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Pure Blues
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Weekly show presenting the very best in blues from the 1920s to the present day. Listen Mondays (UK time) at 10pm at humberwave.com or access current and past shows via Mixcloud (search for Pure Blues & JazzTastic)
New music plus a Hound Dog Taylor feature:
1 Slim Harpo, Tip On In
2 Robbin Kapsalis, Shake Your Hips
3 Kim Wilson, Lowdown Woman
4 Kim Wilson, I'm Trying
5 Harrell 'Young Rell' Davenport, Fatherless Child
6 Blind Boys of Mississippi, Time Is Winding Up 1/3
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
On Pure Blues tonight with @woodyroy (10pm) a feature on Hound Dog Taylor and new music from Kim Wilson, Robbin Kapsalis, Harrell 'Young Rell' Davenport, Yank Rachell, Sleepy John Estes and Memphis Minnie. Plus Slim Harpo, the Blind Boys of Mississippi and a new Zydeco album
November 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Reposted by Pure Blues
It's Mr Blues: Mr Bass-man . . .
Record producer Ralph Bass, the man responsible for literally hundreds of great recordings, dominates the first half of the latest Pure Blues
1 Carey Bell, Everything's Gonna Be All Right
2 Willie Williams & Carey Bell, You Got To Give Me Some 1/3
November 3, 2025 at 10:53 PM
It's Mr Blues: Mr Bass-man . . .
Record producer Ralph Bass, the man responsible for literally hundreds of great recordings, dominates the first half of the latest Pure Blues
1 Carey Bell, Everything's Gonna Be All Right
2 Willie Williams & Carey Bell, You Got To Give Me Some 1/3
November 3, 2025 at 10:53 PM
On Pure Blues with @woodyroy tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio) we feature the work of record producer extraordinaire Ralph Bass and some of the artists he worked with: T-Bone Walker, Carey Bell, Sonny Boy Williamson, Joe Carter, Little Willie Littlefield and Sunnyland Slim 1/2
November 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Pure Blues: Ghosts, Mojos and Blind Pigs
Some suitable blues for Hallowe'en plus new and back catalogue music from the relaunched Blind Pig blues label:
1 Robbin Kapsalis, The Blues Is In the House
2 Jovin Webb, Born Under A Bad Sign
3 Altered Five Blues Band, Holding On With One Hand 1/3
October 27, 2025 at 10:51 PM
NO PORKIES - BLIND PIG RECORDS RELAUNCHED
Pure Blues with @woodyroy (tonight, Humber Wave Radio, 10pm) has news of the relaunched Blind Pig record label with current releases from Jovin Webb and the Altered Five Blues Band plus music from their archives (Otis Rush and 1/2
October 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
DON'T MISS THIS WEEKEND'S BEVERLEY BLUES FESTIVAL
Chris Saunders of The Juke Joint Kings joins
@woodyroy to preview Beverley Blues Weekender:
1 Juke Joint Kings, Some People
2 Chicago Bound, Chicago Bound
3 Juke Joint Kings, Working Man
4 Chris Martin, It Hurts Me Too 1/3
October 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
PURE BLUES: PREVIEWING BEVERLEY BLUES FESTIVAL
Don't miss Pure Blues with @woodyroy tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio) as we preview this weekend's Beverley Blues Weekender. Joining us will be Juke Joint Kings vocalist Chris Saunders & plus music from festival artists Chicago 1/2
October 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
BLUES THAT'S 100% PURE: IT'S PURE BLUES!
A great line-up this week, featuring new releases and classic tracks:
1 Errol Linton, Sad and Lonesome
2 Neil Wilde, Rooming House Boogie
3 Jimmy Rogers (with Bob Corritore), She Loves Another Man
4 Sam Lay (with Bob Corritore), 1/3
October 13, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Errol Linton (pictured live at Howden) gets Pure Blues with Roy Woodcock underway tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio); we've also got new releases featuring Neil Wilde, Jimmy Rogers and Sam Lay.
Plus Early Hooker, Jnr Wells, Lynn August, Robert Wilkins, Frank Stokes, 1/2
October 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
SPOILT FOR CHOICE WITH NEW BLUES ALBUMS!
