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

December 01, 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
Run Away Boys
Artist : Kenny And Amanda Smith
Album : Catch Me If I Try
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10:12 AM
Comin’ Around Again
Artist : Kenny And Amanda Smith
Album : Catch Me If I Try
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10:15 AM
Little Glass Of Wine
Artist : Stanley Brothers
Album : Clinch Mountain Bluegrass
ReleaseYear : 1994
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10:19 AM
Kingdom Come
Artist : Old Man Luedecke
Album : Tender Is The Night
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10:23 AM
Road Into Town
Artist : Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass
Album : Road Into Town
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10:26 AM
Dawgnation
Artist : Jerry Garcia & David Grisman
Album : Acoustic Disc: 100% Handmade Music, Volume 3
Composer : David Grisman
ReleaseYear : 1997
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10:30 AM
Hwaii Blus
Artist : My Bubba & Mi
Album : How it’s done in Italy
ReleaseYear : 2010
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10:34 AM
Sing to the Mountain
Artist : Elephant Revival
Album : Elephant Revival
ReleaseYear : 2008
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10:38 AM
Down In The Valley
Artist : Mountain Heart
Album : Wide Open
ReleaseYear : 2006
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10:40 AM
Lonely Street
Artist : Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Album : Lonely Street
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10:43 AM
Tobaccoville Road
Artist : Grasstowne
Album : The Other Side of Towne
Composer : Alan Bibey
ReleaseYear : 2009
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10:46 AM
Blues On My Mind
Artist : The Del McCoury Band
Album : Don't Stop the Music
ReleaseYear : 1988
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10:49 AM
Dark Moon
Artist : Kathy Kallick Band
Album : Walkin in My Shoes
ReleaseYear : 1998
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10:52 AM
Please Search Your Heart
Artist : The Lovell Sisters Band
Album : When Forever Rolls Around
ReleaseYear : 2006
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10:54 AM
You Can’t Make a Heel Tow the Mark
Artist : The Lost & Found
Album : January Rain
ReleaseYear : 1992
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10:57 AM
My Little Dancing Girl
Artist : Phil Leadbetter
Album : Slide Effects
ReleaseYear : 2005
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11:06 AM
Wreck and Ruin
Artist : Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson
Album : Wreck & Ruin
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11:08 AM
Have Mercy on Me
Artist : Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson
Album : Wreck & Ruin
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11:11 AM
Nowhere In No Time
Artist : Eilen Jewell
Album : Sea Of Tears
ReleaseYear : 2009
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11:14 AM
Before the Streets Were Paved
Artist : Peter Rowan
Album : Dust Bowl Children
ReleaseYear : 1990
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11:17 AM
Bootlegger’s Boy
Artist : Old Crow Medicine Show
Album : Carry Me Back
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11:20 AM
Swing ’39
Artist : Tiny Moore And Jethro Burns
Album : Back To Back
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11:23 AM
When You Need a Train It Never Comes
Artist : Amanda Shires
Album : Carrying Lightning
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11:27 AM
Shake The Walls
Artist : Amanda Shires
Album : Carrying Lightning
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11:30 AM
Smokey Mokes
Artist : Roger Sprung
Album : Progressive Bluegrass and Other Instrumentals - Vol. 1
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11:33 AM
Dusty Box Car Wall (Live)
Artist : Hot Mustard
Album : Live At Mole Hill Theatre
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11:37 AM
Redbird
Artist : Don Rigsby & Midnight Call
Album : Hillbilly Heartache
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11:39 AM
Red Rocking Chair
Artist : Black Prairie
Album : Feast of the Hunters' Moon
Composer : Black Prairie
ReleaseYear : 2010
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11:43 AM
Pretty Bird
Artist : Carolina Chocolate Drops
Album : Leaving Eden (Deluxe Version)
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11:47 AM
Stone to Sand
Artist : Cahalen Morrison & Eli West
Album : Our Lady of the Tall Trees
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11:51 AM
Have You Been To Alabama?
Artist : The Black Twig Pickers
Album : Soon One Morning
ReleaseYear : 2003
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11:54 AM
Jake Satterfield
Artist : Danny Knicely
Album : Murders, Drownings and Lost Loves: The Roots of Country
ReleaseYear : 2009
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11:57 AM
Winter Harvest
Artist : Matt Flinner Trio
Album : Winter Harvest
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12:06 PM
Lonely One In This Town
Artist : Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale
Album : Buddy and Jim
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12:08 PM
The Train That Carried My Gal From Town
Artist : Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale
Album : Buddy and Jim
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12:12 PM
A Fuller Wine
Artist : Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet
Album : Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet
Composer : Abigail Washburn
ReleaseYear : 2008
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12:17 PM
Tennessee Mountain Fox Chase
Artist : Norman Blake, Nancy Blake
Album : Lighthouse on the Shore
ReleaseYear : 1985
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12:20 PM
New Delhi Freight Train
Artist : John Starling
Album : Waitin' on a Southern Train
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12:23 PM
Out Of Nowhere
Artist : Tiny Moore And Jethro Burns
Album : Back To Back
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12:27 PM
Long Hot Summer Days
Artist : Sara Watkins
Album : Sara Watkins
ReleaseYear : 2009
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12:31 PM
For The Summer
Artist : Ray LaMontagne And The Pariah Dogs
Album : God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise
ReleaseYear : 2010
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12:35 PM
In The Summertime
Artist : O’Brien Party Of 7
Album : Reincarnation
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12:38 PM
Sweet Summertime
Artist : Rhonda Vincent
Album : Taken
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12:41 PM
Back To Back
Artist : Tiny Moore And Jethro Burns
Album : Back To Back
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12:45 PM
Lavender Blue
Artist : Maiden Radio
Album : Lullabies
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12:47 PM
I Am Not Waiting Anymore
Artist : Conrad Plymouth
Album : Comrade Plymouth
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12:50 PM
Summer Wage
Artist : J.D. Crowe & the New South
Album : J.D. Crowe & The New South
ReleaseYear : 1992
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12:55 PM
Left Behind
Artist : Jeremy Fisher
Album : Goodbye Blue Monday
Composer : Jeremy Fisher
ReleaseYear : 2007
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12:58 PM
Memories of Mozart: Piano Sonata # 11 in Major, Third Movement: Rondo
Artist : Dan Crary
Album : Guitar
ReleaseYear : 1993
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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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