This is a great weekend for RVA big band music. On Friday night, local legend Doug Richards leads Laura Ann Singh and his ensemble in a Virginia Commonwealth University performance including his ...

As anyone who's recently attended a show by Foreigner or Lynyrd Skynyrd knows, it's become as common as a guitar solo to see a classic rock & roll outfit without any original members in the lineup.

Big bands were built in the 1920s and ’30s to blast young dancers with layers of rhythm, but creative composers seeking a larger canvas have kept the form alive. Hear 12 big selections. By Giovanni ...