The Back Porch

The Back Porch The Back Porch at 88.1 WVPE Norm Mast and Al Kniola co-host this popular acoustic roots radio show that airs every Sunday night from 6-10 pm Eastern time.

Within approximately 70 miles of South Bend, IN, the show can be heard on your radio at 88.1 WVPE-FM. It can also be heard online anywhere in the world (if you have an Internet connection!) by listening online - click the "arrow" at the top of our WVPE home page. Better yet, download the free WVPE app from your Apple or Android store - it works perfectly on most devices. We play a VERY eclectic mi

x of acoustic-based music - some people would call it "roots" music, or "Americana." The best way to define what we play is for you to listen to at least 1-2 hours of the show and decide for yourself. You'll hear traditional and contemporary folk, bluegrass, old time, singer/songwriter, Celtic, Cajun and cowboy to name a few styles - and you'll hear lots and lots of local artists! The Back Porch also offers live, in studio performances by both local and touring artists from time to time.

12/01/2025

Playlist from Nov. 30,2025 Host Norm Mast
Artist Title Album
Greg Cahill & Don Stiernberg ∕ Pickaway ∕ Blue Skies
David Grisman ∕ Hello ∕ The David Grisman Rounder Album
Becky Buller ∕ A Hazy Shade of Winter ∕ Songs That Sing Me
Irene Kelley featuring the Kruger Brothers ∕ Coal Dust ∕ [single]
Joan Baez ∕ Diamonds And Rust ∕ Diamonds & Rust
The Springtails ∕ Good Morning Coffee ∕ Light Of The Moon
Crowes Pasture ∕ Slow It Down ∕ Slow It Down
Becki Davis ∕ The Edge ∕ Lost & Found
Daryl Mosley ∕ Transistor Radio ∕ Small Town Dreamer
Special Consensus ∕ Like A Train ∕ Been All Around This World
Vincent Cross ∕ We Become Songs ∕ A Place Where Songs Come To Live
Alison Brown & Steve Martin Feat. Tim O'Brien ∕ 5 Days Out, 2 Days Back ∕ Safe, Sensible And Sane
Front Range ∕ High Mountain Meadow ∕ Road Homne
Brew Davis ∕ Song On The Radio ∕ Brew Davis
The Cluster Pluckers ∕ You'll Remember Me ∕ Just Pluck It!
Bill Staines ∕ Buffy's Quality Cafe ∕ Going To The West
Tim O'Brien ∕ Guardian Angels ∕ Where the River Meets the Road
Dailey & Vincent ∕ Hello Mary Lou ∕ Sing the Statler Brothers
Joe Crookston ∕ Mercy Now ∕ Darkling & the BlueBird Jubilee
Gary Ferguson ∕ Stuff That Works ∕ Gary Ferguson And Friends
Bill Staines ∕ Chilly Winds ∕ Going To The West
Joe Jencks ∕ Letter Home, 1914 ∕ The Coming of the Years
Rick Faris ∕ Storm Clouds ∕ Life's Parade
Ben Murray & Siobhan Quinn ∕ Early Morning Rain ∕ Two Rivers
Weary Ramblers ∕ Driftwood ∕ Driftwood
Larry Keel & Jon Stickley ∕ Take The Air ∕ Larry Keel & Jon Stickley
Shawn Camp ∕ The Fiddlin' Preacher ∕ The Ghost Of Sis Draper
Donna Hughes ∕ The Red Oak Tree ∕ Fly
Authentic Unlimited ∕ Rain Keeps Fallin' ∕ Authentic Unlimited
Wattle & Daub ∕ Woulda,Coulda, Shoulda ∕ Patch of Blue
Eli West ∕ All The Saints ∕ The Shape of a Sway
Joey + Rory ∕ Heart of the Wood ∕ The Life Of A Song - Publicity Advance
Blue Highway ∕ Three-Finger Jack ∕ Marbletown
Billy Strings ∕ Watch It Fall ∕ Home
The Onlies ∕ I Will Arise ∕ You Climb The Mountain
Doug Harsch ∕ Looking Up From Down Below ∕ H***y Tonk Dreams
Jesse Brock ∕ Nobody Loves Me ∕ Streamliner
Jaimee Harris ∕ Snow White Knuckles [Acoustic] ∕ The Congress House Sessions (Acoustic)
Blue Moon Rising ∕ Youngstown ∕ One Lonely Shadow
Ruth Wyand ∕ Little Martha ∕ Guitar Routes
The Horsenecks ∕ Mountain Rain ∕ In The West
Bob and Sarah Amos ∕ One Beautiful Day ∕ Ever Onward
John Gorka ∕ Winter Cows ∕ Before Beginning
John Lowell/Angus MacKenzie/I Am Going to the West
Max Gomez ∕ Memory Mountain ∕ Memory Mountain
Harvey Reid ∕ The Coming Of Winter ∕ The Coming Of Winter
Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra ∕ All My Tears ∕ Hayde Bluegrass Orchhestra
Alison Brown & Steve Martin ∕ Bluegrass Radio ∕ Safe, Sensible And Sane
Meredith Moon ∕ I'll Remember You in Summer ∕ From Here to the Sea
Dave & Kristi ∕ Winter Embers ∕ The Chickadees
Dailey & Vincent ∕ Welcome Home ∕ The Gospel Side Of Dailey & Vincent
Dominik Dudek ∕ This Is the Life ∕ single
Bill Isles ∕ The Shores Of My Hometown ∕ Morning Sketchbook
James Keelaghan ∕ Cold Missouri Waters ∕ History - The First 25 Years
Bettman & Halpin ∕ Stone County Breakdown ∕ 1000 Miles
John McCutcheon ∕ Blessing (Featuring Windborne) ∕ Field Of Stars
Dougie Maclean ∕ Until We Meet Again ∕ Whitewash
David Grisman ∕ Goodbye ∕ The David Grisman Rounder Album
Mike Cross ∕ The Farewell Toast ∕ Irregular Guy

