Nik Cohn
© Sophie Bassouls
Nik Cohn grew up in Derry, Northern Ireland; covered “Swinging London” in the 1960s; was a contributing editor at New York magazine in the ’70s, focusing on street cultures and pop life; lived and wrote in New Orleans, Paris, Shelter Island and, most recently, the Hudson Valley.
“The best writer about pop music . . . an inspiration.”
—Jarvis Cocker, BBC Radio 6 Music
"[A] longtime freelance scene-maker, [Cohn] practices a form of journalism that might be called loitering with intent . . . [He] was in the exact demographic place to feel the detonation of Elvis Presley, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and the Who across a formerly dull, gray landscape. He was a pioneering rock critic . . . His music writing was ardent, fond and knowing, and it had bite."
—Dwight Garner, The New York Times Book Review
The definitive, lavishly illustrated collection of music writing, memoir, and reportage from the redoubtable Nik Cohn.
Release: Oct 6, 2026
Hardcover ISBN: 9798988670148 • 400 pages
UK release: Nov 19, 2026 • UK Price: £25