"Uke"

"Uke" (broadcast 2/15/16)

Bill Frisell: Hello Nellie 
Petty Booka: Do You Wanna Dance 
Zopf: Giles Farnaby's Dream 
Joe Brown: I Like Ukeleles 
Emily Ritz & Lyle Ritz: Tonight You Belong To Me 
The Unthanks: Canny Hobby Elliott 
Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band: I'm The Urban Spaceman
Chumbawamba: All Fur Coat & No Knickers 
Amanda Palmer: WPKN ID 
Amanda Palmer: Ukulele Anthem 
Janelle Monáe: Dance Apocalyptic 
Bright Little Field: I'll Be You 
Kate Rusby: Farewell
Brian Cullman: Time if There is Time 
Beirut: Elephant Gun 
Queen: Good Company 
Paul Hemmings: Please Send Me Someone To Love 
Viv Albertine: Still England 
George Formby: With My Little Ukulele in My Hand 
East River String Band: Be Kind to a Man When He's Down 
The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain: Theme from Shaft 
Matt Gibson: Taxman 
Steve “Boltz” Bolton: Not A Second Time 
Eric Clapton & Paul McCartney: Something (Live) 
Paul McCartney/George Harrison/Ringo Starr: Ain’t She Sweet 
George Harrison: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea 
Van Morrison: That's Entrainment 
Amanda Thorpe: Attend To Your Dreams 
Kimo Hussey: Blue Bayou 
Mikel Rouse: PURE/WPKN ID 
Mikel Rouse: Gaza Strip Mall (Get Happy) 
Pete Townshend & Ronnie Lane: April Fool 
Taylor Swift: Sad Beautiful Tragic  
Fairport Convention: Ukulele Central 
Sophie Madeleine: Mr Sandman 
Loudon Wainwright III: Got A Ukelele 
Seasick Steve: Hope 
Meghan Trainor: Title 
Elvis Presley: Can't Help Falling In Love 
Andy Fairweather Low: Low Rider 
Joe Brown: The Ace of Spades 
Ian Hunter: Brainwashed
The Who: Blue Red And Grey 

What is PURE with Howard Thompson?

Airing twice a month on WPKN 89.5FM Bridgeport!

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