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By Providence Journal Arts Writer Rick Massimo

November 30, 2008 - December 6, 2008 Archives


Song of the Day

2:01 PM Thu, Dec 04, 2008 | | Write a comment
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Keith Moon, making it look easy ... "I Can't Explain," The Who......

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Song of the Day, Odetta Memorial Edition

2:31 PM Wed, Dec 03, 2008 | | Write a comment
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It's short, and I don't even know what song this is, but it's from Newport. And if it gets you onto YouTube and entices you to spend the rest of the afternoon listening to Odetta, well, how bad is that?......

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Britney too!

4:01 PM Tue, Dec 02, 2008 | | Write a comment
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Britney Spears announced during an appearance on Good Morning America today that she's heading back onto the road for the first time in five years. The Circus Tour will begin March 3 in New Orleans, end in April in Chicago......

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Manilow!

3:32 PM Tue, Dec 02, 2008 | | Write a comment
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Barry Manilow will sing at the Dunkin' Donuts Center, in Providence, on Wednesday, Feb. 11, at 8 p.m. Tickets go on sale Saturday at 10 a.m. and range from $119 to $19. They're available at the box office, by calling......

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Song of the Day

7:00 AM Tue, Dec 02, 2008 | | Comments (1)
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I always have dug him: "Big Love," Lindsey Buckingham......

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Song of the Day, Mike Terry Memorial Edition

4:33 PM Mon, Dec 01, 2008 | | Write a comment
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The Motown saxophonist died Oct. 30 and was 68: For a while in the mid-1960s, the baritone saxophone was the lead guitar of soul music. More precisely, it was the instrument identified by certain producers at the Motown studios in......

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