Juke Joint Shuffle offers listeners a two-hour weekly mix of blues, jazz, and roots music. Long-time WKMS personality, John Griffin hosts the eclectic music program featuring artists like Mavis Staples, Neko Case, Ry Cooder, Allison Krauss, Robert Plant and Yo-Yo Ma. Griffin says, “The name of the show honors older blues musicians who were expected to play anything the juke joint customers cared to hear; not just home-made blues, but all the popular songs of the day.  And of course when you hit the shuffle button on an mp3 player, there is no telling what will play next.”

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Host Info John Griffin has volunteered his on-air talents on WKMS for almost 25 years. According to WKMS Program Director Mark Welch, “listeners will remember his affable announcing style and love of good music on Stateline Blues, a legacy blues program which aired Saturday nights at 7 after A Prairie Home Companion.” Griffin has served Murray State University for 32 years as faculty in the University Library and an Adjunct Instructor in the Modern Languages Department. Since 1991 he has been involved with study abroad programs and is now Resident Director for MSU’s Semester in Regensburg Germany.

If you like this show, check out these other shows on WKMS:

World Café

Beyond the Edge

The Jazzman Show

Suggestions, Requests, Comments? Send an email to john.griffin@murraystate.edu