Greensky Bluegrass on Best of Pickin

WHRO | By Barry Graham

Published September 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM EDT

Tune in late-night Friday for this week's Best of Pickin, with tracks from the 2014 release by Greensky Bluegrass and their " If Sorrows Swim" release. Also, music from Tim O'Brien and his salute to artists from his native West Virginia with the "Where the River Meets the Road" album. On it, he pays tribute to legendary singer-songwriter Hazel Dickens, The Lone Pine Fiddlers, and others. Also, new music from The Kody Norris Show, The Boston based band Grain Thief, The Colored Edge of Memory, Nefesh Mountain, The Hackensaw Boys, and plenty of others. It's just perfect to kick off a great weekend- the final days for the summer of 2025. Tune in, Friday night 10-12 here on WHRV.

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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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