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Sunday Night Pickin on WHRV with Ronnie Bowman

 

Pickin on WHRV brings you classic bluegrass this week with many of the defining artists of the genre with music from the Osborne Brothers, Flatt and Scruggs, and Red Allen. Also, we’ll hear tracks from many of the contemporary artists who are keeping alive the tradition with selections from Big Country Bluegrass, Special Consensus, Don Rigsby, Blue Highway, and Ronnie Bowman. Bowman cut his teeth with the Lonesome River Band and in 2002, released the prolific “Starting Over” cd which keyed in on a move to Nashville and a resurgent career as a solo artist. Hear for yourself the classic sounds of bluegrass music- and make it a staple of your Sunday nights. 7 PM here on 89.5.

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.