New Music from Watchhouse, Seth Mulder, and Danny Paisley on The Best of Pickin

WHRO | By Barry Graham

Published June 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM EDT

Kick-Start your weekend late-night Friday with The Best of Pickin and a slew of new releases. We'll hear from the North Carolina duo Watchhouse, and their new releases entitled "Rituals." Also, new music from Blue Highway front man Shawn Lane- who teams with former Rodney Crowel band member Richard Bennett on the release 1682. Also, a new release from Seth Mulder, who got his start playing for tourists in Gatlinburg. The band's fourth release is entitled "Coming on Strong." We'll also hear some great standards from Larry Sparks, Old Crow Medicine Show, Alison Krauss, and Southern Raised. It's a full two hours of both traditional and progressive Bluegrass. Tune in. Friday night at 10 here on 89.5

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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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