Geoffrey Himes
The basics
Quick facts
Gender:
Male
The details
Biography
Introduction
Geoffrey Himes is an American music critic who has written weekly for the Washington Post since 1977. He has also written for No Depression as a contributing editor since 1998 and has written for Paste since 2004. He has written lyrics for songs that have been recorded by multiple artists, including Billy Kemp & the Paradise Rockers and Mojo Filter. He has won the Deems Taylor Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers four times (in 2002, 2005, 2014, and 2016).
Books
- Born in the U.S.A. (a book about Bruce Springsteen's album of the same name; part of the 33 1/3 series) (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2005)