Pure Blues rounds up the new releases and plays a few classic tracks:
1 Lee Jackson, Lonely Girl
2 Little Milton, I Want To Be The One
3 Henry Gray, Showers Of Rain
4 Chico Chism, Five Long Years 1/3
October 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Late-night blues on Pure Blues with @woodyroy tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio) but we've got tracks from Early Blues Sessions, Bob Corritore's latest album in his excellent Blues From the Vaults series.
Check out Little Milton, Henry Gray, Chico Chism and Lil Ed Williams, 1/2
October 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
PURE BLUES WITH ADDED BITE! Another chance to hear a programme we did about seven years ago . . . some great blues here:L
1 Hound Dog Taylor, Take Five
2 Luther Allison, Drowning at the Bottom
3 Jarekus Singleton, Hero
4 John Cephas & Phil Wiggins, Mamie 1/3
September 29, 2025 at 9:45 PM
A HEFTY 'BITE' OF THE BLUES!

On pure Blues tonight with @woodyroy (10pm, Humber Wave Radio), another chance to hear our special programme devoted to the world's biggest active blues label - Alligator Records.

Music from Hound Dog Taylor, Luther Allison, Jarekus Singleton, John Cephas & Phil 1/2
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September 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
14 tracks from all new releases on the latest Pure Blues. Listen here:
1 Mississippi Heat, Champin' at the Bit
2 Johnnie Johnson, Lo Down
3 Chuck Berry, Wee Wee Hours
4 Mud Morganfield, Bring Me My Whiskey
5 Mud Morganfield, Strike Like Lightning
1/3
September 22, 2025 at 9:40 PM
It's all new releases on Pure Blues with @woodyroy tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio). New albums from Mud Morganfield, Billy Branch, Mississippi Heat, Johnnie Johnson, Chuck Berry, Candice Ivory, Iry LeJeune, Christine 'Kingfish' Ingram, Sherman Robertson, Jimmy Burns and Mike Dangeroux.
The area's fastest growing radio station!
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September 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
CELEBRATING B B KING ON HIS CENTENARY
We have so much to be grateful for because of this master musician - we merely scratch the surface on what would have been his 100th birthday: And interspersed between the music we also hear from the man himself: 1/3
September 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
KING OF THE BLUES 100!
Tomorrow would have been B B King's100th birthday and we start the celebrations a day early on Pure Blues tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio). Join @woodyroy for some great tracks and a few wise words from the man himself.
September 15, 2025 at 11:05 AM
50 YEARS OF ANTONE'S: A NEW 3-ALBUM BOX SET
Pure Blues with @woodyroy celebrates 50 years of Antone's Blues Club:
1 Jimmy Rogers, Chicago Bound
2 Lynn August, The Things That I Used To Do
3 Lil' Ed Williams, If You Change Your Mind
4 Pinetop Perkins, Goin' Down Slow
5 Kim Wilson, Don't Touch Me
September 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Pure Blues tonight on Humber Wave Radio (10pm) celebrates 50 years of Antone's, one of America's premier blues clubs and record labels. A new 3CD box set has been released to mark the occaison and we have tracks from Jimmy Rogers, Lynn August, Lil Ed Williams, Pinetop Perkins, 1/2
September 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Make mine a pint - of the very best blues!
A booze & blues special from Pure Blues ... Listen here:
1 Brewer Phillips, Whiskey Headed Woman
2 Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials, Whiskey flavoured Tears
3 Memphis Slim, Beer Drinking Woman
4 Floyd Dixon, Hey Bartender 1/2
September 1, 2025 at 9:51 PM
IT'S A BOOZE & BLUES SPECIAL!
Sit back, pour yourself a drink and enjoy another chance to hear our Pure Blues Booze and Blues special tonight at 10pm on Humber Wave Radio. Top tunes from the appropriately-named Brewer Phillips, Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials, Memphis Slim, Floyd Dixon, Albert 1/2
September 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
We're in celebratory moof at Pure Blues as we reach show No 350. Sit back, enjoy and celebrate with us:
1 Jimmy Witherspoon, The Blues, The Whole Blues and Nothing But The Blues
2 Lurrie Bell, Damn Right, I've Got The Blues
3 Georgia White, The Blues Ain't Nothing But ... 1/3
August 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM