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Levi Stubbs, 1936-2008

3:01 PM Fri, Oct 17, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Rick Massimo    Email

The original lead singer of the Four Tops was 72, and he hadn't performed since a series of strokes in 2000. Truth be told, I always preferred The Temptations, but age was the only thing that broke up The Four......

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Janet's back.

3:06 PM Thu, Oct 16, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
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Janet Jackson returned to the stage Wednesday night in Washington, D.C., after canceling a string of performances earlier this month. The Associated Press reports that Jackson canceled two weeks of shows on her Rock Witchu Tour -- her first in......

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Hanson-mania!

12:20 PM Thu, Oct 16, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
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It is a quarter past noon. There are about 10 people clustered in front of the Coffee King on Fountain Street watching Hanson's tour bus park. I mean, that last record was pretty good, I'll grant you, but - Hanson?......

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Manilow! No Minutemen!

10:55 AM Thu, Oct 16, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (1)
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You knew it was coming: (October 16, 2008 - New York, NY) Grammy, Tony, and Emmy Award-winning Arista recording artist Barry Manilow just announced the release of his new album, THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE EIGHTIES, a brand new 12-song......

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Neal Hefti, 1922-2008

11:27 AM Wed, Oct 15, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
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AP sez: Neal Hefti, a Big Band trumpeter, arranger and composer of themes for the movie "The Odd Couple" and the "Batman" television series, has died. He was 85. Hefti died Saturday at his home, said his son Paul Hefti.......

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Well, you don't hear this every day ...

1:30 PM Tue, Oct 14, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
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I like Tim McGraw. I didn't know that much about him when I saw him this summer, but I deeply appreciated that his songs went beyond the reg'lar-guy, aw-shucks, love-my-gal tropes of pop-country music. I like him more now: Curb......

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Ray Davies coming to Lupo's

10:54 AM Tue, Oct 14, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
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Ray Davies, the founder, singer and songwriter of the legendary band The Kinks and now a solo artist, will lead his band into Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel, 79 Washington St., Providence, on Wednesday, Dec. 10, at 8 p.m. Tickets go on......

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Ray Davies coming to Lupo's

10:46 AM Tue, Oct 14, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
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Ray Davies, the founder, singer and songwriter of the legendary band The Kinks and now a solo artist, will lead his band into Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel, 79 Washington St., Providence, on Wednesday, Dec. 10, at 8 p.m. Tickets go on......

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