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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)
So ok, we all know about Sonny Boys I & II but we've discovered a third and they're all on Pure Blues with
@woodyroy today (10pm, Humber Wave Radio). We look back to last week's Grammys: 106.9FM and DAB+ in Hull, East Yorks & North Lincs; everywhere on humberwave.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Hot blues . . . right here, right now!
Catch the latest edition of Pure Blues and the bluesmen who ran their own record labels:
1 Mighty Joe Young, Guitar Star
2 B B King, 3 O'Clock Blues
3 Levi Seabury, Motherless Child Blues
4 Rosetta Perry with Milliard Lee, Farewell Blues 1/3
February 2, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Don't miss Pure Blues on Humber Wave Radio tonight (10pm) for some great blues, including releases on blues artists' own record labels. You'll hear B B King, Mighty Joe Young, Fenton Robinson, Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram, Little Mack Simmons and more
February 2, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Pure Blues 26-01-26: Coffee to cure your blues hangover
Drink your fill of this great blues selection:
1 Muddy Waters Blues Band, Watch Dog
2 Muddy Waters, Unk In Funk
3 Muddy Waters, Fox Squirrel
4 Muddy Waters, Hoochie Coochie Man
5 Howlin Wolf, Smokestack Lightning 1/3
January 26, 2026 at 10:54 PM
A drop of the hard stuff (the music that is!) on Pure Blues with @woodyroy tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio) followed by a coffee-themed segment just to keep us on the straight and narrow!
Sip and savour ... Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Koko Taylor, Betty James, Mississippi John Hurt, 1/2
January 26, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Pure Blues 19-01-26: listen here:
1 Roy Hawkins, The Thrill Is Gone
2 Roy Hawkins, The Thrill Hunt
3 Mercy Dee Walton, Homely Baby
4 T-Bone Walker, The Hustle Is On
5 Tinsley Ellis, Sunnyland
6 Tinsley Ellis, Sweet Ice Tea
7 Chris Ardoin, Stay In Or Stay Out 1/3
January 19, 2026 at 11:08 PM
A new Jasmine compilation featuring T-Bone Walker as an accompanist plus a new album from Tinsley Ellis get spins on Pure Blues with @woodyroy tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio). Plus we've got the original version of The Thrill Is Gone and music from Jnr Parker, Rufus Thomas 1/2
January 19, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Pure Blues; New Lil Ed plus tribute to Dave Riley:
1 Mary Lane, Hurt My Feelings
2 Willie Mabon, Lonely Blues
3 Willie Mabon, I Don't Know
4 Otis Spann, Five Spot
5 Dave Riley, Travelling the Dirt Road
6 Dave Riley, Mississippi Po Boy 1/3
January 12, 2026 at 10:54 PM
B B King playing with Otis Spann? He does on Pure Blues tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio). As well as that rare combination w've a new album from Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials, a tribute to Dave Riley plus great music from Mary Lane, Willie Mabon, J B Hutto, Fred McDowell and more.
January 12, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Front-row seats at the Pure Blues New Year's Blues Festival:
1 B B King, Caldonia/How Blue Can You Get/Sweet Little Angel
2 Rick Estrin, You Gonna Need My Help
3 Jnr Wells, That's All Right/Look On Yonder's Wall/Messin' With the Kid 1/2
January 5, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Wall-to-wall music tonight (10pm Humber Wave Radio) as you're invited to the Pure Blues New Year's Blues Festival. Listen on 106.9FM and DAB+ in Hull, East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire and everywhere on humberwave.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:21 PM
KIRK FLETCHER: PURE BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Playing tracks from our favourite albums released in 2025.:
1 Robbin Kapsalis, The Blues Is In The House
2 Buddy Guy, Blues On Top
3 Willie Buck, She Turned Me Down
4 Oscar Wilson & Bob Corritore, Woman Wanted 1/3
December 29, 2025 at 11:11 PM
It's our end of the year show on Pure Blues tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio) when we feature some of our picks of the year and reveal our Album of the Year.
Join us on 106.9FM and DAB+ in Hull, East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire and everywhere on humberwave.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Christmas crackers: The Pure Blues Christmas special:
1 Little Charlie & The Nightcats, Christmas Time Again
2 Amos Milburn, Let's Make Christmas Merry, Baby
3 B B King, Christmas Celebration
4 Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials, Christmas Time 1/3
December 22, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Cool sounds, hot blues, plus Steve Cropper remember. All on the latest Pure Blues podcast:
1 Maurice John Vaughan, Turn Up the Heat
2 T-Bone Walker, Cold Cold Feeling
3 Eddy Clearwater, The Sun Is Shining
4 Albert King, Drowning On Dry Land
5 Booker T & The MGs, Green Onions 1/3
December 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Turn up then radio, we're turning up the heat with some hot blues on tonight's Pure Blues (10pm, Humbert Wave Radio) with
@woodyroy
It includes a tribute to the late great Steve Cropper
Scorching tracks from Maurice John Vaughan, T-Bone Walker, Eddy Clearwater, Albert King, 1/2
December 15, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Two tracks in memory of Sharon Lewis; new music from Altered Five Blues Band and Tinsley Ellis. Plus classic tracks:
1 Blues Train, Sharon Lewis
2 Why I Sing the Blues, Sharon Lewis
3 Dare Me To Do It, Altered Five Blues Band
4 Went Home This Morning, Willie Buck 1/3
December 8, 2025 at 10:50 PM
On Pure Blues with @woodyroy tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio), a tribute to Sharon Lewis, who died recently. Plus new music from the Altered Five Blues Band and more.
Hear Otis Rush, Willie Buck, Jimmy McCracklin, Memphis Jug Band, Bessie Smith, Speckled Red, Frank Stokes, 1/2
December 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Pure Blues 01/12/25: You're invited to a blues party!
Just the ticket:60 minutes of great blues:
1 Lester Davenport, Let's Go Party
2 Sandra Hall, Party at My House
3 T-Bone Walker, Party Girl
4 Albert Collins, Blue Monday Hangover
5 Chicago Bob Nelson, Came Home this Morning 1/3
December 1, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Pure Blues tonight on Humber Wave Radio with
@woodyroy
(10pm) has the very best in blues. Here Albert Collins, T-Bone Walker, Lester Davenport, Sandra Hall, Chicago Bob Nelson, The Cadillac Kings, R L Burnside, Duwayne Burnside, Big John Wrencher, Robert Nighthawk, 1/2
December 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Hooked on blues in the 1960s - a Pure Blues special
1 BB King, Paying the Cost to be the Boss
2 Buddy Guy, Leave My Girl Alone
3 JB Hutto, Come On Back Home
4 Johnny Lewis, Hobo Blues
5 James DeShay, Hold That Train, Conductor
6 The Aces, Blue Shadows
7 Big Joe Williams, Watergate Blues 1/2
November 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
PURE BLUES SPECIAL: BLUES AND THE BBC

On Pure Blues tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio), @woodyroy looks back to those pre-streaming days when blues albums and radio & TV coverage was at a premium. But there were gems to be found for a young blues fan . . .
Tune in tonight to 1/2
November 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Pure Blues 17th November 2025
16 great tracks on. this week's show:
1 Kim Wilson, Keep Our Business To Yourself
2 Freddie King, Today I Sing The Blues
3 Freddie King, Have You Ever Loved A Woman 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Tune in at 10pm tonight for some great blues - only on Humber Wave Radio on 106.9FM and DAB+ and humberwave.com
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November 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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