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Jimmy Buffett's longtime bassist says if he weren't a musician, he’d be a psychologist. Jim Mayer not only continues to tour with the Coral Reefers, the band of the late Buffett, he plays in hundreds of schools per year, trying to teach kids social-emotional skills.

Sweet is working on his 16th studio album, but doesn't mind that people love hearing the old stuff.

The trio hit the ground running 11 years ago, touring more than 200 days a year and putting out four studio albums. Their latest, "The Sun," anchors a 13-city acoustic tour that comes to Bloomington next week.

Rick Valentin says dreary central Illinois winter weather is why he began writing and recording new music in January 2020. But that exercise for his solo…

Singer-songwriter Leah Marlene's first full-length album is quite a curveball for those that came to her through her 2018 up-tempo, hook-laden debut EP…