David Browne (journalist)
David Browne is an American journalist and author. He is currently a senior writer at Rolling Stone, where he has been a contributor since 2008. He was the resident music critic at Entertainment Weekly between 1990 and 2006. He was an editor at Music & Sound Output magazine and a music critic at the New York Daily News before EW. He has written articles for a variety of publications, including The New York Times, Spin, The New Republic and Time.
Browne is the author of six books: ' a dual father/son biography of musicians Jeff Buckley and Tim Buckley; ', a history of extreme sports; ' ; ; ' ; and . The latter title received a starred review in Kirkus and was included in the Summer Reading issue of The New York Times in May 2019.
Browne was born and raised in New Jersey and attended New York University, where he received a bachelor's degree in journalism, with a minor in music. He lives in Manhattan.
