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Sunday Night Bluegrass features classic tracks from The Louvin Brothers, Del McCoury, Reno and Smiley, and The Seldom Scene.

Sunday Night Bluegrass  rolls on this week with  classic tracks from Reno and Smiley, the Lonesome Pine Fiddlers, The Louvin Brothers, Jim and Jesse and others, including the legendary Northern Virginia/DC  band The Seldom Scene. The “Scene” as they were called were  mainstays in the region and were a part of the huge Bluegrass community that formed there.  Many residents of Appalachia had moved to the Northern Virginia region seeking work in DC and they brought with them, a love of mountain music.  The area soon became a hub for artists like Del McCoury, The Country Gentlemen, Lost and Found and others. Tune in for two solid hours of traditional Bluegrass on Pickin. Sunday Night at 7 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.