Jim Allen, Author at Rock and Roll Globe

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From Aphrodite’s Child to Chariots of Fire: Saying ‘Antio’ to Vangelis

May 21, 2022May 21, 2022 Jim Allen 0 Comments Aphrodite's Child, Blade Runner, Chariots of Fire, Greece, Jon Anderson, keyboards, RIP, Synthesizers, The Forminx, Vangelis, Yes

Greece’s prog-rock keyboard king has left us at the age of 79

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Music Journalism

They Were There: Two Legendary Rock Writers Sitting Around Talking Pt. 2

May 20, 2022May 20, 2022 Jim Allen 1 Comment Blondie, Gene Sculatti, Greg Tate, Ira Robbins, Nick Tosches, Ralph J. Gleason, Television, The Catalog of Cool, The Marbles, The Mumps, The Ramones, Trouser Press

A candid conversation with Ira Robbins and Gene Sculatti, continued

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Music Journalism

They Were There: Two Legendary Rock Writers Sitting Around Talking, Part One

May 19, 2022May 20, 2022 Jim Allen 0 Comments Big Brother and the Holding Company, CBGB, Crawdaddy!, Creem, Gene Sculatti, Hit Parader, Ira Robbins, Melody Maker, Mojo Navigator, Music Journalism, New York City, San Francisco, Talking Heads, Television, The Beach Boys, The Ramones, The Who Sell Out, Trouser Press

A candid conversation with Ira Robbins and Gene Sculatti

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Strangers on a Train: The Second Coming of The Left Banke’s Lost Years

April 16, 2022April 17, 2022 Jim Allen 0 Comments George Cameron, Omnivore Recordings, Steve Martin Caro, Strangers on a Train, The Left Banke, Tom Finn

The ‘60s baroque-pop kings’ buried ‘70s sessions return with some revelatory additions

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Folk Progressive Rock Rock

Being For The Benefit of Mr. Tull

March 15, 2022March 15, 2022 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1970, Aqualung, Benefit, Box Set, Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull, Martin Barre, Parlophone, Rhino Records, Spud

A generous new box set chronicles the Jethro Tull classic that set the stage for Aqualung

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Remembrance Rock

Born to Brood: Mark Lanegan’s Dark Art

February 28, 2022March 15, 2022 Jim Allen 0 Comments Isobel Campbell, James Williamson, MARK LANEGAN, Martina Topley-Bird, Moby, Queens of the Stone Age, RIP, Screaming Trees, Singles, Slash, Tinariwen, UNKLE

Looking back on the broken beauty of a Screaming Tree

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New Wave Power Pop

We Were Happy There: Peter Holsapple on 40 years of The dB’s Repercussion

February 2, 2022February 2, 2022 Jim Allen 1 Comment 1982, Albion Records, Chris Stamey, Gene Holder, Peter Holsapple, Repercussion, The dB's, Will Rigby

How a 1982 merger of Power Pop and New Wave became a cult classic

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New Wave Rockabilly

The Blasters Brought Greaser Cool to the Punk Party 40 Years Ago

December 31, 2021 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1981, 40th Anniversary, Barry Allen, Dave Allen, Slash, Slash Records, Steve Berlin, The Blasters

One of the greatest albums of the ‘80s was fixated on the ‘50s

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Art Pop Indie Rock Pop

Video Premiere: Ward White Keeps It Creepy on “Easy Meat”

December 15, 2021December 14, 2021 Jim Allen 2 Comments Easy Meat, Heidi Adams, Los Angeles, music video, Paul Thomas Anderson, single, The Tender Age, Ward White

Things get dark in sunny L.A., or is it all a deadly daydream?

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Blues North Americana Rock

ALBUMS: Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Reunite on Raise the Roof

November 20, 2021 Jim Allen 0 Comments Alison Krauss, Bert Jansch, David Lynch, Raise The Roof, Robert Plant, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Rounder Records

After a decade and a half, the dream duo is back for more roots noir

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Video Premiere: Clandestine Capers are Kept Undercover in Ward White’s “Dirty Clouds”

October 7, 2021October 7, 2021 Jim Allen 1 Comment 2021, Donald Fagen, Karate Dentist, Randy Newman, The Tender Age, VF14 Records, Video, Ward White

Get the lowdown on the entirety of The Tender Age’s seamless subversion

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LISTEN: Loveland Duren Take a Trip to Pop Paradise on “Where Are We Going”

September 8, 2021September 8, 2021 Jim Allen 1 Comment 2021, Al Green, Ann Peebles, Any Such Thing, Ardent Studios, Edgewood Recordings, Loveland Duren, Memphis, Van Duren, Vicki Loveland

The Rock & Roll Globe is proud to premiere the new single from the duo’s forthcoming third LP Any Such Thing

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jazz New Wave Pop

We The Cats: Joe Jackson’s Jumpin’ Jive at 40

June 28, 2021June 28, 2021 Jim Allen 3 Comments 1981, 40th Anniversary, AM, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Brian Setzer, Cab Calloway, Graham Maby, Joe Jackson, Jumpin' Jive, Louis Jordan, Night and Day

In the Summer of ’81, a New Wave firebrand became the first neo-swing king

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The Last Rock Star: When Billy Squier Blew Up

May 21, 2021May 23, 2021 Jim Allen 2 Comments 1981, 40th Anniversary, Billy Squier, Capitol, Capitol Records, Don't Say No, MTV, Piper

40 years ago, America said yes to Don’t Say No

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New Wave Post-Punk

The Art of Arson: The Birthday Party’s Prayers on Fire at 40

May 6, 2021May 6, 2021 Jim Allen 0 Comments Anita Lane, Mick Harvey, Nick Cave, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Phil Calvert, Prayers On Fire, Rowland S. Howard, The Birthday Party, Tracy Pew

Nick Cave’s incendiary introduction to the wider world

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