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By Providence Journal Arts Writer Rick Massimo

Rick Massimo

KISS-108 Concert: A panoply of pop, from rock to rap

12:31 AM Mon, May 18, 2009 | Permalink | Write a

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By Rick Massimo

MANSFIELD, Mass. - As often as not, the closing act at the annual KISS-108 Concert is an afterthought. The audience has been wrung out from the all-day show and the Comcast Center is inevitably freezing by that time of night......

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Tags Black Eyed Peas Ciara Flo Rida Jesse McCartney KISS-108 Soulja Boy

Song of the Day, No Video Available Edition

7:00 AM Fri, May 08, 2009 | Permalink | Write a

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By Rick Massimo

One of the most beautiful songs ever, and way better than the Elvis version: http://redkelly.hipcast.com/download/0b4aa70d-02f4-29f6-d31b-b27d6a0202e3.mp3 "True Love Travels on a Gravel Road," Percy Sledge......

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Song of the Day, Bonus Track Edition

2:56 PM Wed, May 06, 2009 | Permalink | Write a

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By Rick Massimo

Couldn't find one of "Prettiest Girl" by itself. Never mind! "Prettiest Girl" (and "No Place Like Home"), The Neighborhoods......

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Tags No Place Like Home Prettiest Girl Song of the Day The Neighborhoods

Billboard Chart Alert: The Return!

12:44 PM Wed, May 06, 2009 | Permalink | Write a

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By Rick Massimo

Dylan is in at No. 1 this week with Together Through Life, his fifth chart-topping album. The Hannah Montana soundtrack is No. 2 again. New entrants into the top 20 include Heaven & Hell's The Devil You Know; the Playing......

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Enough already!

11:30 AM Wed, May 06, 2009 | Permalink | Write a

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Now Yusuf Islam (formerly known as Cat Stevens) is getting in on the Coldplay-stole-my song action: NEW YORK (Reuters) - Singer-songwriter Cat Stevens agreed on Monday that the Coldplay song, "Viva La Vida," sounds like one of his 1973 songs,......

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Tags Cat Stevens Coldplay Joe Satriani lawsuit Viva La Vida Yusuf Islam