11/24/2025

Playlist - The Back Porch - 88.1 WVPE, South Bend, IN - November 23, 2025 - Host, Al Kniola - 6:00-10:00 pm

ARTIST \ SONG TITLE \ ALBUM TITLE
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Greg Cahill & Don Stiernberg \ Pickaway \ Blue Skies (Opening theme with voice-over)
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Ruth Wyand \ Blind Willie \ Guitar Routes
Maggie's Wake \ Maid Of Fortune \ Maggie's Wake
Molly Tuttle With Ketch Secor \ I've Always Been A Rambler \ Long Journey Home: A Century After The 1925 Mountain City Fiddlers Convention
Vi Wickam \ Another Fine Day for Thanksgiving \ The Thanksgiving Album
Conrad Fisher & Rhonda Vincent \ Would You Like to Buy Some Flowers \ Single
Carla Gover \ Pine Mountain High \ Kentucky Queen
Doug Harsch \ Someday, My Someday Will Come \ H***y Tonk Dreams
Riely O'Connor & Molly B. Moon \ It Was A River \ It Was A River
MonTe micHel bLeu \ Shelter Story \ Songs Between Truth And Lies
Davey O. \ The Miner's Waltz \ Testing For Rust
The Boxcar Lilies \ My Love Walks By My Side \ Heartwood
Wil Maring \ Daisies and Poppies \ The Turning of a Century
Van Orman And Helwin \ Black-Eyed Mary \ Some Other Love Degree
Vi Wickam & Joe O'Keefe \ Sitting at the Table \ The Thanksgiving Album
Bob Amos \ November \ Wherever I Go
Sullivan Sisters \ Ruby \ Carolina Bluebird
Misty River \ Black Pony \ Misty River
David Grisman, John Hartford & Mike Seeger \ Hound Dawg \ Retrograss
Brand New Box Of Matches \ Roll In My Sweet Babys Arms \ Single
Joan Baez & Bill Wood \ Careless Love \ The Distinctive Joan Baez, Volume 1
Kingston Trio \ Scotch And Soda \ The Kingston Trio
Statler Brothers \ Shenandoah \ Sing The Big Hits
Special Consensus, Robbie Fulks \ Like A Train \ Been All Around This World
Heather Pierson \ Take The Time \ Lines and Spaces
Vi Wickam; Luke Bulla; Dennis Ludiker \ Turkey in the Straw \ The Thanksgiving Album
Steve Gillette \ The Old Trail \ Best Of
Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert \ Imagine That \ Volume 4
Terry Kitchen \ Time Of The Season \ We All Dream
Amy Kercsmar and Chris O'Brien \ Parson's Lament and Castle Kelly \ The Waning Road
I’m With Her \ Mother Eagle (Sing Me Alive) \ Wild And Clear And Blue
John Prine & Chris Thile \ Speed of the Sound of Loneliness \ Single
Tim Grimm \ Bow And Arrow \ Bones Of Trees
Martin Gilmore \ Ain't It a Shame \ Thea Is A Light Blue
Ragpicker String Band \ Blue Monk \ The Ragpicker String Band
Chris Walz \ Been All Around This World \ All I Got And Gone
The Burnett Sisters Band \ Train That Carried My Girl From Town \ Long Way From Home
John Hartford \ Old Time River Man \ Good'le Days: Essential Recordings
Alice Howe & Freebo \ Twilight \ Alice Howe & Freebo (Live)
Brittany Jean \ Golden Hour \ Colors & Covers
Dolly Parton; Emmylou Harris; Linda Ronstadt; Trio \ Farther Along \ Trio
Adrienne Frailey \ We Could Fly Above The Mountains \ Definitely
Bob & Sarah Amos \ On The Sunny Side Of Life \ Ever Onward
Brothers Four \ Turn Around \ The Honey Wind Blows
Bob Dylan \ Just Like a Woman \ Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits
Gordon Lightfoot \ Song For A Winter's Night \ Songbook [Disc 1]
Kate Wolf \ The Redtail Hawk \ Back Roads
Kennedy's Kitchen \ The Life of a Country Boy \ A Pocketful of Lint
Larry Platz \ When We Were Young \ Where The Long Road Ends
Linda Ronstadt \ Love Me Tender \ Living In The USA
Kris Kristofferson \ Me and Bobby McGee \ Me and Bobby McGee
Noah & Irene Carver \ Old Shep \ You're Always There
Phil & Gaye Johnson \ Hard Times Come Again No More \ Live
Red Molly \ Are You Lonesome Tonight? \ Red Molly
Small Potatoes \ Quartzite \ Time Flies
Venitia Sekema \ Heartbreakin' Kind \ Travelin' Songs
The Pickin' On Pickers \ Norwegian Wood \ Pickin' On The Beatles
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Small Potatoes \ Call It A Day \ Waltz Of The Wallflowers (Closing theme with voice-over)

