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 ten 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

August 04, 2012

10:04 AM
Old Cold Coffee on the Dashboard
Artist : Nickel Creek
Album : Here to There
ReleaseYear : 1996
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10:09 AM
Road Of Love
Artist : Del Mccoury
Album : High Lonesome & Blue
ReleaseYear : 2004
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10:12 AM
Foggy Mountain Special
Artist : Ron Block
Album : Foggy Mountain Special: A Bluegrass Tribute To Earl Scruggs
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10:15 AM
Come On Back to Me
Artist : Jackstraw
Album : Sunday Never Comes
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10:18 AM
Directions
Artist : Mike Cross
Album : Irregular Guy
ReleaseYear : 1993
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10:20 AM
A Bowl Of Bula
Artist : Mark O’Connor
Album : New Nashville Cats
ReleaseYear : 1991
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10:24 AM
Sophronie
Artist : Jimmy Martin
Album : You Don't Know My Mind
ReleaseYear : 1990
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10:27 AM
Blue Skies And Teardrops
Artist : Lynn Morris
Album : The Bramble & the Rose
ReleaseYear : 1992
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10:30 AM
Runnin’ to the Fire
Artist : David Parmley
Album : David Parmley With Scott Vestal & Continental
ReleaseYear : 1995
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10:33 AM
Bag of Bones
Artist : Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three
Album : Riverboat Soul
ReleaseYear : 2010
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10:37 AM
Early Morning Rain
Artist : Gordon Lightfoot
Album : Gordon Lightfoot - Complete Greatest Hits
ReleaseYear : 2002
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10:40 AM
Lorelei
Artist : Alison Brown
Album : Twilight Motel
Composer : Alison Brown
ReleaseYear : 1992
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10:44 AM
Summertime Lullaby
Artist : Huckleberry Flint
Album : Good Night Darling
ReleaseYear : 2007
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10:48 AM
A-Town Blues
Artist : Wayne Hancock
Album : A-Town Blues
ReleaseYear : 2001
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10:50 AM
Across The Rolling Hills (Padmasambhava)
Artist : Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band
Album : Legacy
ReleaseYear : 2010
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10:54 AM
Hello Stranger
Artist : Norman Blake, Nancy Blake
Album : Lighthouse on the Shore
ReleaseYear : 1985
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10:57 AM
Don’t Let the Deal Go Down
Artist : Mark O’Connor
Album : Jam Session
ReleaseYear : 2010
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11:05 AM
The Old Home Town
Artist : The Seldom Scene
Album : After Midnight
ReleaseYear : 1981
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11:08 AM
Bill Cheatham
Artist : Red Allen
Album : Red Allen and Friends
ReleaseYear : 1981
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11:10 AM
Reach
Artist : New Grass Revival
Album : Commonwealth
ReleaseYear : 1981
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11:15 AM
Just Ain’t
Artist : Hot Rize
Album : Radio Boogie
ReleaseYear : 1981
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11:17 AM
Born to Run
Artist : Emmylou Harris
Album : Cimarron
ReleaseYear : 1981
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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
Isabella
Artist : Martha Scanlan
Album : West Was Burning
ReleaseYear : 2007
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11:30 AM
(I Need) Eighteen Wheels
Artist : The Dixie Bee-Liners
Album : Susanville
ReleaseYear : 2009
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11:36 AM
Ripplin’
Artist : Pat Kirtley
Album : Kentucky Guitar
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11:38 AM
Cup Of Coffee
Artist : Ramblin’ Jack Elliott
Album : Kerouac's Last Dream
Composer : Ramblin' Jack Elliott
ReleaseYear : 1997
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11:42 AM
Fancy Stops and Goes
Artist : Mark O’Connor
Album : Heartland: An Appalachian Anthology
ReleaseYear : 2001
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11:46 AM
Tall Pines
Artist : Laurie Lewis
Album : Laurie Lewis & Her Bluegrass Pals
ReleaseYear : 1999
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11:49 AM
Ooh la La
Artist : Danny Barnes
Album : Dirt of the Angel
ReleaseYear : 2003
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11:52 AM
One Goodbye
Artist : The Milk Carton Kids
Album : Prologue
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11:56 AM
Pickles on the Elbow
Artist : Mark O’Connor
Album : Jam Session
ReleaseYear : 2010
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12:05 PM
Been All Around This World
Artist : Jerry Garcia & David Grisman
Album : Been All Around This World
ReleaseYear : 2004
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12:08 PM
The Thrill Is Gone
Artist : Jerry Garcia & David Grisman
Album : Grateful Dawg
ReleaseYear : 2002
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12:13 PM
Shady Grove
Artist : Jerry Garcia
Album : Shady Grove
ReleaseYear : 1996
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12:18 PM
Casey Jones
Artist : David Garcia / Jerry Garcia / David Grisman
Album : Acoustic Disc: 100% Handmade Music, Volume 3
Composer : Jerry Garcia / Traditional
ReleaseYear : 1997
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12:22 PM
The Sound Of Summer Running
Artist : Alison Brown
Album : Stolen Moments
Composer : Look Left
ReleaseYear : 2005
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12:26 PM
Things Have Gone To Pieces
Artist : Van Morrison
Album : Pay the Devil
ReleaseYear : 2006
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12:29 PM
Styx and BTO
Artist : Romi Mayes
Album : Romi Mayes and The Temporarily Employed: The Living Room Sessions
ReleaseYear : 2005
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12:34 PM
Ridgeway Backroads
Artist : The Biscuit Burners
Album : A Mountain Apart
ReleaseYear : 2006
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12:37 PM
At The End Of The Day
Artist : Yonder Mountain String Band
Album : Elevation
ReleaseYear : 1999
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12:41 PM
McIntryre Heads South
Artist : Alison Brown
Album : Stolen Moments
Composer : Look Left
ReleaseYear : 2005
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12:45 PM
David Wax Museum Interview with Rose Krzton-Presson
Artist : David Wax and Suz Slezak
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12:51 PM
Born With a Broken Heart
Artist : David Wax Museum
Album : Everything Is Saved
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12:54 PM
I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight
Artist : Bob Dylan
Album : Biograph
Composer : Bob Dylan
ReleaseYear : 1985
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12:56 PM
Fading Fast
Artist : Kelly Willis
Album : What I Deserve
ReleaseYear : 1999
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12:59 PM
Macedonia
Artist : Mark O’Connor
Album : Jam Session
ReleaseYear : 2010
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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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