MY BOOKS
THEMES FOR GREAT CITIES: A NEW HISTORY OF SIMPLE MINDS (CONSTABLE)
2022
'A deep and thrilling dive into some of the greatest musical minds to have come out of Scotland in modern times' - Ian Rankin
SMALL HOURS: THE LONG NIGHT OF JOHN MARTYN (OMNIBUS PRESS)
2020
A 2020 Book of the Year in The Times, Telegraph, Financial Times, Evening Standard, Hot Press, Herald, MOJO, Uncut; serialised in the Guardian. Film rights optioned
COWBOY SONG: THE AUTHORISED BIOGRAPHY OF PHILIP LYNOTT (CONSTABLE)
2016
Published in the US by Chicago Review Press; translated into Spanish and Italian. Film rights optioned
GEORGE HARRISON: BEHIND THE LOCKED DOOR (OMNIBUS)
2013
Published in the US by the Overlook Press, 2015; translated into German, Czech, Portuguese and Finnish; serialised in the Mail on Sunday and GQ
THE RESURRECTION OF JOHNNY CASH (JAWBONE)
2011
Published by Backbeat in US. Translated into German
UNDER THE IVY: THE LIFE & MUSIC OF KATE BUSH (OMNIBUS)
2010 (updated 2012; 2015)
Translated into German, Polish and Finnish; serialised in the Guardian
I SHOT A MAN IN RENO (CONTINUUM/BLOOMSBURY)
2008
Translated into Italian and French
WILLIE NELSON: THE OUTLAW (VIRGIN BOOKS)
2006
Foreword by Keith Richards
COMPLICATED SHADOWS: THE LIFE & MUSIC OF ELVIS COSTELLO (CANONGATE)
2004
The definitive biography of Elvis Costello