The Acoustic Highway Welcomes September

WHRO | By Barry Graham

Published August 28, 2024 at 5:40 PM EDT

Photo: Austin City Limits via YouTube.com — James Taylor Performs on 'Austin City Limits'

On this week’s Acoustic Highway, we say hello to September with songs by James Taylor., Julie Gold, and David LaMotte. Also, a set from regional artists Thelma Jarvis Peterson, Doug Alan Wilcox (who was just in town performing at the Suffolk Center for the Arts Summer concert series), Mike Lille, and Richmond based artist Gerry Laverty. And, new music from Steve Forbert. He burst onto the music scene in 1979 with “Romeo’s Tune” and a cameo appearance in the Cyndi Lauper video “Girls Just Want to Have fun.” Forbert appeared here in the region a few years ago as a part of the Tidewater Friends of Folk Music series. His new album is entitled “Daylight Savings Time.” Tune in for the first Highway show of September. Sunday Night at 9 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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