Holiday Americana on The Best of Pickin

WHRO | By Barry Graham

Published December 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM EST

Photo by Kira auf der Heide on Unsplash.com

Christmas is almost here and get ready with some late-night Americana holiday music with selections from T-Bone Burnett (who orchestrated the revival in Bluegrass music by producing the music/soundtrack to O Brother, Where Art Thou), Rhonda Vincent, The Old 97s, Old Crow Medicine Show, Ralph Stanley, Tim O Brien, Patty Loveless, and plenty of others. Patty Loveless released a wonderful Christmas album entitled "Bluegrass and White Snow: A Mountain Christmas in 2002 and covers both traditional and new Christmas tunes. The holidays are in full swing on the Best of Pickin. Tune in- Tonight 10-12 here on WHRV, rebroadcast on alt radio Saturday at 8:00PM, and available on demand at whro.org.

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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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