Annual all Bluegrass Gospel Program on Pickin

WHRO | By Barry Graham

Published April 18, 2025 at 11:38 AM EDT

Tune in Easter evening for the traditional all Bluegrass Gospel Program. The greats of the genre are featured including Bill Monroe, Flatt and Scruggs, Ralph Stanley and so many others who shaped music around gospel music. On the major themes in Bluegrass was religion and nearly every performer has included some gospel songs as a part of their catalog. There's not a lot of commentary- the music speaks for itself. Tune in Sunday night at 7 for this two-hour gospel delight.

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Barry Graham

Barry Graham used to arrive at WHRO with a briefcase full of papers and lesson plans. For 32 years he taught US and Virginia Government in the Virginia Beach Public Schools. While teaching was always his first love, radio was a close second. While attending Old Dominion, Barry was program director at WODU, the college radio station. After graduating, he came to WHRO as an overnight announcer. Originally intending to stay on only while completing graduate school, he was soon hooked on Public Radio and today is the senior announcer on WHRV. In 2001, Barry earned his Ph.D in Urban Studies by writing a history of WHRO and analyzing its impact upon local education, policy and cultural arts organizations.

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