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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...

FROM THE ECONOMIST: “It’s ‘Once’ being on Broadway that has afforded me some luxuries, not being in a band,” Hansard says. “It affords me...

FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: The idea for “Ghost Brothers” began in Mellencamp’s territory of  “Small Town” Indiana, where the “Pink...

Improving Maternal Healthcare, One Song at a Time May 1, 2012 FROM THE HUFFINGTON POST | by Kristi York Wooten and Christy Turlington...

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Southern Gothic once referred exclusively to scribes and literature from the land of...

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE ECONOMIST CANCER isn’t cool. Nile Rodgers’s diagnosis in late 2010 proved especially baffling for him. A...

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...

There are plenty of juicy celebrity anecdotes, including hanging out with David Bowie, rows with Motown Records, and clubbing with...

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE ECONOMIST PAUL MCCARTNEY is one of the most important figures of 20th-century music. Therein lies the...

PAUL MCCARTNEY is one of the most important figures of 20th-century music. Therein lies the dilemma. Can the 69-year-old former Beatle...

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Just in time for the Grammy Awards on February 13, here’s a list of 2010’s best songs. I asked one of my favorite bands (who, by the way,...

FROM THE HUFFINGTON POST: “The main lesson I’ve learned in the whole process [of Guinea Worm eradication] is that we underestimate the...

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December 16, 2010 Jeff Bridges: Dude, codger, humanitarian Directors Joel and Ethan Coen sure know how to make audiences appreciate a...

I just realized while checking out the stats for this blog that some of you are actually visiting this site regularly and by golly, I...

Michael Franti sings with children in East Timor. Photo Courtesy of CARE. © Josh Estey/CARE Welcome! If you weren’t directed here from...

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Hey Tim! I’m extremely sad that Keane isn’t coming to Atlanta on this tour. Tim Rice Oxley: We haven’t been there in awhile now. We would...