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Wyonna, Tim O Brien, and Beck on The Best of Pickin

This week, The Best of Pickin features new music and lots of it! We'll have tracks from Wyonna, Seth Mulder and Midnight Run, Beck, Trey Hensley, and Wilson Banjo Company. It's the first solo release from Wyonna in ten years and the first since the passing of her mother and musical partner Naomi Judd. Also, we'll have a selection from Seth Mulder and Midnight Run. The album "Coming on Strong" was produced by Dudley Connell who was a major part of the legendary Johnson Mountain Boys Group and also, Ken Irwin, who founded Rounder Records and built it into a major label specializing in Bluegrass and Roots Music. And we'll hear from the new acoustic themed album from Beck, "Ride Lonesome" which recently was reviewed on NPR's Morning Edition and was the album of the week on WHRV's "Out of the Box". Also, some tracks from releases by Wilson Banjo Company and Trey Hensley. And, we'll have traditional Bluegrass selections from The Lonesome River Band, Blue Highway, Peter Rowan and others. Plus, a recording of the Tim O Brien Band captured live at the famed Telluride Bluegrass Festival on its 30th anniversary in 2003. The traditional and the new on The Best of Pickin. Friday night at 10 on WHRV. make it a habit, and tune in.

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.