PURE with Howard Thompson

PURE - “Strictly Sunday” Vincent Quatroche: Sunday Night Of The Heart The Velvet Underground: Sunday Morning Steven Wilson: Sunday Rain Sets In Joe Jackson: Sunday Papers Tony Joe White: Hard Time with Sunday David Bowie: Sunday Bridget St. John: Seagull-Sunday Hank Williams: Next Sunday Darlin' Is My Birthday  Jerry Lee Lewis: Sunday Morning Coming Down James King: Sunday Morning Christian  Blond...

WPKN - PURE “Johnson” The Laurie Johnson Orchestra: Theme from 'The Avengers’  Godchildren Of Soul: Rockaway Beach (ft. General Johnson & Joey Ramone) Pug Johnson: Last Call (with Apologies To Terry Allen) Keri Leigh: Here’s Your Mop Mr. Johnson Lou Johnson: (There’s) Always Something There To Remind Me Big Joe Turner & Pete Johnson: Roll 'Em Pete J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding: Georgia On...

PURE's "Strictly Thirteen" Ye Gods: Three To Thirteen Lana Del Rey: 13 Beaches Big Star: Thirteen Johnny Cash: Thirteen J.J. Cale: Thirteen Days Nicholas Payton: Thirteen Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt: Thirteen Ways of Looking Colter Wall: 13 Silver Dollars Bill Haley & His Comets: Thirteen Women Chuck Berry: Thirteen Question Method Frank Zappa & the Mothers: Thirteen Alan Vega: 13 Cros...

PURE: "Playing Records with Bridget St. John" Bridget St. John: Ask Me No Questions The Mills Brothers: The Window Washer Man Buffy Sainte-Marie: Lazarus Bridget St. John: Lizard-Long-Tongue Boy Dusty Springfield: You Don't Have To Say You Love Me Bridget  St. John: Song to Keep You Company (live, BBC 1969) The Beatles: A Day In The Life David Bowie: Space Oddity Bridget St. John: A Day Away Bridg...

WPKN “Strictly Beans” (for Michael B) Joanna Newsom: Sprout and the Bean Dori Freeman: Soup Beans Milk And Bread Johnny Cash: Look At Them Beans (The Who: Heinz Baked Beans) Stina Nordenstam: The Return Of Alan Bean Chili Gonzalez: Beans John Cooper Clarke: Spilt Beans (John Peel Session 3 October 1978) Little Richard: Rice, Red Beans and Turnip Greens The Legendary Doctor Generosity: Beans, Beans...

Gone Fishing (w/The Batture Boys) (broadcast 8/19/16) The Spitfires: Catfish  Cash Box Kings: Everybody's Fishin'  Wynonie Harris: Fishtail Blues Sherman "Blues" Johnson: Hot Fish Bobby Charles: Goin' Fishin' 3:06 Loudon Wainwright III: Big Fish Louis Armstrong (feat: Bing Crosby): Gone Fishin  Sarah Quintana: Fisherman In The Sky  John Prine: Fish And Whistle  Tennesee Ernie Ford w/Cliffie Stone'...

“Mikki’s Room, Purely” (broadcast 5/4/25) Harvey Mandel: Christo Redentor  Lorraine Ellison: Stay With Me Prince: Sign O' The Times Asha Puthli: Right Down Here Bobby Charles: Small Town Talk Betty Harris: Cry To Me  The Heptones: Hypocrite  Joe South: Games People Play Paul Kelly: Come Lay Some Lovin' On Me  Andy Fairweather Low: Wide EyedAnd Legless Dobie Gray: Drift Away Sade: By Your Side (Reg...

“PURE Prog” (broadcast 1/26/22 and 7/22/26) Aubrey Small: Country Road 4:19 Barclay James Harvest: Mocking Bird 6:35 Traffic: Hole In My Shoe 3:01 Roy Harper: When an Old Cricketer Leaves the Crease 7:11 Procol Harum: A Salty Dog 4:36 Genesis: The Musical Box 10:23 Hawkwind: Hall of the Mountain Grill 2:23 The Pretty Things: Trust 2:44 David Bowie: The Man Who Sold The World 4:04 Love Sculpture: W...

