PURE with Howard Thompson

David Bowie: “The Man Who Whirled The Soul” (broadcast 1/15/16) Twinkle Twinkle Little Rock Star: Life On Mars  David Bowie: Space Oddity (w/John Hutchinson)  Peter Gabriel: Heroes  David Bowie: Slip Away Lou Reed: Perfect Day  David Bowie: The London Boys  Mick Ronson: Growing Up and I'm Fine Anna Calvi: Lady Grinning Soul  David Bowie: All the Madmen  Lulu: Watch That Man  David Bowie: Loving th...

“The Original Versions" (broadcast 10/18/24) Ray Stevens: Sunday Morning Coming Down Kris Kristofferson: Help Me Make It Through The Night Roger Miller: Me And Bobby McGee Howard Tate: Get It While You Can Nat King Cole Trio: (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 Ron Davies: It Ain't Easy Biff Rose: Fill Your Heart Betty Hutton: It’s Oh So Quiet Bessie Banks: Go Now David Bowie: The Man Who Sold the World...

PURE Presents Rich (MX-80) Stim - “Siblings” (broadcast 12/20/24) Brothers & Sisters Billie Eilish: I Don’t Wanna Be You Anymore  Nino Tempo & April Stevens: Deep Purple  The Honeycombs: Have I The Right?  The Collins Kids: Go Away Don’t Bother Me  The Ramrods: Ghost Riders In The Sky  Naziah & Zoheb Hassan: Aag  The Carpenters: (They Long To Be) Close to You  Len: Beautiful Day (feat....

"PURE Presents Hamell On Trial" (broadcast 4/18/14) Hamell On Trial: The Meeting Frank Sinatra: I Get a Kick Out of You Hamell On Trial: Big As Life Elvis Presley: Good Rockin Tonight Little Richard: Tutti Frutti Hamell On Trial: Choochtown The Primitives: The Ostrich Hamell On Trial: Happiest Man in the World (live @WPKN) Bob Dylan: Like A Rolling Stone Hamell On Trial: Blood of The Wolf ? &...

“PURE Presents Sara Hickman” (broadcast 1/17/25) Stereo Total: I Am Naked   Viagra Boys: Punk Rock Loser William Shatner: Common People Rah Rah: Art & Wife Cassandra Wilson: Harvest Moon Landon Pigg: Falling in Love At A Coffee Shop The Roches We Amy Rigby: Back From Amarillo Flight of the Conchords: Ladies of the World Billie Eilish: bury a friend Davíd Garza: I Know Janelle Monáe: Make Me Fe...

“Tea or Coffee?” (broadcast 4/17/20) Zoot Horn Rollo: Cowboy Coffee Gretchen Peters: Love That Makes A Cup Of Tea Martin Newell: Miss Van Houten's Coffee Shop  Shelby Lynne: Iced Tea  22 Pistepirkko: Coffee Girl  Pink Martini: Tea for Two (feat. Jimmy Scott) Los Fabulocos: The Coffee Song Kirsty MacColl: Queen of The High Teas  Etta James: Cigarettes & Coffee  Bermondsey Joyriders / John Sincl...

"Winners & Losers" (broadcast 4/2/21) Shelby Lynne: Loser Dreamer Macy Gray: Let You Win Claudine Longet: Nothing to Lose James Hunter: You Can't Win 2:28 Johnny Cash: Born To Lose Hot Chocolate: Every 1's a Winner   Smith Connection (I've Been a Winner, I've Been a Loser) I've Been in Love Albert Castiglia: Love Will Win The War John Schneider: Better Class of Loser (w/Johnny Cash & Waylo...

"Blackness" (broadcast 2/13/24) Al Green: Strong As Death (Sweet As Love) William DeVaughn: Be Thankful For What You Got Ann Peebles: Hangin’ On Ketty Lester: Love Letters The Chi-Lites: Have You Seen Her The Impressions: People Get Ready Paul Kelly: Stealing In The Name Of The Lord Otis Redding: Try A Little Tenderness James Carr: The Dark End Of The Street Fern Kinney: Together We Are Beautiful...

