The Back Porch

06/23/2025

Playlist - The Back Porch - 88.1 WVPE, South Bend, IN - June 22, 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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Detour \ Lovin' Liza Jane \ A Better Place
Over The Moon \ Someday Soon \ Chinook Waltz
Benny Bleu \ Grey Cat On A Tennessee Farm \ Banjo Jubilations
C. Daniel Boling And Tom Paxton \ Old Red Barn \ It Matters
Bankesters \ Take Me Home \ Looking Forward
Bob And Sarah Amos \ On The Sunny Side Of Life \ Ever Onward
The Cluster Pluckers \ I Wonder Where You Are Tonight \ The Cluster Pluckers
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs \ The Ballad Of Jed Clampett \ Hard Travelin'
The Seekers \ A World Of Our Own \ A World Of Our Own
Joan Baez \ Diamonds & Rust \ Diamonds & Rust
Bob Dylan \ Mr. Tambourine Man \ Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits
Kingston Trio \ Across The Wide Missouri \ Best Of Vol 2
Chris Walz \ One Dime Blues \ All I Got And Gone
Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert \ Wouldn't Be the First Time \ The Ledges
Ricky Skaggs \ Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die \ Highways & Heartaches
Bettman & Halpin \ Stone County Breakdown \ 1000 Miles
Jim Eanes \ Log Cabin In The Lane \ Thirty Years Of Bluegrass
Linda Ronstadt \ Life Is Like A Mountain Railway \ Silk Purse
Caleb Klauder and Reeb Willms \ He's Gone \ Gold In Your Pocket
Barry & Holly Tashian \ All I Have To Offer You Is Me \ At Home
Alison Krauss & Union Station \ The Wrong Way \ Arcadia
Carrie Newcomer \ My Dog \ Until Now
Patty and Craig \ Agave Moon \ Look to the Moon
Brittany Jean \ Boulder To Birmingham \ Colors & Covers
Helene Cronin \ Maybe New Mexico \ Maybe New Mexico
Dolly Parton; Emmylou Harris; Harris; Linda Ronstadt \ When We're Gone, Long Gone \ Trio II
Doug Harsch \ I Had Never Met Anyone (Quite Like You) \ Old Soul
Kate Wolf \ One More Song \ Evening In Austin
Alice Howe & Freebo \ Twilight \ Alice Howe & Freebo (Live)
Suzy Bogguss \ Shenandoah \ American Folk Songbook
Kathy Kallick \ Put My Little Shoes Away (With Molly Tuttle) \ What Are They Doing In Heaven Today?
Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway & AJ Lee \ Here in California \ Into The Wild
John Prine \ The Moon Is Down \ Fair & Square
Kris Kristofferson \ Darby's Castle \ Me and Bobby McGee
Brooks Williams \ King of California \ Work My Claim
The Burnett Sisters Band \ Rocky Road Blues \ Long Way From Home
Bill Staines \ Love's Been Good To Me \ October's Hill
Adrienne Frailey \ Catastrophe \ Goodnight To The Stars
The Lonely Heartstring Band \ If I Had A Hammer \ Deep Waters
Aileen & Elkin Thomas \ The Journey \ The Journey
Billy Strings \ Seven Weeks In County \ Highway Prayers
Tim O'Brien and Jan Fabricius \ Paper Flowers \ Paper Flowers
Dave & Kristi \ King's Highway \ The Chickadees
Tim Grimm \ Up In The Attic \ Bones Of Trees
Ragpicker String Band \ Lonely One In This Town \ The Ragpicker String Band
Brand New Box Of Matches \ Tossing & Turning \ Single
Kennedy's Kitchen \ Red Is The Rose \ The Whiskey Of Truth
Gordon Lightfoot \ Old Dan's Records \ Songbook [Disc 2]
Heather Pierson \ Take The Time \ Lines and Spaces
Steve Gillette \ Home By Dark \ Best Of
Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson \ Love Somebody \ What Did The Blackbird Say To The Crow
Byrd And Street \ Old Out of Tune Guitar \ Words and Music
Dolly Parton; Emmylou Harris; Linda Ronstadt; Trio \ Wildflowers \ Trio
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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]

06/22/2025

The coolest thing you can do during this oppressive heat is to listen to Al Kniola this evening on The Back Porch. He's gonna play great music for you to chill to! 6-10 pm ET. Yep, daytime radio...

06/16/2025

A celebration of 39 years hosting so I went back in time and brought back many of the tracks I aired on past Father Day shows.

Playlist-The Back Porch-88.1 WVPE, South Bend/Elkhart, IN- June 15, 2025
Host- Norm Mast-6:06 to 10:00pm
Artist/Track Title/Album Title
Greg Cahill & Don Stiernberg/Pickaway/Blueskies-(Opening theme music with voice-over)
David Grisman/Hello/the David Grisman Rounder Compact Disc

Nanci Griffith/There’s A Light Beyond These Woods(Mary Margaret)/There’s A Light
Beyond These Woods(Mary Margaret)

No Strings Attached/Waters of Babylon-Out the Window/No Strings Attached

Tom Paxton/Bad Old Days/Comedians & Angels
Tony Ellis/Dixie Banner/Dixie Banner

Charlie King/The Corvette/Feelings of Fire
The Lynn Morris band/Come Early Morning/The Lynn Morris band

Jerry Reed Smith, Tom Fellenbaum, Don Jackson/Heartdance-Give Us A Drink of Water/Heartdance

Lorre Wyatt/The L&N Don’t Stop Here anymore/Roots & Branches

Robin & Linda Williams/The Leaving Train/Close as We Can Get-Nine ‘til Midnight
Marty Stuart/One More Ride/Busy Bee Café
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Phil Ochs/When I’m Gone/There but for Fortune
Sweet Corn Stringband/Dusty Boxcar Wall/Sweet Corn Stringband

Front Range/Building on the Rock/The New Frontier
James Salestrom/Bristlecone Pine/LIVE from Planet Bluegrass

Acoustic Eidolon/Fields of Gold/A Simpler Time
Alan Rhody/Drifters Wind/From A Real Good Home
Ananda/Moonlight Waltz/Ananda Duo
Pete & Anne Sibley/Will You Walk with Me/Will You Walk With Me
Antique Persusion /Dark and Stormy Weather/Don’t Forget Me Little Darling

Bill Evans /Mother Nature’s Son/In Good Company
Elephant Revival/ Lexington/Break in the Clouds
The Black Lillies/ Shephard’s Song /Runaway Freeway Blues

The Bluegrass Cardinals/The Carpenter Shop/Best of BG bands
Bob Amos/Crazy Legs/Borrowed Time
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Boone Creek /Daniel Prayed/One Way Track
Bradley Walker /Last Day at Vicksburg/God Didn’t Choose Sides
Brother Son /All I Want Is A Garden/Some Part of the Truth

Robert Earl Keen/Jennifer Johnson & Me/West Textures
Fred Koller/Jennifer Johnson & Me/Songs from the Night Before

The Burn Sisters/O Come O Come Emmanuel/Traditions
Byrd & Street/Higher Ground/Words and Music
David Grisman, Vince Gill, Herb Pedersen, Jim Buchanan, Emory Gordy, Jr. / Going Up Home to Live in Green Pastures/Here Today
Carey Creed/You Plant Your Fields/Small Braveries

Carpenter & May/If You’re Ever in Oklahoma/Carpenter & May
Cheryl Wheeler/Time Taketh Away/Mrs. Pinocci’s Guitar
Chris Kokesh/Rose of My Heart/October Valentine

Blue Moon Rising/Freight Train/Blue Moon Rising/One Lonely Shadow
Blue Moon Rising/Angeline/One Lonely Shadow
Sam Bush/Stormy Night/Songs of Louisa Branscomb
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Russell Moore/Picture of Three Children/Russell Moore/God Didn’t Choose Sides: Songs of the Civil War
Annie Lou/The Whippoorwill Cry/Annie Lou
Atwater & Donnelly /When I Go to West Virgina/The Wild Birds Do Fly
Audrey Auld/My Father/Texas

Ben Bedford/ Guinevere Is Sleeping/What We Lost?
The Bills/ The Plant Song/Yes Please
The Black Lillies/By the Wayside/Runaway Freeway Blues

Blame Sally/Bird in Hand/Speeding Ticket & A Valentine
Bradley Walker/Last Day at Vicksburg/God Didn’t Choose Sides: Songs of the Civil War
Brandon Rickman /I Bought Her A Dog/Young Man, Old Soul

