I've stated previously on this forum that my mother was a major musical influence in my life, as along with being quite a talented singer, she always had music playing on the radio. I would come home from school and could be hearing anything from country to big band vocalists to classical ...In my teens a good friend of mine (to this day) introduced me to jazz ... My taste in music has been wide spread ever since ...
Like Dave, I also like to 'hold' something like a CD, but with that medium fading, I DO subscribe to Sirius for one of my vehicles ... Do I always get to hear EXACTLY what song or artist I want - maybe not - but with SO many genres to choose from, my road trips can be a lot more pleasant ...
At home, I might be listening to the radio, something from my collection, or listening to Pandora ... during dinner, my wife and I like to have Pandora's 'Dinner Jazz' station playing in the background ... I've really come to enjoy Bee Gee Adair's playing - nothing complex, just nice, including her interpretations of Elvis' ballads -
https://www.greenhillmusic.com/love-elvis.itemDuring breakfast, our URI station plays a wide variety of music - jazz, R&B, blues, etc. each morning during the hours of 7am to 10am, then switches to classical; a station out of Newport RI plays various types of jazz or 'world music' during the day; and our local country station also gets air time in our house ...
I've got a good 18 years on Charley, so the hard rock he favors just never quite made it with me
But, while there is now certainly a jazz influence in our house, as when I was a kid, one can never be sure what might be 'on air' at any time ...