The Night Train®

Powlo & Herb Stevens
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Music for almost any occasion. We play... Rock & Roll, Rhythm & Blues, Country, footwork, soul, funk, ska, house, garage, hip hop, trip hop, brass band, swing, dub, jazz, folk, blues, spoken word, indie, reggae, punk, cumbia, bossa nova, choro, psychedelic rock, girl groups, mambo, R&B, gospel, zydeco, field hollers, jump blues, drum & bass, surf, exotica and more.

  1. 1D AGO

    #430 - "Mostly Bob” (24th May 2026)

    It’s night time in The Big City. Rain isn’t falling as it’s an unseasonal heatwave. A late night radio show host writes a hackneyed blurb for an upload… Sunday’s show is here at long last.. where we celebrated Bob Dylan’s 85th birthday by playing songs that he wrote, performed by other people. One day soon we’ll do a show without any type of theme. Tune in on Sunday to see if it happens next time. As always though, get in touch with requests, recommendations and guest mix inquiries! https://www.instagram.com/radionighttrain/ https://bsky.app/profile/thenighttrain.co.uk Don’t forget, we’re also available for family functions, weddings, funerals, boat launches and more. No venue too small, no crowd too ambivalent! SHOWNOTES #276 30 Years of Check Your Head (1st May 2022) https://www.mixcloud.com/RadioNightTrain/276-30-years-of-check-your-head-1st-may-2022/ #270 Mark Lanegan Tribute - (6th March 2022) by The Night Train https://www.mixcloud.com/RadioNightTrain/270-mark-lanegan-tribute-6th-march-2022/ Theme Time Radio Hour podcast | Fourble https://fourble.co.uk/podcast/themetimeradiohour Paul's Dylan Odyssey  https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1250024159406624769.html TRACKLISTING The Beastie Boys - Finger Lickin' Good King Curtis - Night Train Solomon Burke - Maggie's Farm Jimi Hendrix Experience - Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window Cher - All I Really Want To Do Cat Power - I Believe In You Link Wray & The Raymen - Girl From The North Country Mark Lanegan - Man In The Long Black Coat Martyn - ef40 Brian Jackson - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Featuring Black Thought) Dave Bartholomew - Hey Hey Willie West - Willie Knows How The Staple Singers - Uncloudy Day Mr Scruff - Honeydew [Instrumental] Stephanie McKay - Take me Over Dave & Ansel Collins - Double Barrel Prince Buster All Stars - Too Hot Bob Marley - Fussin’ & Fightin’ Okyerema Asante - Play a Sweet Rhythm on Them Drums Ikebe Shakedown - No Answer Shakti Soundsystem - Wonderin' Zaenal Combo - Tandung Tjina Quakers - Sign Language (feat. Aloe Blacc) Kruder & Dorfmeister - High Noon Bob Dylan - Señor (Tales of Yankee Power) Da Bush Baybees - Remember We Extended Instrumental Mix Bob Dylan - Lily Of The West Charlie Parr - Dog Live at Paste Studios Lane Hardin - Hard Time Blues Pete Drake - Lay Lady Lay Aphex Twin - Xtal Panda Bear & Sonic Boom with Mariachi 2000 de Cutberto Pérez - Peligro (Danger)

    2h 1m

  2. MAY 18

    #429 "Mostly archival” (17th May 2026)

