when the music comes on over those loud speakers at the gas station – and it’s all Hayley Williams’ fault. It may not stand a chart chance against Iggy Azalea’s “Fancy,” but Paramore’s “Ain’t It Fun” is the tune that’s popping up everywhere I am this summer – by the pool, in the grocery store, at work … I can’t help myself, I love singing along to “Ain’t It Fun.” Every year, there’s a summer song that grabs hold
    Angélique Kidjo's Memoir
    Kristi Wooten
    • Jan 25, 2014

    Angélique Kidjo's Memoir

    BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE ECONOMIST ANGELIQUE KIDJO’S childhood in Benin was a whirl of different languages and cultural influences. Hers was a family that spoke French, Fon and Yoruba, and placed equal emphasis on Catholic rites and indigenous spiritual rituals. This mixing has had a continuing impact on her career as a singer, which began with her mother’s theatre group at the age of six and has now made her one of Africa’s best-known performers, a woman who headlines c
    Rosanne Cash's Southern Music
    Kristi Wooten
    • Jan 15, 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 ghosts of William Faulkner and Robert Johnson loom large. A Grammy-winning singer and the eldest daughter of Johnny Cash, she lives in Manhattan. But on her landmark new album, “The River and the Thread”, she embraces her Memphis birthright to deliver a mixture of music and metaphor that explores the Southern grooves of her native city and t
    Diane Birch Sheds Her Rebellious Past
    Kristi Wooten
    • Oct 31, 2013

    Diane Birch Sheds Her Rebellious Past

    #20122014 #featured #INTERVIEWS #RollingStone #MUSIC #quad #albumreviews
    Elvis & The Roots: Digital Duet
    Kristi Wooten
    • Oct 23, 2013

    Elvis & The Roots: Digital Duet

    #THEECONOMIST #20122014 #featured #INTERVIEWS #MUSIC #quad #favorites #albumreviews

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