Music From The Front Porch

Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Fans have been tuning in to "Music from the Front Porch" for over 30 years. The tradition of folk, bluegrass, acoustic and western swing continues with hosts John McMillen, Mike Gowen and Mark Welch. Hear the best of old and new musicians from Bill Monroe and Woody Guthrie to Alison Krauss and Chris Thile.

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Playlist

January 26, 2013

10:04 AM
Old Cold Coffee on the Dashboard
Artist : Nickel Creek
Album : Here to There
ReleaseYear : 1996
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10:08 AM
Night
Artist : Michael Cleveland
Album : Let'Er Go Boys
ReleaseYear : 2006
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10:10 AM
Handsome Molly
Artist : Country Gentlemen
Album : On The Road (And More)
ReleaseYear : 1963
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10:13 AM
New Jerusalem
Artist : Ricky Skaggs
Album : Music to My Ears
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10:17 AM
Train That Never Slows Down
Artist : Chris Jones
Album : Lost Souls & Free Spirits: The Rebel Collection Old & New
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10:19 AM
Shining Waters
Artist : Andy Leftwich
Album : Ride
ReleaseYear : 2003
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10:23 AM
Pan American
Artist : The Seldom Scene
Album : Old Train
ReleaseYear : 1974
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10:26 AM
Different Roads
Artist : The Seldom Scene
Album : Old Train
ReleaseYear : 1974
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10:28 AM
Heartsville Pike
Artist : The Seldom Scene
Album : After Midnight
ReleaseYear : 1981
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10:32 AM
Lay Down Sally
Artist : The Seldom Scene
Album : After Midnight
ReleaseYear : 1981
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10:36 AM
Mean Mother Blues
Artist : The Seldom Scene
Album : Act 3
ReleaseYear : 1973
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10:39 AM
See Rock City
Artist : Bela Fleck
Album : Drive
ReleaseYear : 1988
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10:43 AM
Does My Ring Burn Your Finger
Artist : Red Molly
Album : Light in the Sky
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10:46 AM
Ballad Of Restored Confidence
Artist : Cadillac Sky
Album : Letters In The Deep
ReleaseYear : 2010
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10:50 AM
Old Time’s Sake
Artist : Kathy Kallick
Album : Call Me a Taxi
ReleaseYear : 1996
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10:53 AM
Idle Minds
Artist : Cherryholmes
Album : Cherryholmes IV: Common Threads
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10:57 AM
Missing Vassar
Artist : Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
Album : Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
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11:01 AM
Widow’s Weeds
Artist : Claire Lynch
Album : Whatcha Gonna Do
ReleaseYear : 2009
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11:08 AM
The Last Thing on My Mind
Artist : Jimmy Gaudreau; Moondi Klein
Album : 2:10 Train
ReleaseYear : 2008
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11:12 AM
New River Ride
Artist : Doyle Lawson
Album : Tennessee Dream
ReleaseYear : 1977
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11:14 AM
Colleen Malone
Artist : Jimmy Gaudreau
Album : In Good Company
ReleaseYear : 2006
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11:18 AM
It Doesn’t Matter
Artist : Chris Hillman
Album : The Other Side
Composer : Hill, Hillman, Stills
ReleaseYear : 2005
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11:21 AM
Chicken Road
Artist : Alison Brown
Album : Twilight Motel
Composer : Alison Brown
ReleaseYear : 1992
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11:25 AM
One Way Track
Artist : Boone Creek
Album : One Way Track
ReleaseYear : 1978
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11:28 AM
Rocky Road Blues
Artist : Marty Raybon
Album : Southern Roots & Branches
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11:30 AM
Let Me Walk With The Old Folks Awhile
Artist : Nathan Blake Lynn
Album : Ramble Lynn
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11:33 AM
A Thousand Words
Artist : Snap Jackson & The Knock on Wood Players
Album : A Breath of Fresh Air
ReleaseYear : 2010
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11:35 AM
Another Free Woman
Artist : Blackie And The Rodeo Kings Feat. Sara Watkins
Album : Kings and Queens
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11:39 AM
Wild Bill Jones
Artist : Hot Rize
Album : Radio Boogie
ReleaseYear : 1981
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11:41 AM
Orleans
Artist : Nashville Mandolin Ensemble
Album : Plectrasonics
ReleaseYear : 2001
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11:45 AM
The Look Of A Perfect Diamond
Artist : The Del McCoury Band
Album : The Family
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11:47 AM
It’s Been A Long Time
Artist : King Wilkie
Album : Broke
ReleaseYear : 2004
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11:50 AM
I Got a Feeling
Artist : David Parmley
Album : David Parmley With Scott Vestal & Continental
ReleaseYear : 1995
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11:53 AM
Never Again
Artist : Trampled By Turtles
Album : Trouble
ReleaseYear : 2007
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11:55 AM
Liza Jane
Artist : The Wood Brothers
Album : Up Above My Head
ReleaseYear : 2009
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11:58 AM
When Joy Kills Sorrow
Artist : Béla Fleck
Album : The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Vol. 2
Composer : Fleck
ReleaseYear : 1999
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12:03 PM
We Don’t Grow Tobacco
Artist : Old Crow Medicine Show
Album : Carry Me Back
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12:09 PM
She Is Her Own Special Baby
Artist : Roland White
Album : I Wasn't Born To Rock 'N Roll
ReleaseYear : 1976
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12:12 PM
There Stands The Glass
Artist : Van Morrison
Album : Pay the Devil
ReleaseYear : 2006
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12:14 PM
The Devil Had a Hold of Me
Artist : Gillian Welch
Album : Hell Among the Yearlings
ReleaseYear : 2001
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12:18 PM
Western Country
Artist : Dirk Powell
Album : Hand Me Down
ReleaseYear : 2009
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12:22 PM
Across The Black Prairie
Artist : Black Prairie
Album : Feast of the Hunters' Moon
Composer : Traditional
ReleaseYear : 2010
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12:26 PM
Last Train
Artist : Peter Rowan
Album : All On a Rising Day
ReleaseYear : 2006
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12:30 PM
Old Wyatt
Artist : Robin and Linda Williams
Album : Sugar For Sugar
ReleaseYear : 1996
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12:34 PM
Without You
Artist : The Waifs
Album : Sundirtwater
ReleaseYear : 2008
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12:39 PM
Souvenirs
Artist : John Prine
Album : Souvenirs
ReleaseYear : 2000
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12:42 PM
Winter Harvest
Artist : Matt Flinner Trio
Album : Winter Harvest
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12:46 PM
Virginia’s Real
Artist : Guy Clark
Album : The Essential Guy Clark
ReleaseYear : 1997
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12:49 PM
Flowers in Your Hair
Artist : The Lumineers
Album : The Lumineers
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12:51 PM
Kingdom
Artist : Redhills
Album : I Draw Slow
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12:54 PM
Ol’ Cook Pot
Artist : The Duhks
Album : Migrations
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12:55 PM
Dan’s Jig
Artist : New Kentucky String Ticklers
Album : Generations
ReleaseYear : 2005
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Culture
9:01 am
Fri March 1, 2013

