The ultimate Bluegrass Fiddler Kenny Baker featured on this week's Pickin

WHRO | By Barry Graham

Published June 27, 2024 at 10:11 AM EDT

Kenny Baker is considered to be one of the most influential fiddlers in the Bluegrass genre. He spent over two decades working with the legendary Bill Monroe and also worked with Josh Graves, who had been a Foggy Mountain Boy with Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs. Baker is credited with helping to popularize the genre with his "long-bow" style. He was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor in 1999. Tune in for a real lesson in Bluegrass Fiddle on this week's Pickin. Sunday night at 7 on WHRV.

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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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