Farewell to Summer on The Acoustic Highway

WHRO | By Barry Graham

Published September 18, 2026 at 4:56 PM EDT

Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images — The sun sets behind power lines in Los Angeles in September.

It's a farewell to summer on this week's Acoustic Highway. We'll have songs about the end of the season from artists John Prine, David Francey, Constant Change, and Tret Fure. Also, music from actress and singer Alicia Witt teaming with John Paul White who was one part of the duo The Civil Wars. We'll also hear a few selections of his solo work. And music from Virginia Beach native Will Overman and regional artists Doug Alan Wilcox and Gerry Laverty. So long to the season of sun and fun on this week's Highway. Sunday night at 9 on 89.5 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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