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Al Kniola
Host, The Back Porch
88.1 WVPE Public Radio
2424 California Road
Elkhart, IN 46514

[email protected]

11/23/2025

Join Al Kniola on The Porch this evening for a broad mix of the old, the new, local artists and a few Thanksgiving songs. Ain't gonna be nuthin' not to like! 6-10 pm ET.

11/17/2025

Playlist Nov. 16,2025 Host Norm Mast
Artist Title Album
Greg Cahill & Don Stiernberg ∕ Pickaway ∕ Blue Skies
David Grisman ∕ Hello ∕ The David Grisman Rounder Album
Chris Rusin ∕ Time To Love ∕ Songs From A Secret Room
Kurt Vile w John Prine ∕ How Lucky Can One Man Get ∕ single
Laurie Lewis ∕ Why'd You Have To Break My Heart? (For John Prine) ∕ Trees
Steep Canyon Rangers ∕ Above My Burdens ∕ Morning Shift
Dailey & Vincent ∕ Bed of Roses ∕ Sing the Statler Brothers
Over the Rhine ∕ Cast Me Away ∕ Hymn Time In The Land Of Abandon
Woods Tea Company ∕ The Cat Came Back ∕ The Wood's Tea Co. - Live!
The Black Lillies ∕ Catherine ∕ Runaway Freeway Train
Front Country ∕ Daysleeper ∕ Sake Of The Sound
Hildaland ∕ Sandy's Waltz ∕ Louise Bichan & Ethan Setiawan
C. Daniel Boling ∕ Dad's Garage ∕ These Houses
Ordinary Elephant ∕ Damage Is Done ∕ Dusty Words & Cardboard Boxes
Jaimee Harris ∕ Damn Right [Acoustic] ∕ The Congress House Sessions (Acoustic)
The Debutants ∕ Dance All Night ∕ River On The Moon
Springfield Exit ∕ Elkhorn Ridge ∕ That Was Then
Hardened And Tempered ∕ Family Secrets ∕ The Trailer Sessions
The Andrew Collins Trio ∕ Famous Last Words ∕ Groove
Gibson Brothers ∕ Farm Of Yesterday ∕ Ring The Bell
Jonathan Byrd & Chris Kokesh ∕ Give To Receive ∕ Hudson Harding Happy Holidays, Vol. 8
Mark Dvorak ∕ The Glory Of Love ∕ Live & Alone
Tim O'Brien ∕ Go Down To The Water ∕ Pompadour
Kieran Kane And Rayna Gellart ∕ Go Forth & Multiple ∕ The Ledges
Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby ∕ Hills Of Mexico ∕ Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby
Front Range ∕ The Hills That I Call Home ∕ Back To Red River
Crowes Pasture ∕ Hobo's Lullaby ∕ Crowes Pasture
Tracy Grammer ∕ Hole ∕ Low Tide
Billy Strings ∕ Hollow Heart ∕ Home
Antique Persuasion ∕ On the Sea of Galilee ∕ Don't Forget Me Little Darling - Remembering the Carter Family
Harvey Reid ∕ On The Sea Of Galilee ∕ The Autoharp Album
Craig Bickhardt ∕ If Holes Were Coins ∕ Outpourings
Johnny Staats ∕ John Barty Jam ∕ Wires and Wood
The Steel Wheels ∕ Know Her Name ∕ Lay Down Lay Low
Mandolin Orange ∕ Late September ∕ Tides of a Teardrop
Rob McHale ∕ Laura Foster ∕ Tom Dooley And Friends
Laurie Lewis ∕ Haven Of Mercy ∕ Restless Rambling Heart
I Draw Slow ∕ Low Down Girl Like Me ∕ Redhills
Donna Hughes ∕ Lucky ∕ From the Heart
The Kingston Trio ∕ M.T.A. ∕ Classics [Disc 3]
Mountain Heart ∕ Maggie's Farm ∕ Blue Skies
Clint Roberts ∕ Nero's Waltz [Acoustic] ∕ Rose Songs
John Gorka ∕ Nazarene Guitar ∕ True In Time
StillHouse Junkies ∕ Never Going Back Again ∕ Small Towns
Irene Kelley ∕ Never Lookin Back ∕ Simple Path
Larry Rice ∕ Never Meant to Be ∕ Clouds Over Carolina
George Jackson ∕ New Floors, Old Knees ∕ Time and Place
John McCutcheon ∕ Old Brown's Head Light [Live At The Barns Of Wolf Trap / 1990 & 1991] ∕ Live At Wolf Trap
The Squirrel Hillbillies ∕ Old Cook Pot ∕ Rhizomes
Cathy Barton & Dave Para ∕ On A Day Like Today ∕ On A Day Like Today
Russ Barenberg ∕ On Milo's Back ∕ When At Last
The Weeping Willows ∕ One Kind Favour ∕ Southern Gothic
Tom Rush ∕ One More Time Around the Sun ∕ Gardens Old, Flowers New
Holler Choir ∕ One Less Lie ∕ Songs Before They Write Themselves
The Corn Fed Girls ∕ One More Lonely Evening ∕ Cornstar
Dougie Maclean ∕ Until We Meet Again ∕ Whitewash
David Grisman ∕ Goodbye ∕ The David Grisman Rounder Album
Mike Cross ∕ The Farewell Toast ∕ Irregular Guy

