Allison Rapp

Allison Rapp is a freelance writer and dabbling musician based in New York City. She tweets at @allisonrapp22

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Meet the 16-year-old banjoist who recorded an album in a Crown Heights cave

Arts & Entertainment

Meet the 16-year-old banjoist who recorded an album in a Crown Heights cave

On their first album, Dakota Jones brings funk, soul, rock and Black queer visibility

Arts & Entertainment

On their first album, Dakota Jones brings funk, soul, rock and Black queer visibility

When ‘retro’ is an insult: Breaking down the Daptone sound

Arts & Entertainment

When ‘retro’ is an insult: Breaking down the Daptone sound

Buffy Sainte-Marie at Celebrate Brooklyn: An indigenous warrior and ‘observant optimist’

Arts & Entertainment

Buffy Sainte-Marie at Celebrate Brooklyn: An indigenous warrior and ‘observant optimist’

Juice is a big band that sounds a little like a lot of stuff

Arts & Entertainment

Juice is a big band that sounds a little like a lot of stuff

Muralist Katie Merz is making it up as she goes

Arts & Entertainment

Muralist Katie Merz is making it up as she goes

Museum of Love to release James Murphy-mixed ‘Life of Mammals’

Arts & Entertainment

Museum of Love to release James Murphy-mixed ‘Life of Mammals’

Brooklyn’s best shops for Record Store Day—or any day

Community & Commerce

Brooklyn’s best shops for Record Store Day—or any day

Indie-pop duo Overcoats releases ‘Used to be Scared of the Dark’

Arts & Entertainment

Indie-pop duo Overcoats releases ‘Used to be Scared of the Dark’

Women do it too: New billboards in Brooklyn celebrate the joys of jerking off

Community & Commerce

Women do it too: New billboards in Brooklyn celebrate the joys of jerking off

Rough Trade announces location for new record shop—in midtown

Community & Commerce

Rough Trade announces location for new record shop—in midtown

Gentle guitar giant: Bill Frisell is still learning

Arts & Entertainment

Gentle guitar giant: Bill Frisell is still learning

Patti Smith live at Brooklyn Museum: ‘It’s very moving to be here’

Arts & Entertainment

Patti Smith live at Brooklyn Museum: ‘It’s very moving to be here’

Americana through a Brooklyn filter

Arts & Entertainment

Americana through a Brooklyn filter

Allison Rapp

Articles written by the author

Meet the 16-year-old banjoist who recorded an album in a Crown Heights cave

Meet the 16-year-old banjoist who recorded an album in a Crown Heights cave

On their first album, Dakota Jones brings funk, soul, rock and Black queer visibility

On their first album, Dakota Jones brings funk, soul, rock and Black queer visibility

When ‘retro’ is an insult: Breaking down the Daptone sound

When ‘retro’ is an insult: Breaking down the Daptone sound

Buffy Sainte-Marie at Celebrate Brooklyn: An indigenous warrior and ‘observant optimist’

Buffy Sainte-Marie at Celebrate Brooklyn: An indigenous warrior and ‘observant optimist’

Juice is a big band that sounds a little like a lot of stuff

Juice is a big band that sounds a little like a lot of stuff

Muralist Katie Merz is making it up as she goes

Muralist Katie Merz is making it up as she goes

Museum of Love to release James Murphy-mixed ‘Life of Mammals’

Museum of Love to release James Murphy-mixed ‘Life of Mammals’

Brooklyn’s best shops for Record Store Day—or any day

Brooklyn’s best shops for Record Store Day—or any day

Indie-pop duo Overcoats releases ‘Used to be Scared of the Dark’

Indie-pop duo Overcoats releases ‘Used to be Scared of the Dark’

Women do it too: New billboards in Brooklyn celebrate the joys of jerking off

Women do it too: New billboards in Brooklyn celebrate the joys of jerking off

Rough Trade announces location for new record shop—in midtown

Rough Trade announces location for new record shop—in midtown

Gentle guitar giant: Bill Frisell is still learning

Gentle guitar giant: Bill Frisell is still learning

Patti Smith live at Brooklyn Museum: ‘It’s very moving to be here’

Patti Smith live at Brooklyn Museum: ‘It’s very moving to be here’

Americana through a Brooklyn filter

Americana through a Brooklyn filter

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