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 and Mark Welch. Hear the best of old and new musicians from Bill Monroe and Woody Guthrie to Alison Krauss and Chris Thile.
Host Info
Mark Welch was born in Detroit and raised in Fulton, Kentucky. He graduated from Murray State University in 1978 with a degree in Journalism/Radio-TV. Mark caught the "public radio bug" as a student host of Jazz Horizons on WKMS, and in 1979 joined the full-time staff as host/producer. Mark and his wife, Karen, have two sons, Marshall and Luke and Grace and a pastel calico cat who rules their home near Murray State's campus. Mark and Karen co-pastor a non-denominational multi-racial church in Murray, manage a Christian bookstore and coffee bar owned by the church, and are involved in campus ministry at Murray State. In addition to hosting Music from the Front Porch, Mark also hosts Café Jazz and hosts Friday Night Live. |
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| John McMillen is the Chief Information Officer for Graves County Schools by day and a music junkie by birth. Although he has been associated with the Front Porch since 1996, acoustic, folk and bluegrass are not the only genres of music he calls favorites. "I just enjoy a good song no matter if it is jazz, punk, blues, pop, country, latin, bluegrass, folk or a mash-up of all of the above." He lists as his all-time favorite musical acts as Husker Du, The Descendents, John Prine, Townes Van Zandt, Gillian Welch, Chris Thile, Neko Case, Tim O'Brien, Wilco, Tony Rice, Bill Monroe, Los Lobos, Kate Rusby, Bill Evans, Pedro Infante, Earl Scruggs, Bad Livers and so many many more. You can view McMillen's musical blog at http://ujdmc.blogspot.com. |
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If you like this show, check out these other shows on WKMS:
Suggestions, Requests, Comments? Send an email to mark.welch@murraystate.edu
or john.mcmillen@graves.kyschools.us
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