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Lyal Strickland on The Acoustic Highway

This week, the Acoustic Highway brings you new music Lyal Strickland. The Missouri based singer-songwriter who also is a cattle farmer released his last album ten years ago. That lp- "Balanced on a Barbed Wire" firmly established Strickland as a masterful storyteller at the intersection of roots and acoustic music. Strickland is touring behind his new album " Shooter of Truth" and has announced plans to go back into the studio soon to work on another album. Also, music from South Carolin based artist Angela Easterling and her new album " The Knoxville Project." She has been a four-time prestigious Kerrville New Folk Finalist. And music from acclaimed fiddler, banjoist, and singer Dirk Powell and his first album in 6 years entitled "Wake" and a track from the compilation release " Old Number 1 Revisited" in which artists pay tribute to the classic 1975 Guy Clark album. We'll hear from Local and regional artists Narissa Bond (I know she lives in Texas, but I'll always claim her as ours..) and Doug Alan Wilcox and, a track from the Sherpas- the trio composed of Tom Prasada- Rao, Hampton Roads native Michael Lille, and Tom Kimmel. Wrap up a Fall weekend with the Acoustic Highway. Sunday night at 9 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.