PURE with Howard Thompson

"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
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 Tyne
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 (live at the Hope & Anchor)
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 [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 (edit)
JD McPherson: Fire Bug
The Standells: Dirty Water
Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & the Trinity: This Wheel’s On Fire

"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 PICTURE TELLS A STORY
Ronnie Lane: KUSCHTY RYE
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: MADONNA OF THE WASPS
World Party: WAY DOWN NOW
Neko Case: MAN
Pete Townshend: NORTH COUNTRY GIRL
Beth Orton: PASS IN TIME
Rolling Stones: CHILD OF THE MOON
Nina Simone: BLACKBIRD
Dionne Farris: BLACKBIRD
Jenny Lewis: RISE UP WITH FISTS
Ryan Adams: SHAKEDOWN ON 9th STREET
Lucinda Williams: REAL LIVE BLEEDING FINGERS
PJ Harvey: GOOD FORTUNE
Radiohead: SUBTERRANEAN HOMESICK ALIEN
St. Vincent: SO MANY PLANETS
David Bowie: WHERE ARE WE NOW
Béyonce: TEXAS HOLD ‘EM
Elvis Presley: MYSTERY TRAIN
Bob Dylan: FROM A BUICK 6
The Clash: THE SOUND OF SINNERS
Gil Scott-Heron: B MOVIE (Intro, poem, song)
Gary Clark Jr.: MAKTUB
Baaba Maal: DAKAR MOON
Sinead O’Connor: MANDINKA
Van Morrison: PURPLE HEATHER
The Monkees: PORPOISE SONG

"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 Kinks: Got My Feet On The Ground 
Le Beast Concrète: Cool Hand Luke 
Kenny Lynch: My Own Two Feet 
Terry Reid: The Hand Don't Fit The Glove 
Baba Brooks & His Band: Cork Foot 
George Formby: With My Little Ukulele In My Hand 
Rockin' Dopsie: Foot Stompin' Zydeco 
Tom Waits: Clap Hands 
Bob Dylan: Foot of Pride 5:53 
Macy Gray: Hands 
Frank Zappa: Stink-Foot 
The Velvelettes: A Bird In Hand (Is Worth Two In The Bush) 
Linda Thompson: As Fast As My Feet Can Carry  Me
Georgia Satellites: Keep Your Hands To Yourself 
Jim Lauderdal & High Fidelity: Barefoot Nellie  
Death Valley Girls: Hold My Hand 
Frank Turner: One Foot Before the Other 
Justin Hines & the Dominoes: One Bird In The Hand 
Led Zeppelin: Trampled Under Foot 
The Pointer Sisters: Slow Hand 
Johnny Otis & His Orchestra: Willie & the Hand Jive
Joe Gibbs & the Professionals: Foot Foot 
Tone-Loc: Cool Hand Loc 
The Beach Boys: Take A Load Off Your Feet 
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: Red Right Hand
Brinsley Schwarz: Home In My Hand 
Richard Thompson: Two Left Feet 
Willie Nile: Blood On Your Hands 
James Brown: Get On The Good Foot 
The White Stripes: Handsprings 
Mud: Tiger Feet 
The Who: Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand (Mirasound version) 
Prince Fatty: Cow Foot and Gravy 
The Shadows: Foot Tapper 
PSAs 
The Jags: Back Of My Hand 

“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 (The Christmas Cat) 
Mary-Margaret O'Hara: Blue Christmas 
Mary Gauthier: Christmas In Paradise
Nick Lowe: Christmas At The Airport
Martin Newell: Christmas In Suburbia 
Belton Richard: Another Lonely Christmas 
Aaron Neville: Louisiana Christmas Day 
Lou Reed: Christmas Message
Lou Reed: Xmas In February (Live 1989)
Eli Paperboy Reed: Last Christmas 
The Courettes: Christmas (I Can Hardly Wait)
The Resentments: I Hate Christmas 
Darlene Love: All Alone On Christmas 
Albert Castiglia: Somebody Stole My Christmas 
Clyde Lasley & The Cadillac Baby Specials: Santa Came Home Drunk 
Duke Robillard: Santa Claus Blues (feat. Maria Muldaur) 
Doug Powell: Everyday Is Christmas 
Shelby Lynne: X'mas 
Loudon Wainwright III: I'll Be Killing You (This Christmas) 
The Prissteens: Christmas Is A Time For Giving
Joachim Cooder: Christmas In Washington
James Brown: Santa Claus, Santa Claus 
Basement Five: The Last White Christmas 
JD McPherson: Bad Kid 
The Kinks: Father Christmas 
Marvin Pontiac: Santa Claus 
MX-80: Christmas With the Devil 
The Residents: Dumbo The Clown (Who Loved Christmas) 
Captain Beefheart: There Ain't No Santa Claus on the Evenin' Stage 
Terry Allen: X-Mas On The Isthmus 
Amy Allison: Drinkin' Thru Xmas 
Dr. John: Thank You Santa Claus 
The Emotions: Black Christmas 
Joey Ramone: Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
Cool Breezers (Al White & Band): Let Christmas Ring 
Gene Casey: Here Come The Holidays 
Wizzard: I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday 
The Chesterfield Kings: Hey Santa Claus 
Jimmy Butler: Trim Your Tree 
Dion: You Know It's Christmas (feat. Joe Bonamassa) 
The Sonics: Santa Claus 
Ms. Jody: It's Christmas Baby  
Graham Parker: Christmas Is For Mugs 
Lemmy, Billy F. Gibbons & Dave Grohl: Run Rudolph Run 
Slade: Merry Xmas Everybody
The Fabulous Thunderbirds: Winter Wonderland

