Mike Gombas on the Acoustic Highway

WHRO | By Barry Graham

Published March 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM EST

Mike Gombas Jr is featured on this week's Acoustic Highway. Mike is a long-time area musician and recently won a Veer Local Music Award. He'll share some music from his band Step Pets and also offer insight into his music, and he'll perform live from the WHRV studio. Mike is the first artist in a new series that will feature local musicians sharing their thoughts and reflections on their music- they take the mic! Also, music from other regional artists including Logan Vath, Roberta Lea, Ron Fetner, Mare Carmody, and Tret Fure. And we'll hear from Austin, Texas based Nick Taylor as well as a track from the outstanding 2023 release from Carrie Newcomer-A great Wild Mercy. Buckle up for yet another jam packed and unique 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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