11/10/2025

Playlist - The Back Porch - 88.1 WVPE, South Bend, IN - November 9, 2025 - Host, Al Kniola - 6:00-10:00 pm

ARTIST \ SONG TITLE \ ALBUM TITLE
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Greg Cahill & Don Stiernberg \ Pickaway \ Blue Skies (Opening theme with voice-over)
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Dennis Warner \ Potter's Wheel \ Pilot Me
Jim Bizer \ Long Stretch Of Nowhere \ About Time
Ruth And Max Bloomquist \ If Only \ Single
Annie & Rod Capps \ We Need The Rain \ Love & Rain
Helene Cronin \ Riding the Gray Line \ Old Ghosts and Lost Causes
Gina Forsyth \ Road To Columbus \ Copper Rooster
Joe Jencks \ The Minstrel Boy \ The Coming of the Years
Jaspar Lepak \ So Strong \ So Strong
Mark Dvorak \ Streets Of Old Chicago \ The Streets Of Old Chicago
Gordon Lightfoot \ The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald \ Songbook [Disc 3]
Riely O'Connor & Molly B. Moon \ Loser's Lament \ Live In-Studio
Riely O'Connor & Molly B. Moon \ It Was A River \ Live In-Studio
Riely O'Connor & Molly B. Moon \ By Chance \ Live In-Studio
Riely O'Connor & Molly B. Moon \ Morning Coffee \ Live In-Studio
Riely O'Connor & Molly B. Moon \ Shooting Star \ Live In-Studio
Charlie Mosbrook \ I Don't Know What We're Gonna Do \ It's Time
Small Potatoes \ My Last Goodnight \ Time Flies
Friction Farm \ Spread A Little Sunshine \ Stone By Stone
Sam Robbins \ What A Little Love Can Do \ So Much I Still Don't See
Patty and Craig \ You're The River \ Look to the Moon
Art Stevenson \ Polly Put The Kettle On \ Detour
Lyal Strickland \ Cool Side of the Pillow \ Ghost Light at the Gillioz
Chris Walz \ Hard Times Come Again No More \ All I Got And Gone
Camela Widad \ Good Life \ All This Beauty
Wattle & Daub \ Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda \ Patch of Blue
Denny Snyder \ Lots of Hats \ Roots and Branches
Amy Speace \ Me And The Ghost Of Charlemagne \ Me And The Ghost Of Charlemagne
Weary Ramblers (Featuring Sam Bush) \ Kentucky Never Seemed So Blue \ Driftwood
The Twangtown Paramours \ Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown \ The Wind Will Change Again
The Springtails \ As Long As I Live \ Light Of The Moon
Chuck Brodsky \ Liar Liar, Pants on Fire \ Tulips For Lunch
Tim Grimm \ Broken Truth \ Bones Of Trees
Zoe Speaks \ There’s A Hole Where Your Soul's Supposed To Be \ Wings
Maggie's Wake \ Bridget O'Brien \ Maggie's Wake
The Grass Daddies \ A Little Fiddlin' \ Missin' That Drawl
The Onlies \ Handsome Molly \ Long Before Light
Megan Bee \ Deepest Blue \ Fiction
Paul Larson & Kappa Danielson \ Back Home Again \ Single
Rita Bliss \ The Border \ Single
Cosy Sheridan \ The Kind Words \ The Breathing Room
Jackson Harris \ The Man I Want To Be \ The Man I Want To Be
John & Sheila Ludgate \ Walking Each Other Home \ Single
Nicolette Larson & Anthony Crawford \ Angels Rejoiced \ Nicolette
The Lonesone Ace Stringband \ Log Train \ Big Wing
Sarah Kate Morgan & Leo Shannon \ Belle Of Lexington \ Featherbed
Crowes Pasture \ Pay To Play \ Best Believe
Hildaland \ C Tunes \ Fiddle Tunes
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Small Potatoes \ Call It A Day \ Waltz Of The Wallflowers (Closing theme with voice-over)

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Al Kniola
Host, The Back Porch
88.1 WVPE Public Radio
2424 California Road
Elkhart, IN 46514

[email protected]

Al Kniola offers a double treat this evening on the Porch with live in-studio local artists Riely O'Connor and Molly B. ...
11/09/2025

Al Kniola offers a double treat this evening on the Porch with live in-studio local artists Riely O'Connor and Molly B. Moon plus tracks by 25 artists who attended the recent FARM gathering in Lisle, IL. A special night! 6-10 pm ET.