Breaking Grass/I’m Not Crying Cause You’re Leaving/Running With the Moon
Brian Vollmer/Skillet Licker Breakdown/Old Time Music Party
Buffalofitz/L.A. County Fair/Buffalofitz
Carey Creed/Bright Day/Small Braveries
Closing set with voice over
Dougie Maclean/Until We Meet Again/Whitewash~Mike Cross/The Farewell Toast/Irregular Guy~David Grisman/So Long/The David Grisman Rounder Compact Disc

06/12/2025

Al and Norm thoroughly enjoyed the I'm With Her concert tonight at Goshen College! (L to R: Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O'Donovan)

06/09/2025

Playlist - The Back Porch - 88.1 WVPE, South Bend, IN - June 8, 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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Missy Raines & Allegheny \ Cold Wind \ Love & Trouble
The Gated Community \ No More Water \ Goodbye Work
Lee Hunter & The Gatherers \ When You Go \ The Ground Beneath My Feet
Avery Hill \ The One Who Remembers \ Single
Cat Terrones \ Sun And Dark \ Shelter In Our Beauty
Detour \ A Better Place \ A Better Place
Mark Dvorak \ Streets Of Old Chicago \ The Streets Of Old Chicago
Brittany Jean \ Streets Of London \ Colors & Covers
Doug Harsch \ The Streets of South Bend \ Long Way From Heaven
I'm With Her \ Find My Way to You \ Wild And Clear And Blue
Terry Kitchen \ Rain Rain Rain \ We All Dream
Eliza Gilkyson \ Man in the Moon \ Dark Ages
Chicken Wire Empire \ Anomie \ Growing Pains
Ragpicker String Band \ Minor Blues \ The Ragpicker String Band
Benny Bleu \ Old Grimes \ Banjo Jubilations
C. Daniel Boling And Tom Paxton \ It Matters \ It Matters
Tyler Grant \ Been Away Too Long \ Flatpicker
Sam Robbins \ Ride With Me \ So Much I Still Don't See
Lee Hunter & The Gatherers \ The Water Is Wide \ The Ground Beneath My Feet
Emmylou Harris \ They'll Never Take His Love from Me \ Blue Kentucky Girl
Adrienne Frailey \ We Could Fly Above The Mountains \ Definitely
Brian Johnston \ You Won't Last Without Love \ Man In The Moon
Larry Platz \ When We Were Young \ Where The Long Road Ends
Riely O'Connor And Molly B Moon \ Count On Me \ Something Light As Light
I'm With Her \ Only Daughter \ Wild And Clear And Blue
The Wailin' Jennys \ Glory Bound \ Firecracker
Tony Trischka, feat. Billy Strings, Be�la Fleck, Sam Bush, Michael Cleveland and Mark Schatz \ Brown's Ferry Blues \ EarlJam Mixes
Doug Harsch \ Maybe It's Just Me \ Old Soul
Tony Rice \ Salt Creek \ Guitar
Special Consensus Feat. Rob Ickes \ Highway 95 \ Great Blue North
Small Potatoes \ I Will Pass This Way Again \ Time Flies
The Gated Community \ Goodbye Work \ Goodbye Work
Robin & Linda Williams \ Old Lovers Waltz \ A Better Day A-Coming
Guy Clark \ Soldier's Joy, 1864 \ The Dark
Red Molly \ You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive \ James
Paul Simon \ American Tune \ Over the Bridge of Time: A Paul Simon Retrospective (1964-2011)
Over The Moon \ When She Rides \ Chinook Waltz
Nanci Griffith & Tom Russell \ Canadian Whiskey \ Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back To Bountiful)
Norman Blake \ When the Roses Bloom \ Day by Day
Michael Cleveland & Jason Carter \ Outrun The Rain \ Bluegrass In The Backwoods
Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway Feat. Sierra Hull \ Over The Line \ Crooked Tree
Mark Schatz & Bryan Mcdowell \ West Virginia Reverie \ Grit & Polish
Steve Gillette \ That Song About The River \ Best Of
The Heart Collectors \ Carolina Mountains \ Alchymie
Dave & Kristi \ Soapbox Soliloquy \ The Chickadees
Dennis Warner \ Golden Rule \ Pilot Me
The Lucky Nows \ Fly Away \ Broken Homes & Hearts Of Gold
Liam Purcell & Cane Mill Road \ Crooked As You Go \ Yellow Line
Laurie Lewis & Molly Tuttle \ You Are My Flower \ And Laurie Lewis
Over The Moon \ Darcy Farrow \ Chinook Waltz
Kathy Kallick Band \ Souvenirs \ The Lonesome Chronicles
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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]

