Americana Greats Celebrate Christmas on Late Night Best of Pickin

WHRO | By Barry Graham

Published December 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM EST

Get in the Holiday Spirit late night Friday on The Best of Pickin. We'll feature T-Bone Burnett covering the standard "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen", Larry Sparks and a great cover of "Blue Christmas", and Del McCoury not feeling so festive with a tune entitled " Bah Humbug." And, not quite ready for non-stop Rockin Around the Christmas Tree? We'll also have non-holiday tracks from Doc Watson, Sam Bush, Mumford and Sons, Sierra Hull, Jim Lauderdale, and plenty of others. Catch it all on The Best of Pickin. Friday night at 10 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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