11/03/2025

Playlist Nov. 2, 2025 host Norm Mast
Artist ∕ Title ∕ Album
Greg Cahill & Don Stiernberg ∕ Pickaway ∕ Blue Skies
David Grisman ∕ Hello ∕ The David Grisman Rounder Album
Alison Brown & Steve Martin Feat. Tim O'Brien ∕ 5 Days Out, 2 Days Back ∕ Safe, Sensible And Sane
Meredith Moon ∕ Lulu Gal ∕ From Here to the Sea
Chris Rusin ∕ Cinders (Featuring Katie Wise) ∕ Songs From A Secret Room
Chris Jones ∕ BRN Breakdown ∕ Just A Drifter
Dawn Kenney ∕ Broken Dreams Sell Cheap ∕ Sing Me Home
Riffter ∕ The Circle ∕ The Enchanted World
Heidi & Ryan ∕ The Darkest Day ∕ Heidi & Ryan
Troy Engle ∕ This Old Porch ∕ Back Home
Ananda ∕ Daybreak ∕ Still Waters
John Reischman ∕ The Deadly Fox ∕ Walk Along John
Chris Stuart & Backcountry ∕ Dear Friends and Gentle Hearts ∕ Mojave River
John Prine ∕ Dear John (I Sent Your Saddle Home) ∕ In Spite Of Ourselves
3 Penny Acre ∕ Ezra's Place ∕ Highway 71
Brittany Jean ∕ Dear Mr. Green ∕ Colors & Covers
Chuck Brodsky ∕ Face That You Remember ∕ Gravity, Wings, And Heavy Things
Mary McCaslin ∕ Fair & Tender Ladies ∕ A Life & Time
Williamson Branch ∕ Firehawk (Featuring Alan Bibey) ∕ Southern Sunshine
Chuck Potthast ∕ The First Snow ∕ Souvenirs
Tony Rice ∕ Ginseng Sullivan ∕ Manzanita
Gene And Gayla Mills ∕ Give Me A Boat ∕ Walk On Solid Ground
Crowes Pasture ∕ A Hazy Shade Of Winter ∕ Slow It Down
Rickie Simpkins feat. Tony Rice,Wyatt Rice,Dan Tyminski, ∕ He Rode All the Way to Texas ∕ Dancing on the Fingerboard
The Country Gentlemen ∕ Bringing Mary Home ∕ Complete Vanguard Recordings
The Seldom Scene ∕ I've Come To Take You Home ∕ Like We Used To Be
Red Sovine ∕ Phantom 309 ∕ Phantom 309
Eliza Gilkyson ∕ He Waits For Me ∕ Beautiful World
Front Porch String Band ∕ Heart Against The Wind ∕ Front Porch String Band
Trent Wagler & Jay Lapp ∕ I Shall Not Be Moved ∕ Uncloudy Day
Kieran Kane And Rayna Gellart ∕ I Wanna See Something New ∕ The Ledges
Carrie Newcomer ∕ I Will Sing A New Song ∕ Until Now
Alison Krauss ∕ Never Got Off The Ground ∕ Forget About It
Mollie O'Brien ∕ Never Got Off The Ground ∕ Tell It True
Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen ∕ The Letter ∕ On The Edge
Joe Jencks ∕ Letter Home, 1914 ∕ The Coming Of The Years
The Seldom Scene ∕ Life Is Like A Mountain Railroad ∕ Act Four
Red Molly ∕ May I Suggest ∕ Love And Other Tragedies
Joe Crookston ∕ Mercy Now ∕ Darkling & the BlueBird Jubilee
Nefesh Mountain ∕ Millie's Waltz ∕ Nefesh Mountain
John Flynn ∕ The Victim Tree ∕ Kindred Spirits
Crowes Pasture ∕ Coming for You Next ∕ single
Larry Rice ∕ Never Meant to Be ∕ Clouds Over Carolina
Riely O'Connor & Molly B. Moon ∕ It Was A River ∕ It Was A River
Jeff Scroggins & Colorado ∕ New Mexico ∕ Western Branches
Trampled By Turtles ∕ New Orleans ∕ Palomino
Elephant Revival ∕ What Is Time? ∕ Break In The Clouds
Cox And McRae ∕ New Tim Hortons ∕ Beyond The Great Pause
Mike Cross ∕ The Old Man's Request ∕ Prodigal Son
Kenny & Amanda Smith Band ∕ Pacific Time ∕ Always Never Enough
Ron Fetner ∕ Paint ∕ Sunday Morning Blue
Gregg Daigle And Don Grieser ∕ Palatable To A Goat ∕ Palatable To A Goat
Bill Isles ∕ Rainbow Weather ∕ Morning Sketchbook
Billy Strings ∕ Salty Sheep ∕ Turmoil And Tinfoil
The Hillmen ∕ Sangeree ∕ The Hillmen
The New 76ers ∕ Tell Them How You Feel ∕ In the light
Dusty Anvil ∕ Texas Tonight ∕ Barb Wire Heart
Ivas John ∕ Sunday Morning Blues ∕ Good Days a Comin'
Dougie Maclean ∕ Until We Meet Again ∕ Whitewash
David Grisman ∕ Goodbye ∕ The David Grisman Rounder Album
Mike Cross ∕ The Farewell Toast ∕ Irregular Guy