    The weeks, they roll ‘round quickly. It seems only yesterday that we were playing animal records yet here we are again… doing an upload and trying to work out how to make it sound enticing enough to listen to. Thankfully, a lot of you are in too deep now so you don’t want to stop listening. And we appreciate that. It’s a standard show this week, old cuts and hot chat. What you’ve come to know and love. Big Big Holiday Weekend show next week. Tune in live to see what we do! As always though, get in touch with requests, recommendations and guest mix inquiries! https://www.instagram.com/radionighttrain/ https://bsky.app/profile/thenighttrain.co.uk Don’t forget, we’re also available for family functions, weddings, funerals, boat launches and more. SHOW NOTES Monica interviews Tom Moulton on WFMU https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/5210 Funkmaster Flex Spins All 90s https://www.mixcloud.com/RadioNightTrain/playlists/funkmaster-flex-spins-the-90s/ Episode 88: “Cathy’s Clown” by the Everly Brothers https://500songs.com/podcast/episode-88-cathys-clown-by-the-everly-brothers/ Richard Hawley and his mum at The Royal Albert Hall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sa2yhpYleM TRACKLISTING Ike and Tina Turner - Bold Soul Sister King Curtis - Night Train Los Anis - Mary Mary Wganda Kenya - Tifit Hayed People's Choice - You Ought To Be Dancin’ Ousmane Kouyate - N´Ny The S.A. Move - Skophom Martyn - ef40 Mighty Tom Cats - Dance Girl LTJ Edits - Somebody Photek - Minotaur Cher - Lay Baby Lay DJ Grand Wizard Theodore - Subway Theme (TNT’s Extended Edit) Lee Perry and The Upsetters - Bathroom Skank Barry Brown - Separation A Tribe Called Quest - Footprints Ikebe Shakedown - No Answer Captain Beefheart - Nowadays a Woman's Gotta Hit a Man The Rolling Stones - Dance (Instrumental) The Beatles - Tell Me What You See Link Wray - Pancho Villa The Monkees - She Victoria - Ride A Rainbow Meat Beat Manifsto - Prime Audio Soup (Boards Of Canada Remix - Vegetarian Soup)  Quakers - Another Kind Of War (feat. Jeremiah Jae) The Everly Brothers - Roving Gambler Miguel Atwood-Ferguson - Taijasa Johnny Cash - Dark as a Dungeon Aphex Twin - Xtal Romance - 'Til We Meet Again

    2h 2m

  3. MAY 13

    #428 She said, “Where ya been?” I said, “No place special” (10th May 2026)

    The best thing about this show is for the first time in 3 weeks we haven’t had to think about animal songs. It’s a standard show with the usual stuff. Gig reviews, stuff we’ve heard on other shows, general bad mixes and handbrake segues. There may or may not be a show on Sunday… we’re out on Friday night and we’re getting older so it takes longer to recover! As always though, get in touch with requests, recommendations and guest mix inquiries! https://www.instagram.com/radionighttrain/ https://bsky.app/profile/thenighttrain.co.uk Don’t forget, we’re also available for family functions, weddings, funerals, boat launches and more. SHOW NOTES WE INTEND TO CAUSE HAVOC https://weintendtocausehavoc.vhx.tv/ We Intend to Cause Havoc (W.I.T.C.H.) | Official Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdvE8QcKQsA Episode 86: “LSD-25” by the Gamblers https://500songs.com/podcast/episode-86-lsd-25-by-the-gamblers/ Egon (@nowagain) https://www.instagram.com/nowagain/ La Rumba 9th Birthday x Dub Shack: Nightmares On Wax + more TBA | Electric Studios Sheffield Fri 12 June 2026 https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Sheffield/Electric-Studios/La-Rumba-9th-Birthday-x-Dub-Shack-Nightmares-On-Wax--more-TBA/42284744/ Blake Rhein (@snoobz) https://www.instagram.com/snoobz TRACKLISTING Bob Dylan - Isis King Curtis - Night Train WITCH - Introduction The Coral - A Warning To The Curious Gamblers - LSD-25 Frankie Beverly and The Butlers - Love (Your Pain Goes Deep) The Knights - Tipping Strings Martyn - ef40 Comb Edits - Honey Dub Nightmares on Wax - Jorge T. Rex - Mambo Sun Edmond Hall's Celeste Quartet - Profoundly Blue No. 2 Cedric IM Brooks & The Light of Saba - Peanut Vendor Val Bennett - The Russians Are Coming Anthony Johnson - Equal Rights Sir Coxsone Sound - Poor Man's Story Dr.Octagon - I'm Destructive Ikebe Shakedown - No Answer (TNT’s Optimistically Extended Mix) Q-Tip - Lets Ride The Lovelites- You Said You Wouldnt Break My Heart Aquarius - Drift To The Centre Johnny and the Expressions - Now That You're Mine The Andre Tanker Five – Lena Dr. Octagon - Girl Let Me Touch You (Instrumental) cLOUDDEAD - Apt. A, Part 2 Eliana Glass - Good Friends Call Me E Beck - Thinking About You Boards of Canada - Tape 05 Aphex Twin - Xtal Synkro - Look At Yourself (Djrum Remix)

    2h 10m

  4. MAY 4

    #427 Small Records Vol 10. - Dancing Animals (5th May 2026)

