Music

Henry Cook and I hope you will join us this Saturday night, July 16th, at 9:00 for a wild and wooly special edition of Time For The Blues! For one reason, we’ve got a special guest, a dear friend of ours who was just in town promoting her latest album and for a second reason, we’re featuring an amazing super-group that is guaranteed to knock your socks off!

The local ensemble RVA Baroque is presenting a "Baroque for All Celebration" this weekend (July 15-17) in various locations across Richmond. It's a three-day community music festival, with engaging and eclectic programs. VPM's Mike Goldberg previews the event with Artistic Director Raphael Seligmann, along with Karine Marshall, President of Capitol Opera Richmond and Christopher Swanson, who will direct and conduct a performance of Claudio Monteverdi's "The Coronation of Poppea."

Guitarist, singer and interpreter of the music we call the blues, Elizabeth Wise was born in Virginia and currently calls RVA home. But she's traveled the world inhaling that music wherever she finds herself. Her career now spans more than a decade of performing professionally in bars, clubs, and living rooms as well as on festival stages up and down the East Coast.

It’s been a couple of years since JAMinc’s produced an In Your Ear radio show. The pandemic kept artists home and our Studio A sacred space was way too confined to allow any social distancing at all. We just shut down for a while, then tried live-streaming with no audience for a few shows and then began a great relationship with Hardywood Craft Brewery, giving us access to their Scott’s Addition Barrel Room. That’s where we recorded this loving reunion of members of Page Wilson’s band Reckless Abandon.

Henry Cook and I hope you will join us this Saturday night, July 9th, at 9:00 on Time For The Blues as we present another great show for your listening pleasure. We’re planning on pulling out all the stops and giving you our all for the entire show!

It's time for the 2022 Wintergreen Music Festival! The annual summer event features symphonic and chamber concerts, workshops and clinics, and runs from July 6-31. VPM's Mike Goldberg talks with Artistic Director Erin Freeman about the offerings of this year's event.

A conversation with the executive director of the Richmond Jazz Society about the organization's founding, Richmond's jazz history, and the ways jazz wrestles with American history and identity.

Once upon a time, Henry Cook and I would explore artists and groups that stepped outside of their comfort zone and release a blues album. Or two. Guys and Gals that you wouldn’t think of as major blues players often released something that kicked – well you know what.

Catching up with the drummer, academic, and fixture of the Richmond scene about old friends and next steps ahead of his term at Francis Marion University in South Carolina.

Once again, the weekend is rolling around and it’s just about time for Time For The Blues! Henry Cook and I hope you will join us this Saturday night, June 11th, at 9:00 as we drop a very special episode of the show on you, our favorite audience. Be sure to catch us on one of the VPM Music stations or stream it online at VPM.org.