On this week’s Best of Pickin, we’ll hear music from Jim Lauderdale and his Reason and Rhyme release which came out in 2011 following his 2007 Grammy award winning release Bluegrass Diaries. Lauderdale is one of the rare artists who can forge the divide between traditional and progressive bluegrass. He had previously teamed with the legendary Ralph Stanley, winning a Best Bluegrass Album Grammy for their 2003 “Lost in the Lonesome Pines” release. Also, music from the Asheville, North Carolina based “Holler Choir” and their debut release “Songs Before They Write Themselves.” And, music from the Lonesome River Band, Dan Tyminski, Josh Williams, and new music from artist Trey Engle who just put out “Back Home.” The Best of Pickin, kicks off your weekend, Friday night at 11 on WHRV.