"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
Hayes Carll: Wild Pointy Finger
Spottiswoode & His Enemies: Dirty Fingerprints 
Patto: You, You Point Your Finger
Aswad: Finger Gun Style
The Pretty Things: Bracelets Of Fingers 
My Darling Clementine: Different Finger 
Blake Shelton: I Still Got a Finger
Joe Maphis & Larry Collins: Flying Fingers
Billy Edd Wheeler: 3 Fingered Banjo Picker 
Genevieve Waite: Biting My Nails
Groovey Joe Poovey: Ten Long Fingers 
Addie Brik: Drunkie Drunkie Crystal Fingers 
Patti Smith Group: Distant Fingers 
The Smithereens: Rings On Her Fingers 
Barbara Lewis: Snap Your Fingers 
Cowboy Junkies: Powderfinger 
Roy Sludge: Honey Fingers
Wizzard: Angel Fingers (A Teen Ballad) 
Garbage: Teaching Little Fingers To Play
The Fugs: Fingers Of The Sun 
Gwenifer Raymond: Bleeding Finger Blues 
Paul McCartney & Elvis Costello: Twenty-Five Fingers 
Frank Zappa & The Mothers: Magic Fingers 
The Rake's Progress: Fingers In Your Ears 
Roky Erickson: Click Your Fingers Applauding the Play 
Jason D. Williams: Fingernails 
Ike & Tina Turner: Finger Poppin' 
The Rolling Stones: Fingerprint File
The Ponys: 10 Fingers 11 Toes 
Beady Eye: Flick Of The Finger
the Who: Under My Thumb 2:30

"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 Baby 
Fats Domino: Blueberry Hill
Marianne Nowottny: Strawberry Fields Forever 
Bob Marley & The Wailers: Guava Jelly 
Ian Carmichael: Lemon Twist 
Bobbie Gentry: Marigolds And Tangerines 
Anita O'Day: Peel Me A Grape 
Roland Alphonso: Blackberry Brandy 
Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band: I'm Gonna Bring A                                                      Watermelon To My Girl Tonight
Brian Eno: Emerald And Lime
Frank Zappa: Original Duke Of Prunes 
Little Feat: Strawberry Flats 
Groundhogs: Cherry Red
Robyn Hitchcock: Strawberries Dress 
Sparks: Pineapple 
Rhinoceros: Apricot Brandy
Shuggie Otis: Strawberry Letter 23 
10,000 Maniacs: Cherry Tree 
Tennessee Ernie Ford: Blackberry Boogie 
Andre Williams w/the Eldorados: Lemon Squeezin' Daddy 
Delbert McClinton: Cherry Street
Rory Gallagher: Barley & Grape Rag 
Tori Amos: Raspberry Swirl
Madness: Mr. Apples 
Dirk Hamilton: Askin' For Apples 
Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin: Cherry Red Blues 
Victor Delorenzo: Peach
Betty Wright: Grapes On A Vine (feat. Lil Wayne) 
Nicky Hopkins: Banana Anna 
Charlie Parker: Mango Mangue 
Prince: Peach 
Garbage: Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!) (Roger Sanchez mix)
The Move: Blackberry Way 
Dr. John & Randy Newman: I Ate Up The Apple Tree
Endless Boogie: Smoking Figs In The Yard (faded early)
PSAs
46. Little Richard: Tutti Frutti