06/08/2025

Food on the grill tastes better while listening to The Back Porch. Get out that portable radio or stream it to your Bluetooth speaker. Al Kniola will be your dinner host and he has great music lined up for you! 6-10 pm ET this evening on your patio or deck.

06/02/2025

Playlist June 1,2025 Host Norm Mast
Artist Title Album
Greg Cahill & Don Stiernberg / Pickaway / Blue Skies
David Grisman / Hello / The David Grisman Rounder Album
Shawn Lane & Richard Bennett / Mountains & Miles / 1682
Tellico / New Moon / Woven Waters
Crooked Still / New Railroad / Shaken By A Low Sound
Nathan Blake Lynn / The Angels Sing / Who Said The World's Fair
John Lowell / Angus MacKenzie / I Am Going To The West
Craig Bickhardt / Breaking The Bread / Outpourings
Uncle Walt's Band / Deeper Than Love / An American In Texas Revisited
Chris Coole & Ivan Rosenberg / Georgie / Return To Trion
Mike Cross / Granny's Milk Cartons / Best Of The Funny Stuff - Crème De La Cross
Tom Rush / The Harbor / Gardens Old, Flowers New
I'm With Her / Wild and Clear and Blue / Wild Clear and Blue
Tom Rush / One More Time Around the Sun / Gardens Old, Flowers New
Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert / I Can't Wait / Volume 4
Tim Grimm / Broken Truth / Bones Of Trees
Dusty Anvil / Barb Wire Heart / Single
JJ Heller / I Get to Be the One / Deeper
The Steel Wheels / Kiss me like a stranger / No More Rain
Wayne Taylor And Appaloosa / Lay My Body Down / It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Day
Billy Strings / Billy Strings - Leadfoot - Album version / single
Irene Kelley / Lester's Song (These Are the Eyes) / These Hills
Tiller's Folly / A Man You Won't Meet Everyday / Folk Alliance Showcase Compilation X
Front Line / Mansions Of Kings / Mansion Of Kings
Tony Rice Unit / Manzanita / Manzanita1
Kelly Bosworth / No, Never, No / Kelly Bosworth
John McCutcheon / Nobody Knows / Leap!
Zoe & Cloyd / Old Stone Wall / Eyes Brand New
Tony Rice Unit / Old Train / Manzanita1
Jan Gillies / The Old Woman And The Gunslinger / Visions
Atwater-Donnelly / Pity Undue / Where the Wild Birds Do Whistle
The Kingston Trio / Reuben James / 36 All-Time Greatest Hits [Disc 2]
Jim And Lynna Woolsey / Runaway Train / The Road That Brings You Home
I'm With Her / Ryland (Under The Apple Tree) / See You Around
West Of Eden / Safe Crossing / Safe Crossing
Ananda / Safe Harbor / Still Waters
Gibson Brothers / Safe Passage / Help My Brother
Eliza Gilkyson / Safety Zone / Home
Merle Monroe / Saginaw Michigan / Songs Of A Simple Life
Jonathan Edwards / Sailor's Prayer / My Love Will Keep
Tim O'Brien / That's How Every Empire Falls / He Walked On
I'm With Her / Find My Way to You / Wild Clear and Blue
Alan Rhody / That's Who I'd Be / Journey
Gathering Time / There but for Fortune / When One Door Closes...
Happy Traum / Living With The Blues / There's A Bright Side Somewhere
Michael Jerome Browne / Living With The Blues / Gettin' Together
Gap Creek Quartet / There Is A Fountain / God Didn't Choose Sides - Civil War Stories About Real People
Wild Carrot & The Roots Band / There Is A Time / Crowd Around The Mic
Anne & Pete Sibley / There is Beauty / Think Of This River
Alison Krauss & Union Station / There's A Light Up Ahead / Arcadia
Lucy Kaplansky / These Days / Last Days Of Summer
Bob and Sarah Amos / Wayfaring Stranger / Ever Onward
The Cluster Pluckers / Will You Miss Me / The Cluster Pluckers
Crow and the Canyon / Wilmington / Leaving Soon
Dougie Maclean / Until We Meet Again / Whitewash
David Grisman / So Long / The David Grisman Rounder Compact Disc
Mike Cross / The Farewell Toast / Irregular Guy