    Well, this is possibly our most ambitious theme show ever! Three themes in one. Dancing, animals and dancing animals. We've just counted up and annoyingly, it's 44 songs. 45 would have been nice as it's a show on all 45s. Perhaps if we'd have started properly we might have snuck another one in. You live and learn. As always though, get in touch with requests, recommendations and guest mix inquiries! https://www.instagram.com/radionighttrain/ https://bsky.app/profile/thenighttrain.co.uk Don’t forget, we’re also available for family functions, weddings, funerals, boat launches and more. TRACKLISTING Junior Walker & the Allstars - "(I'm a) Road Runner" Cold Diamond And Mink Instrumental Band – Playing The Fool Clarence "Frogman" Henry – Ain't Got No Home J.J. Jackson And The Jackaels – Oo-Ma-Liddi Paul Gayten & His Orchestra – Cow Cow Blues The Coasters - Three Cool Cats The Turtles - Buzz Saw The Monkees - (I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone Chuck Berry – Too Much Monkey Business The Crickets - Not Fade Away The Trashmen - Surfin’ Bird Human Race - Human Race Nina Simone – Funkier Than A Mosquito's Tweeter The Modern Lovers - Roadrunner The Hooterville Trolley - No Silver Bird Elephant's Memory - Mongoose Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightnin’ Tortoise - Why We Fight The Saxons – Camel Walk Rufus Thomas – Do The Funky Chicken Little Eva - Let's Turkey Trot Marsha Gee - Peanut Duck Eddie Kirk - Monkey Tonight on King Maximilian - The Snake Oliveira Trio - The Worm The Explosions - Hip Drop Dean Parrish - Skate (Part 1) Don Covay - Sookie Sookie The Kingsmen - Little Latin Lupe Lu The Emperor's - Karate Don Gardner - My Baby Likes To Boogaloo Robert Parker - Barefootin' The Mystics - The Jumpin' Bean Freddie King - The Bossa Nova Watusi Twist Ray Charles - The Messaround Jesse Powell Orchestra With Fluffy Hunter - The Walkin’ Blues Jimmy McCracklin - The Walk Ivory Joe Hunter - I've Got To Learn To Do The Mambo Wynonie Harris - Good Mambo Tonight Cozy Cole - Cozy's Mambo Tommy Ridgley - Jam Up Twist Plas Johnson - Blue Jean Shuffle Jack Hammer - Twist In The Morning Cannibal & The Headhunters - Land of 1000 Dances

    1h 59m

  5. APR 28

    #426 "The Animals Went In Two By Two" (26th Apr 2025)

    So, it’s an animals on wax special. Songs with animals in the title or band name. I know how to party. It’s rough and ready, not fixed anything and if you listened live, you got a bonus 3 songs. I was going to edit them in but I thought “you should have been there”. Shout out to Phillie B for giving me the idea of a theme within a theme. As always though, get in touch with requests, recommendations and guest mix inquiries! https://www.instagram.com/radionighttrain/ https://bsky.app/profile/thenighttrain.co.uk Don’t forget, we’re also available for family functions, weddings, funerals, boat launches and more. TRACKLISTING Amos Milburn – Chicken Shack Boogie The Mighty Imperials - Thunderchicken Jackie Lee - The Duck Climaco Sarmiento Y Su Orquesta– La Pata Y El Pato Mike Dorane & The Cimarons – Penguin Funk The Penguins – Earth Angel The Shandells – Gorilla Tarantula Ghoul – King Kong Rufus Thomas – Bear Cat Dr. Octagon - Bear Witness The Gaturs – Cold Bear The Swinging Tigers – Snake Walk (Part 1) Al Wilson - The Snake Curtis Mayfield - SuperFly David Axelrod - The Fly Jelly Roll Morton And His Red Hot Peppers - Turtle Twist Flying Lotus - Turtles x 2 Bill Boyd – Under The Double Eagle Boards of Canada - An Eagle In Your Mind The Gospel Song Birds - I Want To Be More Like Him Leonard Cohen - Bird On The Wire Fleetwood Mac - Albatross The Pharcyde - Emerald Butterfly Verve - Butterfly Swan Silvertones - Trouble In My Way Thom Yorke - Black Swan Blackalicious - Swan Lake Blackalicious - Swan Lake (Instrumental) Dave Bartholomew - Shrimp and Gumbo Robert Johnson - Dead Shrimp Blues Jaguars - Drive In The Jaguars - Night Walker Japanese Television - Lizard Moon Apex Twin - Pancake Lizard Nils Frahm - You (Bug Lover Rework) Bessie Smith – Mean Old Bed Bug Blues

    1h 59m

  6. APR 18

    #425 - Oddball Purge Vol.12 (5th Apr 2025)