"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 
Van Morrison w/Lonnie Donegan: Lost John (live) 
Danbert Nobacon & the Bad Things: Johnny Woebegone 
David Bowie: John, I'm Only Dancing 
Jilted John: Jilted John 
Prince Far I: Johnny Get Worse 
Rudy Mills: John Jones 
Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3: John in the Air 
Tony Joe White: Gumbo John 
Warren Zevon: Johnny Strikes Up The Band 
Angel Corpus Christi: John Cassavetes 
Stereolab: John Cage Bubblegum 
Richard Thompson: Long John Silver
Loudon Wainwright III: Not John 
Hamell On Trial: John Lennon 
Gene Vincent: Who Slapped John 
Stan Freberg: John And Marsha 
Dale Watson & The Texas Two: Jonny At The Door
Buffy Sainte-Marie: Johnny Be Fair 
Jane Morgan: A Girl Named Johnny Cash 
Ruth Wallis: Johnny Had A Yo Yo 
Glenna Bell: Frankie And Johnny 
American Music Club: Johnny Mathis' Feet
Bruce Woolley & The Camera Club: Johnny 
The Piglets: Johnny Reggae 
Dave Alvin: Johnny Ace Is Dead 
Varetta Dillard: Johnny Has Gone 
Shovels & Rope: Johnny 99
Imelda May: Johnny Got A Boom Boom
Takotsubo Men: Jon E Demotivator 
Suicide: Johnny
Pat Boone: Johnny Will 
Robert Palmer: Johnny & Mary 
Andy Fairweather Low: Bye Bye Johnny
Dottie West: My Big John 
Darlene Love: Johnny (Baby Please Come Home) 
Grateful Dead: Uncle John's Band 
Big John Greer: Come Back Uncle John
Jerry Lee Lewis: Johnny B. Goode

PSAs

Dion: Abraham, Martin And John 
The Beatles: The Ballad Of John And Yoko
Willie Tee: Thank You John

"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) 
Amy Rigby: Slow Burner 
Amy Rigby: Back from Amarillo 
Amy Rigby: Leslie 
Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby: Genovese Bag
Wreckless Eric: Joe Meek 
Wreckless Eric: Take The Cash (K.A.S.H.)
Wreckless Eric: Crying, Waiting, Hoping
The Prissteens: (I'd Go The) Whole Wide World 
Wreckless Eric: The Two Of Us
Wreckless Eric: Wow & Flutter 
Wreckless Eric: Gateway To Europe 
The Hempolics: High & Gritty 
The Hempolics: Armed & Dangerous 
Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez: The Grown Up Thing (live) 
Paul Thorn: Love Train 
Gene Casey & the Lone Sharks: It's A Free Country 
The Allergies: Entitled To That 
Jimi Hendrix: Lover Man 
Janelle Monáe: Make Me Feel
The Red Propellers: atrocities on demand
The Red Propellers: pink knives sharpened 
Bilk: Give Up 
L7: I Came Back To Bitch
Professor and the Madman: Faces 
Imperial State Electric: This Is Rock ‘n Roll
Go-Kart Mozart: Big Ship
Albert Hammond Jr: Far Away Truths
Flowered Up: Weekender 
Happy Mondays: Judge Fudge 
Angel Corpus Christi: Been There, Done That (Angel's sugar mix)
PSAs…
Lou Reed: Tell It To Your Heart
The Mammals: Make It True
The Weather Station: Thirty 

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: Now and Forever
Saro Cosentino: The Joke (feat. Peter Hammill)
Tim Bowness: We Feel
Tim Bowness & Peter Chilvers: Sleeping Face
Nic Potter: A Whiter Shade of Blue
Echo City: A Shirtful of Ice
David Jackson Aloerotic
Hugh Banton: Neptune
Peter Hammill & Guy Evans: Bounced
Roger Eno & Peter Hammill: Fall
Gary Lucas & Peter Hammill: Spinning Coins
Robert Fripp: Chicago
Peter Gabriel: Digging In the Dirt
Random Hold: Silver Spoons Golden Tongues
Notopia: Connect (feat. Peter Hammill)
The Pale Orchestra (conducted by David Thomas): Morbid Sky
Ayuo Air
Peter Hammill w/the Orchestre National de Lille: Traintime
Isildurs Bane & Peter Hammill: The Day Is Done

“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 Mask 
Luna: Ride Into The Sun 
Leon Rosselson: Song of the Free Press 
Manbreak: Big Buddha 
The Soft Boys: Fatman’s Son 
Sparks: Wedding of Jacqueline Kennedy to Russell Mael
Genevieve Waite: Biting My Nails 
Marianne Faithfull: Sister Morphine 
Sonny & Cher: Hello 
The Mothers of Invention: Dog Breath
Dr. Feelgood: (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 
Mickey Jupp: Down At the Doctors 
Angel Corpus Christi: Me And My Beretta 
Aswad: Lords of the Dub
Larry Lurex: Going Back
The Georgia Satellites: Golden Light
The Cramps: She Said 
Roky Erickson & The Aliens: Bloody Hammer 
The Prissteens: Wild Man 
Them: Gloria 
James Hunter: Carina 
The Ramones: Something to Believe In
the Who: Under My Thumb 
The Pretty Things: Vivian Prince 
MX-80 Sound: Myonga Von Bontee 
The Sisters of Mercy: Adrenochrome 
Garbage: Vow (Torn Apart)
The Psychedelic Furs: Mack the Knife
Motor Boys Motor: Grow Fins
Motorhead: Tear Ya Down
Brinsley Schwarz: Ever Since You're Gone 
Nick Lowe & His Sound (Elvis Costello): (What's So Funny 'bout) Peace, Love & Understanding 
The Velvet Underground: Here She Comes Now
The Vacant Lots: Let Me Out