Mike Johnston
Host, Destination OutMike Johnston is the host of 'Destination Out,' which airs each Sunday evening at 11pm. Mike also teaches music history courses at Delta College and Mid Michigan Community College.
Mike is a community volunteer who first started at WCMU in August, 1987. He is also the bassist with Faruq Z. Bey and the Northwoods Improvisers, a role he has held since 1976. He was raised in Traverse City and holds an MFA degree in Art / Photography. Mike also wrote for the Jazz Magazine from 1981 to 1999.
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On this week's episode of Destination Out, Mike Johnston features a previously unreleased recording from 1963 by Roland Kirk: Vibrations In The Village: Live At The Village Gate. -
On this week's episode of Destination Out, Mike Johnston features some 80's recordings from Mal Waldron and other artists. -
On this week's episode of Destination Out, Mike Johnston features music from albums by Archie Shepp and Roswell Rudd. -
On this week's episode of Destination Out, Mike Johnston features a new release from Yusef Lateef, a recording made in Sweden back in 1972. -
On this week's episode of Destination Out, Mike Johnston features a new release from Horace Tapscott and the Pan Afrikan People's Arkestra. -
On this week's episode of Destination Out, Mike Johnston features rock n' roll artists from across the globe, as part of a yearly tradition. -
On this week's episode of Destination Out, Mike Johnston continues an annual tradition by featuring a wide variety of piano music. -
On this week's episode of Destination Out, Mike Johnston features some works by late Saxophonist Jackie McLean from the 80s and 90s. -
On this week's episode of Destination Out, Mike Johnston is joined by Robert Barclay for the Winter Foodraiser, spinning a wide variety of music, including some new tracks that haven't been played on the show before. -
On this week's episode of Destination Out, Mike Johnston features some works by late clarinetist John Carter.
