"North South East West"

"North South East West" (broadcast 10/7/22)

Nick Drake: Northern Sky 
Allen Toussaint: A Dear Old Southland 
Don Drummond & The Skatalites: Eastern Standard Time
Geraint Watkins: Go West 
Willis Alan Ramsey: Northeast Texas Women
Neil Young: Southern Man
Peter Stampfel: East Of the Sun
Rolling Stones: Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man 
Johnny Horton: North To Alaska
Johnnie Allan: South to Louisiana 
Clive Palmer: Eastern Lament (Outro)
Bob Dylan: Key West (Philosopher Pirate) 
Monica Heldal: Boy From The North 
Glenna Bell: The Southern Gothic Wedding Waltz 
Andre Williams: Country & Western Song 
The Stanley Brothers: East Virginia Blues [Live]
Chumbawamba: Salt Fare, North Sea 
Jesse James: South's Gonna Rise Again (rockabilly version)
Julian Cope: East Easy Rider 
Angel Corpus Christi: Way Out West 
Billy Bragg: North Sea Bubble 
Eddy Lawrence: Say It In Southern 
Mose Allison: Western Man
Dire Straits: Eastbound Train 
Matt and Kim: Northeast
Johnny Cash: Southern Accents 
Hank Jacobs: East Side 
Los Lobos: West L.A. Fadeaway 
Chris Farlowe: North South East West (live, BBC) 
J. Geils Band: Southside Shuffle 
Dennis Linde: East St. Louis Nights 
Mountain Goats: We Do It Different On The West Coast
JD McPherson: North Side Gal
Ray Wylie Hubbard: South of the River 
Durwood Daily: East Dallas Dagger
Bill Frisell: Once Upon A Time In The West 
kd lang: Western Stars
Solid Jackson: East L.A.
Big George Brock: Down South 
LCD Soundsystem: North American Scum 
Elvis Presley: Western Union (partial)

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howard loves all kinds of music and has collected records ever since his uncle gave him Rock Around The Clock as a 6th birthday present

howard worked in the music biz so he could get more free records and meet wondrous people

howard made records with Adam & the Ants, Alan Vega, Angel Corpus Christi, Aswad, Barb Jungr, Billy Bragg, Danny Gatton, Eddie & the Hot Rods, the Georgia Satellites, Hamell On Trial, Herb Alpert, Ian Hunter, John Campbell, Judy Tenuta, ManBreak, Motörhead, Peter C Johnson, the Prissteens, the Psychedelic Furs, Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3, Roky Erickson & the Aliens, Rubén Blades, Sally Oldfield, Sara Hickman, Scatterbrain, the Screaming Blue Messiahs, the Slits, the Star Spangles, the Sugarcubes, Susan Fassbender, Tulipomania, Victor DeLorenzo, Yellowman and 10,000 Maniacs to name a few. He was the first to release records by MX-80 Sound, the Real Kids and Suicide in Europe and th’ Faith Healers, the Gipsy Kings, Happy Mondays, Paul Young, the Sisters Of Mercy, and Wham! in the USA

howard joined WPKN in May 2010 and is grateful to Steve di Costanzo and Peter Bochan for letting him in. Terry Hopper too, for giving up an hour of The Quest to see if it could work

howard thinks Bob Dylan should be President, and ‘Poison’ Ivy Rorschach should be Vice-President