Author: Carey Allan

Rock 

Krishna Das: Have Harmonium Will Travel

October 11, 2026 Carey Allan 0 Comments Blue Oyster Cult, Krishna Das, New Paltz, New York, Ram Dass

A personal reflection on America’s rock ‘n’ roll yogi

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Pop Remembrance Rock 

Remembering Bonnie Tyler

July 12, 2026 Carey Allan 0 Comments Bonnie Tyler, Faster Than The Speed of Night, Jim Steinman, Kathleen Turner, Lauren Bacall, RIP, Total Eclipse Of The Heart

The Welsh hitmaker gone at 75

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Rock 

Murray the K and the Swingin’ Soiree

February 14, 2026February 14, 2026 Carey Allan 2 Comments Cousin Brucie, Elvis Presley, Murray Kaufman, Murray the K, The Beatles, The Drifters, The Fifth Beatle, The Platters, WINS

Paying homage to the inventor of submarine race watching

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Rock Soul 

Morgan James: A New Soul Sister

July 26, 2025 Carey Allan 1 Comment AC/DC, Aerosmith, Aretha Franklin, Morgan James, Nina Simone, Postmodern Jukebox, Scott Bradlee, Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox, Soul Remains The Same

Championing one of today’s best song interpreters

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Comedy Pop 

Tiny Tim: The Eternal Troubadour

July 23, 2021April 3, 2022 Carey Allan 4 Comments Bjork, Boy George, David Bowie, Elton John, Frank Zappa, Jackie Gleason, Lady Gaga, Michael Jackson, Peter Paul & Mary, Peter Yarrow, Prince, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, Sullivan, The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, Tiny Tim, Tiny Tim: King For a Day

As a wonderful new documentary brings the 60s pop culture icon back into the spotlight, we take a deeper look at the man born Herbert Khaury

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New Wave Pop Reggae Video 

MTV Killed the VIDEOSTAR

June 6, 2020June 6, 2020 Carey Allan 2 Comments 999, AC/DC, Bad Manners, Barbara Jones, Body Talk, Buggles, Can’t Get Enough Of You, Depeche Mode, Dire Straits, Donna Summer, Duran Duran, Eddy Grant, Elvis Costello, Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime, Feels Like I’m In Love, Genesis, Hanging Around, Hazel O’Connor, Human League, Imagination, In And Out Of Love, In The Air Tonight, Intuition, Japan, Johnny And Mary, Just Can’t Get Enough, Just When I Need You Most, Kelly Marie, Kiki Dee, Kim Wilde, Korgis, Leo Sayer, Linx, My Simple Heart, No Reply At All, Obsessed, Olivia Newton-John, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Queen, Quiet Life, Robert Palmer, Sky, Star, Stevie Nicks, The Three Degrees, Thunder In My Heart, Tina Turner, Toccata, Tunnel Of Love, Video Killed The Radio Star, VIDEOSTARS, Walking In The Sunshine, Whitney Houston

An inside look at the world’s very first music compilation for video cassette

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Disco Pop 

Winner Take All: Inside ABBA’s Final Years

February 18, 2020February 18, 2020 Carey Allan 4 Comments 1976, ABBA, Agnetha Fältskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, CBS Records

One former music exec reflects on the significance of his favorite song by the Swedish supergroup

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Blues Festivals Folk Psychedelics Rock 

I Met Nina Simone and Richie Havens in 1978 for Dinner, Part Two

October 20, 2019November 4, 2019 Carey Allan 1 Comment 1968, 1969, Bill Cosby, Buffy Saint-Marie, Butterfield Blues Band, Canned Heat, Charles Lloyd Quartet, Chuck Berry, Country Joe & The Fish, Dick Gregory, Flatt & Scruggs, Fleetwood Mac, Grateful Dead, Ian & Sylvia, Iron Butterfly, James Cotton Blues Band, Joan Rivers, Joni Mitchell, Jose Feliciano, Jr Walker & The All-Stars, Lenny Bruce, Marvin Gaye, Nina Simone, Richard Pryor, Richie Havens, Rodney Dangerfield, Steppenwolf, Sweet Inspirations, The Boxtops, The Grassroots, The Joe Tex Revue, The Turtles, Woodstock

Further observations at the intersection of two American music giants

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Blues Folk jazz Music Journalism 

I Met Nina Simone and Richie Havens in 1978 for Dinner, Part One

August 22, 2019August 23, 2019 Carey Allan 2 Comments Colpix, Elektra, Israel, Nina Simone, Nina Simone and Richie Havens, Nina Simone biography, Nina Simone's career, Philips Records, Richie Havens, Tel Aviv, Woodstock, Zoe Saldana

Observations at the intersection of two American music giants

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Pop Rock 

Met The Beatles

May 8, 2019February 11, 2024 Carey Allan 2 Comments 1964, George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, The Beatles

I greeted The Fab Four when they arrived in America in 1964

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