Ray Allen

Ray Allen is professor emeritus of music and American studies at Brooklyn College, CUNY and worked as a senior research associate at the Hitchcock Institute for the Study of American Music. His books include Singing in the Spirit: African-American Sacred Quartets in New York City ; Gone to the Country: The New Lost City Ramblers and the Urban Folk Music Revival ; Island Sounds in the Global City: Caribbean Popular Music and Identity in New York , coedited with Lois Wilcken; and Jump Up!...See more

Ray Allen is professor emeritus of music and American studies at Brooklyn College, CUNY and worked as a senior research associate at the Hitchcock Institute for the Study of American Music. His books include Singing in the Spirit: African-American Sacred Quartets in New York City ; Gone to the Country: The New Lost City Ramblers and the Urban Folk Music Revival ; Island Sounds in the Global City: Caribbean Popular Music and Identity in New York , coedited with Lois Wilcken; and Jump Up! Caribbean Carnival Music in New York City . See less