Author name: Shane Mariano

Father, Husband, Son, Sibling.... Marketing consultant and keyboard warrior. If I’m not here, I’m in Key West day-drinking.

Jimmy Buffett’s Life, Music and Gulf Coast Legacy Get the Museum Experience They Deserve
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Jimmy Buffett’s Life, Music and Gulf Coast Legacy Get the Museum Experience They Deserve

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Jimmy Buffett’s music was never just about beaches, boats and margaritas. It was about a way of seeing the world. A new permanent experience in Mobile, Alabama, is bringing that world to life with rare artifacts, unreleased footage, handwritten lyrics and a recreation of Buffett’s legendary Key West recording studio.

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Erykah Badu and The Alchemist Announce August 28 Joint Album Release
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Erykah Badu and The Alchemist Finally Set a Date for Their Joint Album, and “Witch Doctor” Is Here

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Erykah Badu and The Alchemist have spent 18 months building one of hip-hop and soul’s most intriguing collaborations, and now it finally has a release date. Their joint album arrives August 28, with the new track “Witch Doctor” offering another taste of what happens when two artists who have never cared much about musical boundaries get locked in a studio together.

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Global Citizen Festival 2026 Brings Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, Lenny Kravitz & More to Central Park
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Global Citizen Festival 2026 Brings Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, Lenny Kravitz & More to Central Park

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The 2026 Global Citizen Festival is bringing Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, Lenny Kravitz, John Legend, Shaboozey, Lainey Wilson and TOMORROW X TOGETHER to Central Park on September 26. There’s just one small problem: I fly into the area September 27. Apparently I need to start paying closer attention to my own profession.

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The Kooks Reveal Their Next Album Will Be Weirder, More Kooky, and Possibly Their Best Yet
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The Kooks Reveal Their Next Album Will Be Weirder, More Kooky, and Possibly Their Best Yet

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The Kooks have finished their next album, and Luke Pritchard says the band went deeper, darker and considerably more psychedelic this time around. After more than two decades of infectious indie-rock songs, lineup changes and a catalog you probably know better than you think, The Kooks aren’t interested in coasting on nostalgia.

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Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” Hits 17 Weeks at No. 1
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Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” Hits 17 Weeks at No. 1

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I’m not exactly the guy you’ll find voluntarily blasting country music all afternoon, but Ella Langley has my attention. “Choosin’ Texas” is catchy, smart, ridiculously easy to replay, and now officially historic after spending 17 weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100. Maybe I’ve been doing this country thing wrong.

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Sean Paul, Disclosure and Two Friends Are Bringing the Party to the 2026 Las Vegas Grand Prix
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Sean Paul, Disclosure, Two Friends & More Turn the 2026 Las Vegas Grand Prix Into a Three-Night Music Festival

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Formula 1 is returning to Las Vegas November 19-21, and apparently 200-mph race cars weren’t enough entertainment. Sean Paul, Disclosure and Two Friends will headline three nights at the T-Mobile Stage at Sphere alongside Natasha Bedingfield, Gorgon City, Ja Rule and more, turning race weekend into one enormous music festival with an F1 race casually happening in the middle of it.

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