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 15, 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
A Passing Glimpse
Artist : Pharis & Jason Romero
Album : A Passing Glimpse
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10:14 AM
Do I Ever Cross Your Mind
Artist : Red Molly
Album : Light in the Sky
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10:17 AM
Head to Toe
Artist : Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three
Album : Middle of Everywhere
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10:20 AM
The Raven
Artist : Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band
Album : Legacy
ReleaseYear : 2010
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10:23 AM
Back Road
Artist : Larry Sparks
Album : Almost Home
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10:27 AM
Lines On The Highway
Artist : Larry Sparks
Album : Almost Home
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10:31 AM
Whippoorwill
Artist : Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out
Album : Prime Tyme
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10:34 AM
When I Arrive
Artist : Sam Reid & The Riot Act
Album : A Slow Burn
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10:37 AM
Tennessee Line
Artist : Jessica Stiles
Album : The Latest Stiles
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10:41 AM
Boathouse on the Lullwater
Artist : Noam Pikelny
Album : Beat The Devil and Carry A Rail
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10:45 AM
Tell Me a Story
Artist : Bearfoot
Album : American Story
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10:48 AM
Nobody’s Fault But Mine
Artist : Blue Highway
Album : Sounds Of Home
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10:52 AM
Little Bunch of Roses
Artist : Norman Blake
Album : Green Light on the Southern
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10:55 AM
Shoulder to Shoulder
Artist : McPeak Brothers
Album : Yesteryears: The Best of the McPeak Brothers
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10:56 AM
Bound to Ride
Artist : John Hartford, Tony Rice & Vassar Clements
Album : Hartford Rice and Clements
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10:58 AM
The Broken Drought
Artist : Noam Pikelny
Album : Beat The Devil and Carry A Rail
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11:06 AM
My Opening Farewell
Artist : Alison Krauss & Union Station
Album : Paper Airplane
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11:09 AM
Adelaide
Artist : The Greencards
Album : The Brick Album
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11:12 AM
Rosalina
Artist : chris mayfield & thad kelly
Album : BACKYARD
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11:16 AM
My Little Girl In Tennessee
Artist : Chris Thile & Michael Daves
Album : Sleep With One Eye Open (Deluxe Version)
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11:18 AM
Ookpik Waltz
Artist : Chris Thile & Michael Daves
Album : Sleep With One Eye Open (Deluxe Version)
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11:22 AM
Walkin’ West To Memphis
Artist : Gibson Brothers
Album : Help My Brother
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11:25 AM
What Do You Say?
Artist : Sierra Hull
Album : Daybreak
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11:28 AM
The Great Remember (For Nancy)
Artist : Steve Martin
Album : Rare Bird Alert
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11:31 AM
Blue Side of the Mountain
Artist : The Steeldrivers
Album : The Steeldrivers
ReleaseYear : 2008
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11:35 AM
Thunderation
Artist : Dan Crary & Thunderation
Album : Perfect Storm
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11:39 AM
Think About the Two of Us
Artist : Tim and Nicki Bluhm
Album : Think About the Two of Us - Single
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11:43 AM
American Tune
Artist : Crooked Still
Album : Friends of Fall
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11:46 AM
That’s Where I’m Going
Artist : Eilen Jewell
Album : Queen Of The Minor Key
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11:48 AM
Bright World
Artist : Tricky Britches
Album : Hard Fought Day
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11:51 AM
Hard Times
Artist : Gillian Welch
Album : The Harrow & The Harvest
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11:56 AM
Suite 222 - Shenandoah/Gold Rush/Soldier’s Joy
Artist : Dan Crary & Thunderation
Album : Perfect Storm
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12:06 PM
One Foot In The Honky Tonk
Artist : James Reams & The Barnstormers
Album : One foot in the Honky Tonky
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12:07 PM
Chicken Under the Washtub
Artist : Jason Carter
Album : On the Move
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12:10 PM
Separate
Artist : Trampled By Turtles
Album : Palomino
ReleaseYear : 2010
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12:13 PM
Mountain Home
Artist : Owen Temple
Album : Mountain Home
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12:16 PM
Hill Justice
Artist : Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile
Album : The Goat Rodeo Sessions
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12:21 PM
What Do You Say?
Artist : Sierra Hull
Album : Daybreak
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12:24 PM
Goin’ Up Dry Branch
Artist : Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper
Album : Fired Up
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12:27 PM
My Little Darlin’
Artist : The Barefoot Movement
Album : Footwork
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12:30 PM
Michigan
Artist : The Milk Carton Kids
Album : Prologue
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12:36 PM
The Mystery Inch
Artist : David Kosky and Damien O’Kane
Album : The Mystery Inch
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12:40 PM
Annabelle Lee
Artist : Sarah Jarosz
Album : Follow Me Down
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12:43 PM
Indian Ate a Woodchuck
Artist : April Verch
Album : That's How We Run
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12:47 PM
When I Was Young
Artist : The Wood Brothers
Album : Smoke Ring Halo
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12:50 PM
The Way it Goes
Artist : Gillian Welch
Album : The Harrow and the Harvest
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12:54 PM
We’ve Met
Artist : Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit
Album : Here We Rest
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11:57 AM
Quarter Chicken Dark
Artist : Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile
Album : The Goat Rodeo Sessions
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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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