05/26/2025

Playlist - The Back Porch - 88.1 WVPE, South Bend, IN - May 25, 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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Pat Donohue \ The Star Spangled Banner \ American Guitar
The Quad \ America \ Single
Dailey & Vincent \ More Than A Name On The Wall \ Dailey & Vincent
Dixie Chicks \ Travelin' Soldier \ Home
The Limeliters \ The Strangest Dream \ Until We Get It Right!
I’m With Her \ Different Rocks Different Hills \ Wild And Clear And Blue
Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert \ Imagine That \ Volume 4
Cat Terrones \ Ohio \ Shelter In Our Beauty
Detour \ Too Blue To Have The Blues \ Going Nowhere Fast
Crowes Pasture \ Song To Woody \ Crowes Pasture
Pat Lamanna \ A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall \ Do I Know My Song Well Enough To Start Singing Yet?
Terry Kitchen \ Time Of The Season \ We All Dream
Eliza Gilkyson \ Ten Thousand Things \ Dark Ages
Ragpicker String Band \ Honey Babe \ The Ragpicker String Band
Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson \ Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss \ What Did The Blackbird Say To The Crow
Dear MariBella \ Sailor's Lament \ On Forgotten Paths
Tim Grimm \ Bow And Arrow \ Bones Of Trees
C. Daniel Boling And Tom Paxton \ Complain \ It Matters
Alison Krauss & Union Station \ There's A Light Up Ahead \ Arcadia
Rees Shad \ Coda Blues \ Porcelain Angel
Tyler Grant \ Where The Ocotillo Grows \ Flatpicker
Patty and Craig \ Look To The Moon \ Look to the Moon
Chris Walz \ Spanish Fandango \ All I Got And Gone
The Price Sisters \ Weary Lonesome Blues \ Between The Lines
Alice Howe & Freebo \ Angel From Montgomery \ Alice Howe & Freebo (Live)
Patty Griffin \ Made of the Sun \ Servant Of Love
Ruth And Max Bloomquist \ In the Sweetlight \ Single
Barry & Holly Tashian \ My Favorite Memory \ Trust in Me
Bill & Kate Isles \ Matching Baggage \ Matching Baggage
Bill Staines \ Gold Watch And Chain \ October's Hill
Bob And Sarah Amos \ One Beautiful Day \ Ever Onward
Brittany Jean \ The Circle Game \ Colors & Covers
I’m With Her \ Wild and Clear and Blue \ Wild And Clear And Blue
Byrd And Street \ The Sun in Colorado \ Love Circles 'Round
The Cluster Pluckers \ Bottom Of The Glass \ The Cluster Pluckers
Doc Watson \ The Ship That Never Returned \ My Dear Old Southern Hom
The Kingston Trio \ M.T.A. \ The Capitol Years Disc 1
Kate Wolf \ Rising Of The Moon \ The Wind Blows Wild
Kathy Kallick Band \ Lonesome Dobro Blues \ The Lonesome Chronicles
Linda Ronstadt \ I Will Never Marry \ Duets
Leonard Cohen \ Suzanne \ Songs Of Leonard Cohen
MonTe micHel bLeu \ Boy \ Songs Between Truth And Lies
Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper Feat. Dan Tyminski & Jerry Douglas \ Mountain Heartache \ Tall Fiddler
Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway \ Stranger Things \ Into The Wild
Petticoat Junction \ My Brown Eyed Darling \ Lonely Old Depot
Rebecca Frazier \ It's Over \ Boarding Windows In Paradise
Red Molly \ Old Dancing Fool \ Love And Other Tragedies
Salamander Crossing \ Light In The Window \ Bottleneck Dreams
Tony Trischka & Vince Gill \ Bury Me Beneath the Willow \ Earl Jam
Zoe Speaks \ There’s A Hole Where Your Soul’s Supposed To Be \ Wings
Zoe & Cloyd \ Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down \ I Am Your Neighbor
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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]

05/25/2025

Al will start this evening's Porch with some songs and tunes appropriate to Memorial Day. Then the rest of the show will be happier with great music! 6-10 pm ET at 88.1 FM and streaming on your WVPE app or at

WVPE is the NPR News Information source for Elkhart, South Bend, Notre Dame and the rest of Michiana.

