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Miami Valley Music Focus explores the places and people behind the music of Southwest, Ohio.

2022 Yellow Springs Porchfest brings music to the village this Saturday

Art by Lindsay Burke
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On September 14, Paul Herzog of the Yellow Springs Brewery joined Excursions host Evan Miller for a live interview about the Yellow Springs Porchfest, a celebration of local music held annually in the village.

This year’s Porchfest, held on September 17, promises to be the largest yet, featuring over 70 bands playing on over 35 different porches around the village. Among the performers is host Evan Miller. All bands, Herzog explained, are Yellow Springs-based, and all performances are within walking distance of one another.

More information about this year’s porchfest can be found at YSPorchfest.com. Both WYSO and the Yellow Springs Brewery supported the event.

Evan Miller is a percussionist, lover of sound, and is probably buying too many cassette tapes online right now. Evan got his start in radio in 2012 at WWSU at Wright State University, where he was studying percussion performance. He followed through with both endeavors and eventually landed a lucrative dual career playing experimental music at home and abroad, and broadcasting those sounds to unsuspecting listeners Sunday nights on The Outside. Maintaining a connection to normal music, Evan also plays drums in bands around the area, and hosts WYSO's Midday Music show. When not doing something music-related, Evan is most likely listening to podcasts or watching food videos at home with his cat.
Peter Day writes and produces stories for WYSO’s music department. His works include a feature about Dayton's premiere Silent Disco and a profile of British rapper Little Simz. He also assists with station operations and serves as fill-in host for Behind the Groove. Peter began interning at WYSO in 2019 and, in his spare time while earning his anthropology degree, he served as program director for Yale University’s student radio station, WYBC.