10/27/2025

Playlist - The Back Porch - 88.1 WVPE, South Bend, IN - October 26, 2025 - Host, Al Kniola - 6:00-10:00 pm

ARTIST \ SONG TITLE \ ALBUM TITLE
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Greg Cahill & Don Stiernberg \ Pickaway \ Blue Skies (Opening theme with voice-over)
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Bobby Boris Pickett \ Monster Mash \ Single
Bob And Sarah Amos \ Blood Red Rose \ Ever Onward
Tim Grimm \ Cadillac Hearse \ Gone
Twenty-Three \ Bluestone Mountain \ At The Right Hand Of God
Kate McDonnell \ Banks Of The Ohio \ Don't Get Me Started
Anne Hills \ Little Orphant Annie \ Ef You Don't Watch Out
Mustard's Retreat \ Mallon's Bridge \ Back To Back
Kathy Mattea \ Dark As A Dungeon \ Coal
Doc & Richard Watson \ St. James Infirmary \ Third Generation Blues
Country Gentlemen \ Bringing Mary Home \ Complete Vanguard Recordings
Fred Small \ Hot Frogs On The Loose \ Hot Frogs On The Loose
Dennis Warner \ First Glimpse \ Live In-Studio
Dennis Warner \ Golden Rule \ Live In-Studio
Dennis Warner \ Beads On One String \ Live In-Studio
Dennis Warner \ Cowgirl's Lullaby \ Live In-Studio
Dennis Warner \ On The Amazon \ Live In-Studio
Brothers Four \ The Waves Roll Out \ The Honey Wind Blows
Sarah McQuaid \ In The Pines \ I Won't Go Home 'Til Morning
Jason Isbell \ Bury Me \ Foxes In The Snow
Gaines & Wagoner \ Halloween \ Lo-Fi LP
Kingston Trio \ Zombie Jamboree \ From the Hungry I
Riely O'Connor & Molly B. Moon \ Losers' Lament \ It Was A River
The Chieftains With Mick Jagger \ The Long Black Veil \ The Long Black Veil
Peter, Paul And Mary \ Yuppies In The Sky \ Flowers And Stones
Sam Bush \ Howlin' At the Moon \ Howlin' At The Moon
Mustard's Retreat \ It's Got Teeth \ Make Your Own Luck
Chad Mitchell Trio \ Lizzie Borden \ Mighty Day: The Chad Mitchell Trio Reunion
Johnny Cash \ Cremation Of Sam McGee \ Personal Files
Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer \ When I Go \ When I Go
Adrienne Frailey \ Mount Pine \ Single
Special Consensus \ I'll Go To My Grave Loving You \ Signs
Johnny Cash \ Ghost Riders In The Sky \ Silver
Hardwater-Biscuit \ Here Come The Bogeyman \ Single
Sheb Wooley \ Purple People Eater \ Single
Jumpin' Gene Simmons \ Haunted House \ Single
Kingston Trio \ With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm \ Sold Out
Gordon Lightfoot \ Ghosts Of Cape Horn \ Songbook [Disc 3]
The Charlie Daniels Band \ The Devil Went Down To Georgia \ A Decade Of Hits
Dick Tarrier \ The Alligator \ Songs For Older Kids
John Prine \ Please Don't Bury Me \ Souvenirs
House Of Hamill \ Unquiet Grave \ Wildfire
Kieran Kane & Kevin Welch \ Till I'm Too Old To Die Young \ You Can't Save Everybody
Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway \ Stranger Things \ Into The Wild
George Ensle \ Scarecrow \ Be A Better Me
Red Molly \ Honey On My Grave \ Love And Other Tragedies
Alison Krauss & Union Station \ Ghost In This House \ Live
Kate Wolf \ Rising Of The Moon \ The Wind Blows Wild
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Small Potatoes \ Call It A Day \ Waltz Of The Wallflowers (Closing theme with voice-over)

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Al Kniola
Host, The Back Porch
88.1 WVPE Public Radio
2424 California Road
Elkhart, IN 46514

[email protected]

10/26/2025

It's Al Kniola's Halloween spooktacular this evening plus a live in-studio appearance by Minnesota singer-songwriter Dennis Warner. Ain't gonna be nuthin' not to like! 6-10 pm ET.

