Andy McKee featured on this week's Acoustic Highway

WHRO | By Barry Graham

Published September 11, 2024 at 12:55 PM EDT

Guitar great Andy McKee will be the in-studio guest on this week's Acoustic Highway. He will be performing in the region next week for two shows in Norfolk and Williamsburg. McKee is a fingerstyle player with numerous albums and a series of successful you tube videos ( at one time 3 of his videos were the most watched streams on the platform). He's performed with guitar greats Michael Manring, Stephen Bennett, Lee Rittenour, and Don Ross. He cites the late Michael Hedges as one of his greatest influences. Tune in for lively discussion about his music, career, and all things guitar with Andy McKee, on the Highway. 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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