Songs on Coming Home and Thanksgiving on The Acoustic Highway

WHRO | By Barry Graham

Published November 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM EST

This week, as friends and families prepare to gather and celebrate the holidays, The Acoustic Highway provides a perfect backdrop with songs about Thanksgiving and Coming Home. We'll hear from Si Khan and his wonderful "Thanksgiving" release. Also, songs from regional artists Tret Fure, Jim Masters, and Dustin Furlow, as well as selections from Amy White, Bob Franke, and the title track from John Denver's 1974 Blockbuster release "Back Home Again." Tune in Sunday night and celebrate our kick-off to the holidays on The Highway. Sunday night at 9 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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