10/22/2025
10/20/2025

Playlist of the Back Porch Oct. 19,2025
Host Norm Mast
Artist Title Album
Greg Cahill & Don Stiernberg ∕ Pickaway ∕ Blue Skies
David Grisman ∕ Hello ∕ The David Grisman Rounder Album
Aileen & Elkin Thomas ∕ The Roseville Fair ∕ Music Of Life
Alice Howe & Freebo ∕ Angel From Montgomery [Live] ∕ Alice Howe & Freebo (Live)
Alison Brown ∕ One Morning In May ∕ Stolen Moments
The Steel Wheels ∕ One Night ∕ Lay Down Lay Low
Doug Harsch ∕ Only the Lonely Think That Way ∕ Songs You Think You Know
Douglas And Willa Porter ∕ Adrift Between Working And Sleep ∕ Windows
Dusty Anvil ∕ Rain Down ∕ Barb Wire Heart
The Early Mays ∕ I Am A Girl Of Constant Sorrow ∕ Chase The Sun
Eliza Gilkyson ∕ How Deep intro ∕ Home
Eliza Gilkyson ∕ How Deep ∕ Home
Eliza Gilkyson ∕ Tender Mercies ∕ Land Of Milk And Honey
Emerson & Taylor ∕ Do You Still Love Me ∕ Appaloosa
Emmylou Harris ∕ Who Will Sing For Me? ∕ Angel Band
Eric Brace & Peter Cooper ∕ I Know A Bird ∕ You Don't Have To Like Them Both
Erynn Marshall & Carl Jones ∕ Halloween Wedding March ∕ Old Tin
Holler Choir ∕ Hamlet Blues ∕ Songs Before They Write Themselves
Carrie Newcomer ∕ The Handing Over Time ∕ Until Now
the Mammals ∕ Haircut Money ∕ Evolver
Cassie And Maggie, Cassie MacDonald & Maggie MacDonald ∕ Hangman ∕ The Willow Collection
Nell Robinson & Jim Nunally ∕ Happy To Go ∕ House & Garden
Old Salt Union ∕ Hard Line ∕ Old Salt Union
Dennis Warner ∕ Old Friend ∕ Live! Volume 2
Larry Rice ∕ If You Only Knew ∕ Clouds Over Carolina
The Seldom Scene ∕ I'll Be Here In The Morning ∕ Changes
Tom Kimmel ∕ It Is Well With My Soul ∕ Shallow Water
Chuck Brodsky ∕ It Takes Two Wings ∕ Gravity, Wings, And Heavy Things
Crowes Pasture ∕ Catch The Wind ∕ Edge Of America
Kate Wolf ∕ Green Eyes ∕ Gold in California
Dailey & Vincent ∕ When I Stop Dreaming ∕ Brothers Of The Highway
The Whipstitch Sallies ∕ Across The Great Divide ∕ Live At The Pixy
Frank Solivan Ii ∕ Across The Great Divide ∕ I am a Rambler
Dave Gunning; David Francey ∕ A Game Goin' On ∕ No More Pennies
David Holt & Josh Goforth ∕ Lily Of The West ∕ Good Medicine
My Politic ∕ Message On The Radio ∕ Missouri Folklore Songs & Stories From Home
Tim O'Brien ∕ Mick Ryan's Lament ∕ Two Journeys
The Cluster Pluckers ∕ Midnight On The Water ∕ Unplucked
Brother Sun ∕ Lady of the Harbor ∕ Some Part of the Truth
John Prine & Dolores Keane ∕ In A Town This Size ∕ In Spite Of Ourselves
Jonathan Byrd ∕ The Snake Song ∕ The Waitress
Jones & Leva ∕ Someday ∕ Light Enough To Find My Way
Jordi Baizan ∕ Coffee With You In The Morning ∕ The Love In You
Joy Zimmerman ∕ If I Should Fall Behind ∕ Where The Light Lives
Billy Droze ∕ Small Town Mystery ∕ Waiting out the Storm
Jubal Lee Young ∕ Seven Bridges Road ∕ Wild Birds Warble
Richard Bennett ∕ Across The Great Divide ∕ In The Wind Somewhere
Jubilant Bridge ∕ Slow Moving Freight Train ∕ Under Shattered Skies
Front Range ∕ So Many Pathways ∕ Back To Red River
Ian & Sylvia ∕ Some Day Soon ∕ Best Of The Vanguard Years
DeDe Wyland ∕ Something 'Bout Traveling ∕ Keep The Light On
Kasey Chambers ∕ Georgia Brown ∕ Little Bird [Disc 1]
John Gorka ∕ Down in the Milltown ∕ Before Beginning
Kenny & Amanda Smith Band ∕ Angels Calling At My Door ∕ Tell Someone
The Smith Sisters ∕ The River and the Moon ∕ Roadrunner
Billy Strings ∕ Pyramid Country ∕ Turmoil And Tinfoil
Bob and Sarah Amos ∕ Wherever I Go ∕ Ever Onward
Dougie ∕ Until We Meet Again ∕ Whitewash
David Grisman ∕ Goodbye ∕ The David Grisman Rounder Album
Mike Cross ∕ The Farewell Toast ∕ Irregular Guy