05/19/2025

Playlist May 18,2025 host Norm Mast
Artist Title Album
Greg Cahill & Don Stiernberg / Pickaway / Blue Skies
David Grisman / Hello / The David Grisman Rounder Album
Brittany Jean / The Accordion ("My Old Friend") / All The Love
Cosy Sheridan / Charlie Is My Darling / Pretty Bird
Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway / El Dorado / City Of Gold
Laurie Lewis / Going Away / Skippin' And Flyin'
Jubilant Bridge / Independence Day / Under Shattered Skies
Billy Strings / Know It All / Renewal
Curtis Wright / Mama Prayed For Me / Curtis Wright
Joe Crookston / Oh Mercy Where Are You Now? / Folk Now (Nov & Dec 2024)
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band / Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn) / Dirt Does Dylan
Ted Yoder / Screen Porch / Chocolate Skies - Solo Hammered Dulcimer
Bela Fleck / Us Chickens / My Bluegrass Heart
Sam Bush / Howlin' At The Moon / Howlin' At The Moon
Jerry Douglas / Emphysema Two Step / Changing Channels
Joel Mabus / Firelake / Firelake
Fred Koller / The Auctioneer / Songs From The Night Before
The Seldom Scene / Open Up The Window, Noah / At The Scene
Sockeye / Brand New Shoes / One More Mile
Barbara Lamb / So What / Fiddle Fatale
The Seldom Scene / Heaven's Green Fields / Like We Used To Be
Sam Bush / Stingray [Live] / Ice Caps: Peaks Of Telluride
Sarah Jarosz / Song Up In Her Head / Song Up In Her Head
Sam Bush / Gold Heart Locket / Circles Around Me
The Infamous Stringdusters / It'll Be Alright / Things That Fly
Kathy Mattea / Black Waters / Calling Me Home
Jewel / Love Used To Be / Picking Up The Pieces
Volume 4 / I'm With Here / Different Rocks,Different Hills
Bettman & Halpin / Mama Don't You Cry / 1000 Miles
Brittany Jean / Boulder To Birmingham / Colors & Covers
Girl Named Tom / Waters / single
Craig Korth / My Friend Jim / Bankview
Dusty Anvil / Blow Wind Blow / single
Crooked Still / Did You Sleep Well? / Still Crooked
Crow and the Canyon / Wilmington / Leaving Soon
Cup O'Joe / Weathered and Worn / Why Live Without
Dailey & Vincent / Hills Of Caroline / Brothers Of The Highway
Dan McKinnon / the Captain and the Queen / Just Another Day
Dave Gunning / From on Higher Ground / Lift
Darin & Brooke Aldridge / This Flower / Inner Journey
David Broza w Shawn Colvin / Shotgun Down the Avalanche / Set List
Lyn Koonce / If I Needed You / Begin Again
Misty River / If I Needed You / Misty River
David Francey / Long Brown Hair / Late Edition
David Holt & Josh Goforth / Must Come In At The Door / Good Medicine
David Maloney / Had a Little Setback / My Father's Shoulders
DeDe Wyland / Something 'Bout Traveling / Keep The Light On
Donna Hughes / Fools Rush In / Fly
Doug Harsch / The Streets Of South Bend / Long Way From Heaven
Elephant Revival / Break In The Clouds / Break In The Clouds
Jerry Short & Rick Watson / Rock In The River / Different Shade Of Green
Joe Crookston / A Friend Like You / Darkling & the BlueBird Jubilee
John Gorka / I Saw a Stranger with Your Hair / Before Beginning
Atwater-Donnelly / Again / Where the Wild Birds Do Whistle
Tracy Grammer / Cloud Busting / Low Tide

