The Best of Pickin: Arkansauce, Lynn Morris, and Bobby Osborne

WHRO | By Barry Graham

Published May 30, 2024 at 11:01 AM EDT

The best of Pickin brings you a wide range of both traditional and progressive Bluegrass music this week with selections from Arkansauce, who will be intown for a performance in Virginia Beach in July. Also, music from the Hackensaw Boys, who were formed in Charlottesville in the late 90s. Also, music from traditional artists Earl Scruggs Doc Watson, and Ricky Skaggs, in a performance of the legendary Flatt and Scruggs tune “Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down.” And, music from Greensky Bluegrass, Sam Bush, Tony Trischka, Bobby Osborne, Lynn Morris, and plenty of others. The Best of Pickin, kicking off a great weekend, Friday night at 11 on 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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