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's Band: Catfish Boogie 
The Blue Dots: Saturday Night Fish Fry
Cliffie Stone & his Orchestra: Barracuda 2:14 
Prentice Moreland: Holy Mack'rel
Red Meat: Catfish 
Clarence Garlow: Crawfishin'
Doug Kershaw: Fisherman's Luck  
Travis Matte & the Kingpins: Crawfish Boogie 
The Batture Boys: Rabbit Hole Blues
The Batture Boys: Deep Water Horizon (live)
The Batture Boys: Let’s Make a Better World (live)
The Batture Boys: Jo Bird (live)
The Batture Boys:Important To Me (live)
The Batture Boys:Primitive Streak (live)
The Batture Boys:The Mighty Flood
Vashti Bunyan: Jellyfish 
Chris Rea: Gone Fishing
Leo Kottke: A Child Should Be A Fish 
Badfinger: Fisherman 
Kevin Ayers: The Oyster And The Flying Fish 
Slim Chance: Fishing Line
Robyn Hitchcock: Bass
Ivor Cutler: Fish
David Knopfler: Going Fishing 
Lee 'Scratch' Perry: Roast Fish & Corn Bread 
Herman: El Fishy
Max Romeo: Fish In A Pot
Ivor Cutler: Jackfish
Joe Brown: PURE ID 
Joe Brown: Fishin' Blues 
The Damned: Fish
Public Image Ltd: Fishing
Angelfish: Suffocate Me
The Jim Jones Revue: Fish 2 Fry 

“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 (Reggae Mix) 
The Spinners: Ghetto Child 
Ann Peebles: Slipped, Tripped and Fell In Love
Donnie Elbert: Little Piece Of Leather
Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band: Cherchez la Femme/Se Si Bon
Alvin Robinson: Something You Got
Ace: How Long
Ashford & Simpson: Gimme Something Real
Revelation: With You Boy 
Percy Mayfield: Please Send Me Someone To Love
Otis Redding: My Girl 
Dusty Springfield: Your Love Still Brings Me To My Knees
Anita Baker: You Bring Me Joy
Geraint Watkins: Mosquito
Millie Jackson: Slow Tongue
Mayer Hawthorne: The Walk 

“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: Why? (How-Now) 7:41
Gracious!: Heaven 8:08
Help Yourself: Alabama Lady 4:02
Family: In My Own Time 3:33
Daevid Allen & Euterpe: Wise Man In Your Heart 8:33
Egg: They Laughed When I Sat Down At The Piano.. 1:17
Caravan: Golf Girl 4:58
The Soft Machine: We Did It Again 3:46
The Deviants: Nothing Man 4:17
Home: The Brass Band Played 1:23
Cream: White Room 4:57
Trees: Glasgerion 5:13
Penguin Cafe Orchestra: Penguin Cafe Single 6:14
Van der Graaf Generator: Killer 8:20
Third Ear Band: Stone Circle 3:24
Fleetwood Mac: The Green Manalishi (With The Two Prong Crown) 4:41
Roxy Music: The Pride And The Pain 4:12
Nucleus: Song for the Bearded Lady 7:20
The Idle Race: The Skeleton and the Roundabout 2:20
Sandy Denny: Still Waters Run Deep 2:55
Simon Dupree and the Big Sound: Kites 3:48
Tyrannosaurus Rex: Debora 3:30
Brian Auger & the Trinity: This Wheel's On Fire 3:30
Man: Life On The Road 7:12
The Moles: We Are The Moles (Part 1) 4:29
Edgar Broughton Band: Apache Drop Out 2:39
Pink Floyd: See Emily Play 2:51
Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera: Flames 3:07
King Crimson: Cat Food 4:51
Patto: I Need You 3:28
The Mooche: Hot Smoke & Sassafras 3:10
The Misunderstood: Children Of The Sun 2:50
Quiver: Gone In The Morning 9:02
Bonzo Dog Band: I'm The Urban Spaceman 2:21
Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come: Eternal Messenger 3:48
The Move: The Words Of Aaron
The Move: Hello Susie 