10/13/2025

Playlist - The Back Porch - 88.1 WVPE, South Bend, IN - October 12, 2025 - Host, Al Kniola - 6:00-10:00 pm

ARTIST \ SONG TITLE \ ALBUM TITLE
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Greg Cahill & Don Stiernberg \ Pickaway \ Blue Skies (Opening theme with voice-over)
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Alison Brown & Steve Martin \ Bluegrass Radio \ Bluegrass Radio
Aileen & Elkin Thomas \ Tomorrow \ A Handful Of Honeysuckle
Barry & Holly Tashian \ Lonesome And Blue \ Harmony
Annie & Rod Capps \ Love Comes Round \ Love & Rain
Alice Howe & Freebo \ Something Calls to Me \ Alice Howe & Freebo (Live)
Amy Kercsmar and Chris O'Brien \ Carolan's Draught \ The Waning Road
Bettman & Halpin \ Stone County Breakdown \ 1000 Miles
Billy Strings & Molly Tuttle \ Listen To The Radio \ More Than A Whisper: Celebrating The Music Of Nanci Griffith
Cassie and Maggie \ Hangman \ The Willow Collection
Conrad Fisher & Rhonda Vincent \ Would You Like to Buy Some Flowers \ Single
Chris Carroll & Adam Carroll \ The Old Wilted Rose \ Good Farmer
Doc Watson & David Grisman \ Fiddle-Tune Medley \ Doc & Dawg
Bob And Sarah Amos \ The Hills That I Call Home \ Ever Onward
Crowes Pasture \ Raise Your Hand \ Live In-Studio
Crowes Pasture \ They're Coming For You Next \ Live In-Studio
Crowes Pasture \ This Land Is Your Land (Revisited) \ Live In-Studio
Crowes Pasture \ Montana Sky \ Live In-Studio
Crowes Pasture \ Part Of The Plan \ Live In-Studio
Dave & Kristi \ King's Highway \ The Chickadees
Donna Ulisse & Rick Stanley \ You and Me \ Single
Bill And Kate Isles \ Cool Water \ Still Beneath the Stars and Moon
Friction Farm \ Tyler And Peggy \ Stone By Stone
C. Daniel Boling With Tom Paxton \ This Town Has No Café \ New Old Friends
Eric Brace And Thomm Jutz \ Sea Fever \ Simple Motion
John Prine & Chris Thile \ Speed of the Sound of Loneliness \ Single
Jim Hurst , Missy Raines \ Small Southern Town \ Two
The Gibson Brothers \ East Bound Train \ Long Way Back Home
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings \ The Bells And The Birds \ Woodland
Julie Pennell & John Pennell \ Gonna Hitch a Ride \ Keep On Walkin'
Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert \ Keep My Heart In Mind \ Volume 4
Linda Ronstadt & Dolly Parton \ I Will Never Marry \ Duets
Byrd And Street \ A Rocking Chair and a Memory \ Words and Music
The Magnolia Janes \ Five More Minutes \ The Light Years
Michael Cleveland & Jason Carter \ Outrun The Rain \ Bluegrass In The Backwoods
Nanci Griffith & Tom Russell \ Canadian Whiskey \ Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back To Bountiful)
Over The Moon \ When She Rides \ Chinook Waltz
Patty and Craig \ You Are Not Alone \ Look to the Moon
Pharis & Jason Romero \ Hometown Blues \ Bet On Love
The Price Sisters \ There's A Song in There Somewhere \ There's A Song In There Somewhere
Robin & Linda Williams \ Living Your Bad Name Down \ A Better Day A-Coming
Ruth And Max Bloomquist \ October's Lullaby \ Single
Steve and Kristi Nebel \ The Walk \ Vignettes
Tom Paxton & John Mccutcheon \ Prairie Star \ Together
The Twangtown Paramours \ Sincerely Yours No More \ The Wind Will Change Again
Small Potatoes \ Time Flies \ Time Flies
Viv & Riley \ The Long Way \ Imaginary People
Zoe & Cloyd \ Only Game In Town \ I Am Your Neighbor
Tony Trischka & Vince Gill \ Bury Me Beneath the Willow \ Earl Jam
Dennis Warner \ Noses and Nickels \ Pilot Me
Crowes Pasture \ Catch The Wind \ Edge Of America
Mark Schatz & Bryan Mcdowell \ My East Tennessee Home \ Grit & Polish
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Small Potatoes \ Call It A Day \ Waltz Of The Wallflowers (Closing theme with voice-over)

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Elkhart, IN 46514

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