Ian MacDonald, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Ian MacDonald

British journalist

Date of Birth: 03-Oct-1948

Date of Death: 20-Aug-2003

Profession: record producer, lyricist, music critic

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Ian MacCormick (known by the pseudonym Ian MacDonald; 3 October 1948 – 20 August 2003) was a British music critic and author, best known for both Revolution in the Head, his critical history of the Beatles which borrowed techniques from art historians, and The New Shostakovich, a study of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich.
MacDonald was instrumental in popularising Nick Drake during the late 1970s and early 1980s.