05/12/2025

Playlist - The Back Porch - 88.1 WVPE, South Bend, IN - May 11, 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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John Prine & Chris Thile \ Speed of the Sound of Loneliness \ Single
Alison Krauss & Union Station \ Richmond On The James \ Arcadia
Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson \ Little Brown Jug \ What Did The Blackbird Say To The Crow
Mad Agnes \ Mama \ Single
Dear MariBella \ Chocolate Ice Cream \ On Forgotten Paths
Alison Krauss \ Good Time Charlie \ Single
Son Stone \ Wonder Woman \ Single
Tim Grimm \ Mists Of Ennistymon \ Bones Of Trees
Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert \ I Can't Wait \
John Prine \ I Remember Everything \ Single
Sierra Hull \ Haven Hill \ A Tip Toe High Wire
Eric Schmitt \ Louisiana \ Wait For The Night
C. Daniel Boling And Tom Paxton \ I Know Stuff \ It Matters
Loveseat \ The Old Me \ Our Way
Martin Gilmore \ Lonesome Whistle \ Volume 4
Alison Krauss & Union Station \ Forever \ Arcadia
Rees Shad \ The Right Thing \ Porcelain Angel
The John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project \ Gasoline Alley No. 1 \ Julia Belle: The John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project
Helene Cronin \ People \ Maybe New Mexico
Tyler Grant \ Turn The Page \ Flatpicker
Patty and Craig \ Night Full Of Promise \ Look to the Moon
Chris Walz \ The Coo Coo \ All I Got And Gone
Sam Robbins \ What A Little Love Can Do \ So Much I Still Don't See
Terry Kitchen \ Loretta's Icebox \ We All Dream
Max Wareham \ Lonesome Blues, I'm Coming Home \ Daggomit!
Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson \ Old Joe Clark \ What Did The Blackbird Say To The Crow
Eliza Gilkyson \ Dark Night of the Soul \ Dark Ages
Doug Harsch \ Liars and Cheats and Snakes \ Songs You Think You Know
Kennedy's Kitchen \ The Life of a Country Boy \ A Pocketful of Lint
Larry Platz \ I Don't Anymore \ Where The Long Road Ends
Ron Sowell \ It's All Up To You \ Dance Till The Music Stops
Ragpicker String Band \ Lonely One In This Town \ The Ragpicker String Band
Chicken Wire Empire \ Anomie \ Growing Pains
Jake and Rambling Blade \ Little Bird \ True Love
The Black Lillies \ Desire \ Hard To Please
C. Daniel Boling And Tom Paxton \ It Matters \ It Matters
Dear MariBella \ Eternity's Garden \ On Forgotten Paths
Scott Miller \ Ten Miles Down The Nine Mile Road \ Ladies Auxiliary
John Prine \ All The Best \ The Missing Years
John Hartford \ Old Time River Man \ Good'le Days: Essential Recordings
The Burnett Sisters Band \ Colorado Girl \ Long Way From Home
Tim Grimm \ Gettin' Older \ Bones Of Trees
Jason Isbell \ Foxes In The Snow \ Foxes In The Snow
Alice Howe & Freebo \ Something Calls to Me \ Alice Howe & Freebo (Live)
Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert \ Keep My Heart In Mind \ Volume 4
The Price Sisters \ Deep River \ Between The Lines
Kate Mcdonnell \ Buckets Of Rain \ Single
Bob Dylan \ Just Like a Woman \ Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits
I’m With Her \ Ancient Light \ Wild And Clear And Blue
The Lucky Nows \ Fly Away \ Broken Homes & Hearts Of Gold
Heather Pierson \ Take The Time \ Lines and Spaces
Eliza Gilkyson \ Times Like These \ Dark Ages
Ron Sowell \ Out There In The Hall / Old Songs \ Dance Till The Music Stops
Ragpicker String Band \ Blue Monk \ The Ragpicker String Band
Chicken Wire Empire \ Fiddle and Song \ Growing Pains
Pickin' On Series \ Blackbird \ Pickin' On The Beatles, Volume 2: A Bluegrass Tribute
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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]

05/11/2025

This evening Al Kniola offers a mix of newly acquired tracks, whether new releases or not, to fill four hours with some amazing music that will be mostly new to you. Try it! Ain't gonna be nuthin' not to like! 6-10 pm ET at 88.1 FM and streaming on your WVPE app or at wvpe.org. Got all that? 🙂

WVPE is the NPR News Information source for Elkhart, South Bend, Notre Dame and the rest of Michiana.