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The Best of Pickin: Jim Lauderdale, The Holler Choir, Josh Williams, and more

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.

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.