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Newfound Road Returns on The Best of Pickin

Kick-start your weekend with some late-night Americana with The Best of Pickin. This week, hear music from the legendary King of New England Bluegrass Joe Val, who played with the famed Lilly Brothers around Boston in the 1960s and later surrounded himself with the cream of the city's musical crop including Joan Baez. Also, music from Dan Tyminski and his "God fearing Heathen" release. Also, tracks from Jim and Jesse, the Grass Cats, Newfound Road, and plenty of others. Ohio based, Newfound Road was founded in 2001 and called it quits in 2013, before briefly reuniting in 2015. By 2019, the band again stopped working together. However, fan interest refused to die, and the band has reunited with a new single and an expected album to soon follow. Hear the band Newfound Road and plenty more- both traditional and progressive Americana on The Best of Pickin. Friday night at 10 on WHRV.

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.