Singer-Songwriter Roberta Lea on Another View

WHRO | By Barry Graham

Published March 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM EDT

Country Music has always been influenced by Black Artists, even though they have been largely excluded from the genre for decades. Norfolk Native Roberta Lea stopped by the WHRV studio to perform her original music and to discuss her work with the Black Opry Tour. She has a strong determination to share the history of African Americans in the Country Music space. An engaging hour with the music of Roberta Lea, captured live from WHRO. This and all Another View shows can be heard on demand on the program page.

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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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