By Haley Huffman Florist, a Brooklyn-based band originating from the Catskill Mountains of southern New York, released their most recent album “If Blue Could Be Happiness” on September 29th. They visited Harrisonburg around two weeks ago and played in the quiet, dimly lit Church of the Incarnation. It seemed more ...

By Ally Engelbrecht Well, last Friday was December 1st, so you’ve probably already had your fill of the annual Christmas jingles that fill the public soundwaves during this time of year. In lieu of these holiday songs, the WXJM web team has concocted a versatile wintertime playlist to wrap up ...

By Kevan Olsen   WXJM’s DJ of the month for November has been awarded to Aaron McCann, a senior music industry major at JMU, with a passion for Loud Rock as a DJ and composer. Writer Kevan Olsen sat with him to discuss his show, “The Noise with Sick Rick” ...

By Karlee Lewis If you tune into 88.7 FM between 7-8pm on Mondays, expect to hear junior political science pre-law student Delaney Keefe, super-senior graphic design major Wren Snyder, and their ever-changing cohort of co-hosts discussing feminism, politics and other social justice topics. The show itself, ‘Dame Theory’, is WXJM’s ...

By Victoria Dravis With the arrival of cold weather comes a surge of new music begging to be listened to throughout the weeks leading up to finals. Whether it’s singles or full albums being announced, the end of the fall season promises tunes that will carry into the New Year. ...

By Logan Chaudoin Ah, it’s finally November; the most thankful time of the year. As we wait for Thanksgiving break to approach, the days feel like they drag on and on. We are all working on last minute projects and papers that are due the week before Thanksgiving, but all ...

By Kevan Olsen In a world of suffocating media and entertainment, it seems that the fate of radio is sealed with an ever expanding graveyard. First went the newspapers, then magazines, cable TV, at this rate it seems like everything is being replaced. Society has moved almost all media online. ...

By Abby Church  For Jack Presbury, a JMU professor who teaches in the graduate counseling program, music has always been a hobby. Now that he’s retired, he’s taking more time to focus on his creative outlet. Originally from Kansas City, Presbury has been writing songs all his life. Growing up ...

By Ally Engelbrecht While hip-hop was not officially labeled until the ’70s, the social and emotional bearings of the style originated in times dating back to the 1920s prohibition. Following the Great Depression in America, high rise buildings and complex expressways began to pop up in cities, more specifically in ...