The Ballad of Wallis Island Soundtrack on The Acoustic Highway

WHRO | By Barry Graham

Published May 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM EDT

Tune in Sunday night for this week's Acoustic Highway- featuring the soundtrack from the new movie" The Ballad of Wallis Island." The film follows a man's quest to reunite his favorite performing duo for a private concert on a small-remote island. The soundtrack features music from actor Tom Basden who also stars in the movie. Also, music dedicated to the fifty-fifth anniversary of the Kent State Shootings on May 4th, 1970. And a set with local and regional artists Mike Lille, Gerry Laverty, Skip Friel, and Mercy Creek as well as music from Steve Earle and plenty of others. It's a jammed Highway- tune in. Sunday night at 9 on 89.5

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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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