Western Kentucky Historian & Musician Featured on Sounds Good

Credit nathanblakelynn.com

WKMS hosts a special early-bird fundraising event with live string band music in Studio A for Sounds Good with Tracy Ross. One of the rotating hosts of Music from the Front Porch, Mike Gowen, joins in to introduce old-time string music of the Purchase Region with Nathan Blake Lynn and Josh Coffey, known through Bawn in the Mash and other groups. 

As part of today's special presentation, Nathan plays music from his historical music project titled The Places I Used To Know. The album features 10 original songs focused on Lynn’s experiences in the Jackson Purchase. All songs were written, performed, and engineered by Lynn at his farm in Heath, Kentucky. For more information visit nathanblakelynn.com.

See a video describing the album and a special fundraiser premium after the jump.

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Music
5:25 pm
Thu November 1, 2012

Bluegrass Benefit for Tony Williams

Josh Williams on Music from the Front Porch

  • Interview/Performance with Josh Williams

There’s a Bluegrass Benefit Friday night, November 1.  A life-threatening infection put Jackson Purchase Friends of Bluegrass’s Tony Williams in Vanderbilt hospital for a month and a half.  Tony’s home and better now.   His award-winning guitarist and vocalist son Josh Williams dropped in on Music from the Front Porch with Mark Welch last Saturday to talk about the benefit.

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Arts
3:34 pm
Thu August 9, 2012

Mexico to Maine: The David Wax Museum's sound collected in travel

"It in part comes from the Mexican influence, but most of the band didn't grow up in the northeast. I grew up in Virgina, David and Jordan are from Missouri. So you might also be hearing some of our southern roots."

The band David Wax Museum formed in Boston in 2007. They've since become hits at the Newport Folk Festival, won Song of the Year with “Born with a Broken Heart” and “Americana Artist of the Year” for the 2010 Boston Music Awards, and have starred in a mini documentary about their trip to China.

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ROMP 2012
10:50 am
Fri June 22, 2012

Fiddler Scott Moore on crossing borders and crossing genres

Scott Moore has been to Ireland, Ecuador, Poland, Australia, Canada, China, as well as around the U.S. playing his violin. He lives in Louisville now and plays fiddle for The 23 String Band- who will be playing at ROMP in Owensboro next week. Rose Krzton-Presson spoke with Scott about crossing borders, crossing genres, and where he’s looking to go next with his instrument.

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Culture
1:38 pm
Fri February 17, 2012

The Infamous Stringdusters play at Marathon Music Works

Jeremy Garrett (fiddle) and Chris Pandolfi (banjo) soundcheck before their show at Marathon Music Works.

The Infamous Stringdusters are touring Yonder Mountain String Band for the next two weeks. The 'Dusters just released their first recording from their independent label High Country Recordings called We'll Do It Live and will release their next album Silver Sky on March 12th.

Rose Krzton-Presson spoke with bandmembers before their show at Marathon Music Works in Nashville on February 10th about the newest albums, their festival circuit this year (including their very own Festy Experience), and being on the road with YMSB.

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