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Kristi Wooten

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Where Were You in the Summer of 1986?

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