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Ken Abrams

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Newport, Providence, Rhode Island
As seen in: WRIU-FM (Kingston, RI), What's Up Newp, Deloitte, NewsBreak, Fierce Healthcare, Modern Healthcare, Our Community Now, Providence Monthly, The Bay Magazine, So Rhode Island, Hey Rhody
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Educator, Writer @ WhatsUpNewp, DJ @WRIU

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Ken Abrams writes about music, the arts, food trends, and more for Hey Rhody Media, where he is Managing Editor. He contributes to national music magazines and websites including No Depression, Folk Radio UK, and Jazz Times. Ken DJ's "The Kingston Coffeehouse," a roots/folk/rock radio show every Tuesday, 6-9 PM on WRIU 90.3 FM. He is a former educator in the Scituate, RI school system where he taught Social Studies for over 30 years.
He is on the board of the Rhode Island Folk Festival, Provide…

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Rhode Island Hosts a Summer of Soccer as World Cup Visitors Descend on the Region

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By Ken Abrams
| Providence Monthly
The world’s biggest sporting event is coming to southern New England – and its impact will extend well beyond the stadium where the games are being played. The FIFA World Cup, held every four years, takes place across North America this summer, with more than 100 matches scheduled in cities in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Several games will be played at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, MA, placing the Providence area squarely within the tournament’s orbit.
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Deer Tick’s Coin-O-Matic is an Unflinching Tribute to Providence Original

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By Ken Abrams
| Hey Rhody
Rhode Island’s reigning rock and roll champions are back with an outstanding new release, Coin-O-Matic, the title a nod to the former Federal Hill headquarters of the notorious mob boss Raymond Patriarca (worth a Google search). Released June 5, the album is a brutally honest tribute to the capital city, featuring a sound that is gritty, courageous, and unmistakably Providence.
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This Day in History: May 24, 1941 – Bob Dylan is born

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By Ken Abrams
| What's Up Newp
OK, we know, he’s not a native Rhode Islander, but perhaps his greatest moment as a musician came in Newport in 1965. Singer-songwriter, “song and dance man” Bob Dylan was born Robert Zimmerman on this day in 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota. Dylan moved to New York City in 1961 and the rest is history. He quickly rose to the top of the New York City folk scene and began to fill concert halls around the world.
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