A question from a former student about keeping jazz skills sharp when there are very few live performance opportunities led WHRV host Jae Sinnett to ponder what makes a listener appreciate and enjoy this genre of music.

If John Mayer’s new album wasn’t called “Sob Rock” and the cover didn’t have a Miami Vice vibe to it, fans might not have noticed that this new album is stylishly emulating a much maligned genre of music known as yacht rock

Revisit a magical year in classic country on this week's episode. We'll be hearing music from 1960 when country was moving away from its "honky-tonk" origins. 

Last month, Christopher Newport University announced an initiative called the New Musicals Lab, bringing together creative talent from all over the country to create and workshop musical theatre in the safe haven of Hampton Roads.

Jakob Dylan is the only original member of The Wallflowers and has released his first album since he officially turned his band into a solo project, the aptly titled “Exit Wounds.”

Musician Doug Alan Wilcox will join us by phone this week to talk about his music, and we'll hear feature songs from his latest release. Join us on Sunday at 9 p.m. 

WHRO Public Media is pleased to welcome a new full-time reporter to the WHRO Newsroom. Ryan Murphy, formerly of The Virginian Pilot joins WHRO Public Media News Director Mechelle Hankerson who is leading the local journalism initiative.

According to this scientist, advances in biology, cosmology, and physics bring us closer to the "God Hypothesis."