Decade of Difference: Soundgarden

Soundgarden was able to carve a niche for hard rock in the evolving genre of alternative rock, drawing on influences from Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath combined with intelligence and humor pulled from the underground [...]

Decade of Difference: Tom Jones

Sir Tom Jones began his career with a string of top 10 hits in the mid 60’s, eventually selling over 100 million records. A musical shape shifter, Jones has sung almost every form of popular [...]

Decade of Difference: Jerry Douglas

Jerry Douglas came into playing the dobro through his father who was a bluegrass musician. As a teen he played with his father’s band, when a member of the bluegrass group The Country Gentlemen heard [...]

Decade of Difference: Tom T. Hall

One of America’s most successful songwriters, Tom T. Hall passed away in mid August. Known as “the Storyteller”, Hall wrote 12 number one songs with an additional 26 that reached the top 10. Born in [...]

Decade of Difference: Dave Edmunds

Welshman Dave Edmunds played in his first band as a ten year old with his brother Geoff. Initially Dave played piano but quickly moved on to guitar in a series of bands that formed and [...]

Decade of Difference: Madeleine Peyroux

Madeleine Peyroux is known for her reinterpretation of classic jazz, blues and folk songs. Her initial album, 1996’s Dreamland demonstrated this using a group of seasoned jazz performers and song list of classics. Growing up [...]

Infrequencies: A WNRN Podcast

This is Infrequencies, a WNRN podcast. Why Infrequencies? Because WNRN broadcasts on multiple frequencies through central Virginia on FM, AM, HD and of course, streaming on the web, which is [...]

Decade of Difference: Alison Krauss

At five Alison Krauss began violin lessons and after tiring of classical music she turned her attention to country and bluegrass. By eight she was competing in talent contests, at ten she had her own [...]

Decade of Difference: Hank Thompson

For seven decades, Hank Thompson performed his style of western swing, popularizing the genre with his version, lighter and less instrumental heavy than his contemporary Bob Wills. Growing up in Waco, Texas Thompson was interested [...]

Decade of Difference: Sturgill Simpson

Kentucky native Sturgill Simpson appeared seemingly out of nowhere to earn a Grammy nomination with his 2014 release Metamodern Sounds in Country Music. In fact Simpson had been performing since 2004 and had released three [...]

Will Overman In-Studio Session

Virginia native and recent Nashville transplant Will Overman returns to the Commonwealth to kick off his tour in support of debut album The Winemaker's Daughter. He talks about sharing the personal songs on [...]