"Saturday Afternoon Delight" (broadcast 3/23/24 ) Shadows Of Knight: Oh Yeah Roy Orbison: In Dreams Elvis Costello & The Attractions: Green Shirt Ruben Blades y Seis Del Solar: Muevete Loudon Wainwright III: Down Drinking At The Bar Bob Dylan: Everything Is Broken Gene Casey & The Lone Sharks: Bad Baby MC5: Shakin’ Street Alice Cooper: Lost In America Dr. Feelgood: All Through The City Bri...

"Angels & Devils" (broadcast 3/5/21) Paul Thorn: Angel Too Soon The Beatles: Devil In Her Heart Mikel Rouse: Guide To Angels Bryan Ferry: Sympathy For The Devil Lukas Nelson, Promise Of The Real w/ Neil Young: Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground Michael Doucet and Tom Rigney: Chasing the Devil Terry Allen: Angels of the Wind Lee Ann Womack: Sleeping With The Devil Cowboy Junkies: Misguided An...

"Fire & Water" (broadcast 11/11/20) 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 Walks on Water Jam...

"PURE Presents Bill Flanagan" (broadcast 11/15/24) The Band: STRAWBERRY WINE Johnny Cash: BIG RIVER Snoop Dogg: MY MEDICINE Charlie Haden & Hank Jones: WADE IN THE WATER Joni Mitchell:DREAMLAND Miles Davis: BYE BYE BLACKBIRD Bruce Springsteen: MY RIDE’S HERE Old 97s: CHAMPAGNE, ILLINOIS The Blasters: BORDER RADIO Jack White: I’M SHAKIN’ Neil Young & Crazy Horse: THRASHER Rod Stewart: EVERY...

"Hands & Feet" (broadcast 11/19/21) Lalo Schifrin: Cool Hand Luke (Main Title)  American Music Club: Johnny Mathis' Feet  T. Rex: Left Hand Luke & the Beggar Boys  Randy Newman: Back On My Feet Again  Alex McMurray: Diamonds in Your Hand  The Ink Spots: Your Feet's Too Big  The Psychedelic Furs: Tiny Hands  Bernard Bresslaw: You Need Feet  Grateful Dead: Hand Me Down (Ripple) (demo)  The K...

“A PURE Xmas” (broadcast 12/16/22) Jennifer Wharton and Bonegasm: Silent Night BB King: Lonesome Christmas  Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen: Blue Christmas Lights Ry Cooder: Christmas Time This Year  Help Yourself: Mommy Won't Be Home for Christmas  Hamell on Trial: Jamie Nicole  Alex McMurray: Santa, Let Me Call You a Cab  Brave Combo: Winter Wonderland (Bump and Grind)  Björk: Jólakötturinn (T...

"Fingers" (broadcasr 5/20/22) Jack Nitzche: Surf Finger Bobby Bare: Painting Her Fingernails Jerry Lee Lewis: My Fingers Do The Talkin' John Barry: Goldfinger Prince Buster: Finger Junior Walker & The All Stars: Shake And Fingerpop  Tony Joe White: Cold Fingers Ian Hunter & The Rant Band: Fingers Crossed  Art Jerry Miller: Finger Lickin' Good  Lee Ann Womack: Does My Ring Burn Your Finger...

"Fruity" (broadcast 6/7/19) Mongo Santamaria: Watermelon Man  Tom Waits: Grapefruit Moon  Joe Brown: I Like Bananas  George Braith: Cantaloupe Woman  Emmy Rossum: I'll be With You in Apple Blossom Time  Clarence Palmer & the Jive Bombers: Cherry  The Rivingtons: Cherry Elvis Costello: Sweet Pear Roger Miller: Little Green Apples  Black Grape: Reverend Black Grape  Eric Donaldson: Cherry Oh Bab...

"Here’s Johnny” (broadcast 9/1/17) Jimmy Reed: Oh John Shelby Lynne: Johnny Met June  Johnny Cash: John's  Kris Kristofferson: Good Morning John  Vince Gill: Buttermilk John (feat. The Time Jumpers)  The Band: Knockin' Lost John  Willie Nelson: Johnny One Time  Blind Willie Johnson: John The Revelator  The Waterboys: A Girl Called Johnny  John Leyton: Johnny Remember Me  Mikel Rouse: Johnny Dollar...

