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Kristi Wooten
May 17, 2018
An Oral History of U2 in Atlanta
U2’s intersections with Atlanta over the years have gone beyond the city as a requisite tour stop.


Kristi Wooten
Dec 3, 2017
What No One Else Will Tell You About the New U2 Album
When music critics focus on confirming or denying the band’s place in music history, they miss the real story of Songs of Experience. I...


Kristi Wooten
Jun 16, 2017
Here’s How The Edge Celebrates Les Paul’s Birthday
Guitarist Les Paul would have turned 102 this year. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee died in 2009, but his legacy lives on through...


Kristi Wooten
Dec 3, 2015
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
Aug 27, 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
U2's Age Against the Machine
BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE ECONOMIST Many of today’s top touring artists, including Taylor Swift, One Direction, the Rolling Stones,...


Kristi Wooten
Dec 3, 2014
The Best Albums of 2014: Here's What They Have in Common
For the past few years, my year-end music column has focused almost exclusively on lists of singles, from which I’ve tried my darndest to...
Kristi Wooten
Apr 24, 2014
Where Were You in the Summer of 1986?
#1986 #petergabriel #20122014 #U2 #MUSIC #ThePolice #amnesty #loureed
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