“Fire & Water” (broadcast 11/11/20 and 7/23/26) Free: Fire And Water (alt mix) Lydia Loveless: The Water  Hank Williams: Settin The Woods On Fire Jeannie Seely: Peaceful Waters Garbage: On Fire Moth Man: The Water Julee Cruise: The Fire In Me Aretha Franklin: Bridge Over Troubled Water  Erma Franklin: Light My Fire  The Regals: Got The Water Boiling  Hollie Cook: Angel Fire  Doug Powell: She W...

“Strictly Vegetables” Ray Charles: Chitlins With Candied Yams The Cadillac Three: Devil’s Lettuce Chas 'n' Dave: Boiled Beef And Carrots Dr. John: Cabbage Head James Brown: (Do The) Mashed Potatoes, Pt. 1 Butthole Surfers: Pepper The Byrds: Chestnut Mare Drive-By Truckers: Daddy’s Little Pumpkin The Mothers Of Invention: Call Any Vegetable Tony Joe White: Polk Salad Annie The Cramps: Cornfed Dames...

"Strictly Stupid" Paul Leary: Born Stupid Jim Keller: I’m So Stupid The Flys: Come On Stupid Chumbawamba: I’m With Stupid Anne McCue: Stupid Ellen Foley: Stupid Girl Sahara Hotnights: Stupid Tricks The Sniveling Shits: Terminal Stupid Mary Lee's Corvette: More Stupider Burning Spear: Not Stupid Garbage: Stupid Girl (Tee's Radio Mix) XTC: Stupidly Happy Chas 'n' Dave: What A Stupid Thing To Do Rod...

"Lou Reed, songwriter" Iggy Pop: We Are The People Mary Gauthier: Coney Island Baby Nico: Little Sister Luna: Satellite of Love Al Green: I Found A Reason Peter Gabriel: The Power Of The Heart Anohni/Lou Reed: Candy Says [Live] Claudio Cataldi: Here She Comes Now The Foxes: Soul City Elizabeth Cook: Sunday Morning Yo La Tengo: I’m Set Free Sendelica: Venus in Furs Various: Perfect Day ‘97 Todd Clo...

“Catch A Wave” fundraiser (broadcast 6/19/26) - MUSIC ONLY all the artists (in bold) played on this episode of PURE have shows in the area. We gave tickets away for donations. A handful (at face value) are still left - call 203) 331 9756 if interested. The Cars ( Greg Hawkes w/Eddie Japan ): Drive - 6/19 Fairfield CT The Cars ( Greg Hawkes w/Eddie Japan ): Tonight She Comes - 6/19 Fairfield, CT Th...

WPKN May 24th 2026 “Bob Dylan 85th Birthday Fundraiser” - music only Bridget St. John: Just Like A Woman (Piblokto Version)  Tom Jones: One More Cup Of Coffee Diana Krall: This Dream of You  Solomon Burke: The Mighty Quinn Bob Dylan: Cold Irons Bound Emma Swift: I Contain Multitudes Mick Ronson: Like A Rolling Stone (feat. David Bowie) Dave Alvin: Highway 61 Revisited  Dr. John: End Of The Line (f...

"7" (broadcast 5/15/26) Kamasi Washington: Seven Prayers Warren Storm: Seven Letters Blackberry Smoke: Lucky Seven David Bowie: Seven (Marius de Vries mix) Roseanne Cash: Seven Year Ache Luna: Seven Steps To Satan Egg: Seven Is A Jolly Good Time June Tabor & the Oyster Band: Seven Curses Charlie Haden Family (ft. The Haden Triplets): Seven Year Blues David Greenberger/the Huckleberries: All To...

“Women Who Play” Enya: Pax Deorum Nico: It Has Not Taken Long  Joni Mitchell: Shadows And Light  Chicken Shack: I’d Rather Go Blind  Björk: Álfur Út Úr Hól  Kim Deal: Are You Mine Delia Derbyshire: Dr. Who Theme Anne Müller: Serenade at 2  Julia Holter: Hello Stranger Kathryn Tickell & The Side: Penguin Notes Laura Nyro: Up On the Roof  Molly Lewis: Whistling in the Dark Juana Molina: Sin Don...

“Incoming” (broadcast 2/2/24) Viktor Orri Árnason & Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir: Rödd Daniel Herskedal: Tunnel Cody Jinks: Sober Thing Brian Protheroe: Pinball JJ Cale: Magnolia Georgie Fame: Everlovin’ Woman Luna: Friendly Advice Mark Knopfler: Ahead Of The Game Robyn Hitchcock: Rats John Craigie: Pagan Church Stackridge: The Road To Venezuela Wreckless Eric: Veronica Ry Cooder: Dark En...