“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 Walks on Water 
James Hunter: No Smoke Without Fire
Sara Hickman: Last Man In The Water
Dirk Hamilton: How Do You Fight Fire?
Pokey LaFarge: Something In The Water 
Alan Vega: Cry Fire
Roebuck "Pop" Staples, Albert King & Steve Cropper: Water 
Roky Erickson: Stand for the Fire Demon
PJ Harvey: Down By The Water 
Zoe Mazah: Let The Fire Burn
Howard Seratt: Troublesome Waters
Fountains of Wayne: Firelight Waltz 
Brian Eno & John Cale: You Don’t Miss Your Water
Etta James: Fire 
Kathryn Tickell: Water Of 
Martin Denny: Swamp Fire
Les Hommes: Water Waltz (feat Rumer)
Tony Joe White: Right Back in the Fire
Michael Doucet: Water Water 
Mac Wiseman: Fireball Mail 
Dire Straits: Water Of Love 
Neville Brothers: Fire On The Bayou
Bob Marley & The Wailers: No Water (Can Quench My Thirst) 
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Fire 
The Screaming Blue Messiahs: Sweet Water Pools
The Move: Fire Brigade
Otis Redding: You Left The Water Running [Unedited Demo Version] 
Public Service Broadcasting: Spitfire
Ian Hunter: Walk On Water 
Die Antwoord: Baby's On Fire 
L.H.D.: Boiling Water, Dreamy Girl 
David Bowie: (You Will) Set The World On Fire
Sandy Denny Blackwaterside
Ian McNabb: Fire Inside My Soul
Bob Dylan: High Water (For Charley Patton) 
Dwight Twilley Band: I'm On Fire
The Replacements: Cool Water 
Jerry Lee Lewis: Great Balls of Fire
Frank Zappa: Watermelon In Easter Hay
JD McPherson: Fire Bug
The Standells: Dirty Water
Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & the Trinity: This Wheel’s On Fire

“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
The Beatles: Glass Onion (Mono Mix)
Teron Beal: Magic Mushroom
(The Move: The Duke Of Edinburgh's Lettuce)

"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 Stewart: Stupid

"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 Clouser's A Love Electric
Bobby Rush: Sally Can't Dance
Lucinda Williams: Legendary Hearts
Matt Berninger & Rosanne Cash: Who Loves The Sun
Moe Tucker: After Hours
Marianne Faithfull: The Calm Before The Storm
Angel Corpus Christi: Rock and Roll Heart
Bob Seger: Busload Of Faith
Peter C Johnson: Pale Blue Eyes
June Tabor & Oyster Band: All Tomorrow's Parties
David Bowie: White Light/White Heat
Lang Lang, Lisa Fischer, Jeffrey Wright, Peter Illenyi, Thomas Dybdahl & Hungarian Studio Orchestra: Somewhere (Dirty Blvd)
Bryan Ferry: What Goes On
Keith Richards: I’m Waiting for the Man
Automatic: New Sensations
Spiritualized: Why Don't You Smile Now
John Cale, Lou Reed & Nico: Femme Fatale (Live)
The Primitives: I’ll Be Your Mirror
Ruben Blades: Hopes On Hold (alt. version)
Jane Wiedlin: Foggy Notion
FANALI & Giovanni Succi: Vanishing Act
Mott The Hoople: Sweet Jane (Lou Reed, vox)
Maxim Ludwig & Angel Olsen: I Can't Stand It
Rachel Sweet: New Age
Descartes A Kant: New York Telephone Conversation
Clint Mansell & Clint Walsh: Lady Day
Swervedriver: Jesus
King Princess: There She Goes Again
True Believers: Train Round the Bend
Fontaines D.C.: The Black Angel’s Death Song
Detroit (feat. Mitch Ryder): Rock & Roll
Hollis Brown: Head Held High
The Feelies: We’re Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together
Kurt Vile & the Violators: Run Run Run
Squeeze: Hangin’ ‘Round
The Velvet Underground: Sister Ray
Chris Washburne & The Syotos Band: Walk On the Wild Side