"Wreckless & Amy" (broadcast 3/2/18) Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet: Old Motors and Helicopters Laurie Anderson: In Our Sleep (feat. Lou Reed): In Our Sleep  Lou Reed: I Remember You The Velvet Underground: Run Run Run  Alex McMurray: Gluestick Situation Nolatet: Black Sheep  Amy Rigby: 20 Questions  Amy Rigby: Dancing With Joey Ramone  Ronnie Spector: All I Want (feat. Keith Richards) ...

PURE Presents Peter Hamill (broadcast 11/21/25) (intro) Van Der Graaf Generator: Theme One Isildurs Bane & Peter Hammill: Aguirre Kazue Sawai, Takahashi Ayuo, Peter Hammill, Sarah Jane Morris, James Warren & Guy Evans: A Song to Fallen Blossoms Wolfram Huschke: Black Rose Peter Hammill: Favorit Herbert Grönemeyer: Airplanes in My Head Peter Hammill: Jour Apres Jour PFM: Sea Of Memory Alice...

“B-side Bonanza” (broadcast 2/15/19) Little Beaver: Party Down Pt. 2  Bill Haley & His Comets: Thirteen Women  Dire Straits: Eastbound Train  Danny Gatton: Harlem Nocturne  The Rolling Stones: The Spider And The Fly  Van der Gaaf Generator: W Mott The Hoople: Rose Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band: My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains  Ijahman: Afrodub  Paul Young: Man In The Iron Mas...

"Heads, Or Tails?" (broadcast 2/15/19) Bill Frisell: Goin' Out of My Head The Ventures: Blue Tail Fly Kirsty MacColl: Head  Johnny Parker's Washboard Band: The Fox's Tail The Who: Bald Headed Woman Penguin Cafe Orchestra: Zopf: Pigtail Geraint Watkins: Bring Me The Head Of My So Called Lover Wynonie Harris: Fishtail Blues Ginny Arnell: Dumb Head  Gene Vincent: Red Blue Jeans & A Ponytail Elect...

“Carry On Doctor” (broadcast 4/3/20) "It's a Sick, Sick World..."  Richard Marino & His Orchestra: Fever  The Beatles: Doctor Robert  Steven Wilson: Year Of The Plague  Britta Phillips & Dean Wareham: Night Nurse The Primevals: Fever Zone  Gregory Isaacs: Night Nurse  Jackie Lomax: Little Yellow Pills  Wanda Jackson: Rockabilly Fever (w/Dave Alvin)  Alabama 3: Too Sick To Pray  Peter Tosh:...

"Crazy" (broadcast 11/16/12) Danny Gatton: Funky Mama Patsy Cline: Crazy    Merle Haggard: Crazy Moon Lydia Loveless: Crazy           Ray Price: Crazy Arms 2:32                                                  June Carter Cash/Carl Smith: Love Oh Crazy Love Jerry Lee Lewis: Middle Age Crazy w/Tim McGraw & Jon Brion Mary McBride: Crazy Again   Brett Dennen: Make You Crazy (feat. Femi Kuti) Andy...

“The Women, Pt. 2 (80s & 90s)” (broadcast 11/7/25) Laurie Anderson: O Superman Nico: Sixty Forty  Kirsty MacColl: There’s A Guy Who Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis Divinyls: Elsie Monsoon: Ever So Lonely Romeo Void: Never Say Never  Waitresses: I Know What Boys Like Tracey Ullman: They Don't Know Cristina: Smile Angel Corpus Christi: Dream Baby Dream Sophia George: Girlie Girlie 10,...

"Breakfast" (broadcast 6/5/20) impLOG: Breakfast 3:25 Danny Overbea: 40 Cups Of Coffee 3:07 Keida: Ganja Tea 3:42 Lucy Spraggan: Tea & Toast 4:29 Hamish Imlach: Cod Liver Oil And Orange Juice 3:34 The Band: Orange Juice Blues (Blues For Breakfast) 3:36 Janelle Monáe (feat. Pharrell Williams): I Got The Juice 3:46 Snoop Doggy Dogg: Gin And Juice 3:38 Willie Nelson: Bloody Mary Morning 2:45 Tori...