“22 Clean-Up” (broadcast 1/20/23) Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders: Movements 2-5 (ft. London Symphony Orch.)  Peter Ivers, David Lynch & Alan R Splet: In Heaven (The Lady In The Radiator)  Morningface: Sharpening Knives In Heaven (ft. The League of Sonic Discovery) David Bowie: The Bewlay Brothers (2021 Alternative Mix)  Marianne Faithfull: The Calm Before The Storm  Van Der Graaf Generator:...

"DooWop" w/special guest Chuck Citrin (broadcast 3/21/14) The Four Vagabonds: Rosie the Riveter  Screamin' Jay Hawkins: Why Did You Waste My Time?  The Five Keys: Rocking and Crying Blues  The Three Chuckles w/Teddy Randazzo: Runaround  The Five Blue Notes: Ooh Baby  Drifters (ft. Clyde McPhatter): Lucille  Billy Ward & The Dominoes (ft. Jackie Wilson): I'm Gonna Move                         ...

"PURE w/howard thompson & Kevin Patrick"   (broadcast 3/18/16) Eddie & The Hot Rods: Do Anything You Wanna Do 3:56 Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty: You're the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly 2:30 MX-80 Sound: You're Not Alone 3:36 Suicide: Cheree 3:40 Motorhead: Tear Ya Down 2:39 The Psychedelic Furs: Pretty In Pink 3:56 Adam & the Ants: Kings Of The Wild Frontier 3:49 X: See How We Are Mari...

"The Old, The New & The Timeless" (broadcast on 11/17/23) Porcupine Tree: Hallogallo Billy Strings, Molly Tuttle: Listen To The Radio Mary Lee Kortes: The Music Got Me Here Mary Lee Kortes: Born A Happy Girl Mary Lee Kortes: Big Things Johnny Ruiz & the Escapers: Sorry American Beauties: The Rain Gary Lucas & John Cale: Peter Lorre Tulipomania: You Had To Be There The Vacant Lots: Dest...

“Recent Gems” (broadcast 3/3/17) Soundwalk Collective w/Jesse Paris Smith/Patti Smith: Evening of Light 4:50 Mikel Rouse: Inside the Waste of Time 10:13 Simon Fisher Turner: Stem Jars 1:34 The Necks: Blue Mountain 20:49 Kid Koala w/Emiliana Torrini: Nightfall Pale Blue 2:48 Mark Dagley: Uranus Hill Fantasy 3:48 Throttle Elevator Music: Playing The Alleyway 5:21 Bruce Wooley & Polly Scattergood...

"The Clean Up" (2016) (broadcast 1/20/17) Nick Lowe: (What's so Funny 'bout) Peace, Love & Understanding (live)  Joe Purdy: Kristine  Gillian Welch: Paper Wings (Alternate Mix)  CeCe Winans: Lowly Kathryn Tickell: Water Of Tyne (instr.)  Jimmy Scott: For Once In My Live (w/Dee Dee Bridgewater)  David Bowie: No Plan  Sandy Rogers: Good Dog  Nouvelle Vague: Algo Familiar  Dr. John Cooper Clarke...

"Black History Month"... (Plus) (broadcast 2/20/26) "Plus" - Andy Thomas: Nothing I Wouldn't Do (For You) (feat. Dori Freeman)  Andy Thomas: Little Love Machine Andy Thomas: Highway Junkie Rod Stewart: Every Picture Tells A Story Ron Wood: A Certain Girl "Black History Month" - Prince: Avalanche Tracy Chapman: Talkin’ Bout a Revolution Swamp Dogg: I Was Born Blue B.B. King: Why I Sing The Blues, P...

"Some Old, Some New" (edited broadcast 2/6/26) The Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Clausen Trio: Bill Evans Interlude into Waltz for Debby  Al Green: I Found A Reason Jimmy "Duck" Holmes: All Night Long  Chase: History Hayes Carll: If We Don't Try (feat. Ashley McBryde) Mordecai Smyth: Was It In Your Head  Amorphous Androgynous (w/Peter Hammill: We Persuade Ourselves We’re Immortal Van Der Gr...