Lou Reed illustration: Duane Potosky

“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
The Courettes: SHAKE (Japanese Version) - 10/17 Norwalk CT
Flamin' Groovies: Feel A Whole Lot Better - 10/17 Norwalk CT
The Damned: New Rose - 10/17 Norwalk CT
The Courettes: Only Happy When You're Gone - 10/17 Norwalk CT
Flamin' Groovies: Yeah My Baby - 10/17 Norwalk CT
The Damned: Neat Neat Neat - 10/17 Norwalk CT
Dion: Your Own Back Yard - 9/17 Portchester NY
Dion: Summertime Blues - 9/17 Portchester NY
Hayes Carll: Another Like You - 7/22 New Haven CT
Hayes Carll: Bad Liver And A Broken Heart - 7/22 New Haven CT
LCD Soundsystem: North American Scum - 9/11 New Haven CT
Reverend Horton Heat: Ace of Spades - 9/4 Old Saybrook, CT
James Hunter: Carina - 8/9 Old Saybrook, CT
James Hunter: No Smoke Without Fire - 8/9 Old Saybrook, CT
Southern Culture On The Skids: Daddy Was A Preacher But Mama Was A Go-Go Girl - 10/2 New Haven
Southern Culture On The Skids: Liquored Up And Lacquered Down - 10/2 New Haven CT
Southern Culture On The Skids: Soul City - 10/2 New Haven CT
Southern Culture On The Skids: Muswell Hillbilly - 10/2 New Haven CT
Adam & The Ants: Antmusic - 8/25 New Haven CT
Adam & the Ants: Dog Eat Dog - 8/25 New Haven CT
Squeeze: Tempted - 8/25 New Haven CT
Squeeze: Black Coffee In Bed - 8/25 New Haven CT
Trombone Shorty: Nervis (ft. Cyril Neville) - Cyril Neville Plays the Dead 9/10/26 Fairfield CT
Terrance Simien: Turn on Your Love Light - Falcon Ridge Folk Festival 7/24-26 Goshen CT
Jack White: I’m Shakin’ - 7/18 New Haven CT
Reverend Horton Heat: Twenty Flight Rock - 9/4 Old Saybrook, CT
Flamin' Groovies: Shake Some Action - 10/17 Norwalk CT

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 (feat. Aaron Neville & Katie Pruitt) 
Chrissie Hynde: Love Minus Zero No Limit (feat. James Walbourne)
Ian Hunter: Knockin’ On Heaven's Door
Willie Nile: Abandoned Love
Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez: Crash on the Levee (Down In The Flood) 
Marianne Faithfull: It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
Linda Ronstadt: I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight
Dean & Britta: I’ll Keep It With Mine (Scott Hardkiss Electric Remix)
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band: Ballad of a Thin Man
Emma Swift: Going Going Gone
Willie Nile: You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
Bryan Ferry: Simple Twist Of Fate
Michael Chapman: Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat 
Mary Lee's Corvette: You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (live) 
Carl Perkins: Champaign, Illinois
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: Chimes of Freedom [Manchester, 5/14/25]
Bob Dylan & The Grateful Dead: All Along The Watchtower (live)

"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 Together 7
Iain Matthews: Seven Bridges Road 
Rory Gallagher: Seven Days
Genesis: Seven Stones
Prince Fatty: Seven Nation Army Dub (ft. Alice Russell & Dennis Alcapone)
J.J. Cale: Seven Day Woman
Love Spit Love: 7 Years
Culture: Two Sevens Clash
Billy Hands & George Cork Maul: Documenting Number Five And Seven
Gary Lucas: The Seven Faces Of Dr. Lao
Polyrock: #7
Tito Rodríguez: The Magnificant Seven
Mose Allison: The Seventh Son
The MRCYFKS: Seven Point Eight Three Hurts
Billy Strings: Seven Weeks In County
The Quireboys: Seven O' Clock 
Spielgusher: Seven Seas Of Love
Ronnie Wood: Seven Days
Hank Williams III: 7 Months, 39 Days
Elvis Costello: Seven Day Weekend 
Ramones: 7-11
The Heroes: Seven Day Week-End
Audience: Seven Sore Bruises
Traveling Wilburys: 7 Deadly Sins
Love: Seven & Seven Is
MX-80 Sound: Summer 77
Hamell On Trial: 7 Seas 
Nick Lowe: 7 Nights To Rock
Dr. Feelgood: Lucky Seven 
Wah! Heat: Seven Minutes To Midnight
The Clash: The Magnificent Seven
Toots & the Maytals: Six And Seven Books Of Moses 
Desmond Dekker: 0.0.7 (Shanty Town)
Baba Brooks Band w/Lynn Taitt: Skalarama (The Magnificent Seven Theme)