    Listeners that have been with us a while, will either be rejoicing or lamenting this upload. It’s the return of the 100% strange music show! It’s been a minute since we’ve done one of these, which is a travesty (in some people’s eyes). So here it is, 120ish minutes of weird music for you to enjoy/endure. No show from us tomorrow (19th April) due to legitimate reasons. We’ll hopefully be back next week with another great show. As always though, get in touch with requests, recommendations and guest mix inquiries! https://www.instagram.com/radionighttrain/ https://bsky.app/profile/thenighttrain.co.uk Don’t forget, we’re also available for family functions, weddings, funerals, boat launches and more. SHOW NOTES Charanjit Singh, acid house pioneer | Music | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/apr/10/charanjit-singh-acid-house The 101 Strangest Records on Spotify: The Space Lady - The Space Lady's Greatest Hits | Music | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/mar/26/the-101-strangest-records-on-spotify-the-space-lady-the-space-ladys-greatest-hits Cosmic Intervention: An Interview With The Space Lady | The Quietus https://thequietus.com/interviews/space-lady-interview/ The House Carpenter by Clarence Ashley [Anthology Revisited - Song 3] https://rlhargis.substack.com/p/the-house-carpenter-by-clarence-ashley TRACKLISTING Pigmy - Baby Sticks And The Kingtones King Curtis - Night Train Peanut Vendor - Play Along Sun Ra & His Arkestra - Island in the Sun (Complete Version) Cheng Minjang - Rainwater Master Steps - Melody Aphex Twin - Logan Rock Witch Tortoise - Oganesson (Saul Williams Remix) DJ Haram - Lifelike Charanjit Singh - Raga Bhairav Angine de Poitrine - Sherpa (Chiptune Commodore 64 Cover SID6581 by Gabriel Champagne) Tipsy - Zenith Tiger - Rap Pon Rydim The Space Lady - Born To Be Wild Trio Ramberget - TR / III Grain - Untitled B1 Amédæe My Bloody Valentine - Instrumental No 2 Clarence Ashley - The House Carpenter Weston Olencki - Omie Wise / Coda (How Great Thou Art) Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Chart #3 (Live) From The Noise (jackbomb) - Sheffield Co-op Freezer Symphony (Clean Version) Mark Vernon - Haemoglobin A1C Analyzer Processing Harlan Silverman - A Sacred Place Aphex Twin - Xtal Spiritualized - Feel So Sad [Rhapsodies]

    1h 59m

  7. APR 6

    #424 with Freakbeat Brónagh's Guest Mix (5th April 2026)

    Alright party people! A Monday upload that we’ve been putting off all day as it’s been sunny. It was a solo show from Steve, but that’s not the important bit. The important bit is there’s AN AMAZING GUEST MIX THAT YOU NEED IN YOUR EARS. Freakbeat Brónagh’s Land of Make Believe Mix is one for the ages. Don’t panic, we’re going to upload it clean in the week so you don’t have to endure Steve’s dulcet tones and dull chat. Back next week for a standard show. It’s #425 so we could do a weird one. We might, the jury’s out. As always though, get in touch with requests, recommendations and guest mix inquiries! https://www.instagram.com/radionighttrain/ https://bsky.app/profile/thenighttrain.co.uk Don’t forget, we’re also available for family functions, weddings, funerals, boat launches and more. SHOW NOTES Beta Band Tour DJ Set https://open.spotify.com/playlist/13lIHJIOAP0g7Cc41lDxYE?si=0dff8239e0e340f1 #270 Mark Lanegan Tribute - (6th March 2022) https://www.mixcloud.com/RadioNightTrain/270-mark-lanegan-tribute-6th-march-2022/ #62 David Axelrod Tribute Show (2nd March 2017) https://www.mixcloud.com/RadioNightTrain/62-david-axelrod-tribute-show-2nd-march-2017/ Digable Planets: Noochie’s Live From The Front Porch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuVkDXNaOJw TRACKLISTING Stereo MC's - Ground Level King Curtis - Night Train Richard Berry & The Pharaohs - Have Love Will Travel Deee-Lite - What Is Love? (Holographic Goatee Mix) Trouble Knows Me - Trouble Knows Me Common - Resurrection (Extra P. Remix) J Dilla - The Diff'rence Air - Modulor Mix Reverend Utah Smith - Two Wings Shirley Ann Lee - There's a Light Sam Cooke & The Soul Stirrers - Jesus, Wash Away My Troubles Screaming Trees - (There'll Be) Peace In The Valley Loretta Lynn - Peace In The Valley The Staple Singers - Will The Circle Be Unbroken Da Bush Baybees - Remember We (Instrumental) The Easybeats - Friday On My Mind Billy Nicholls - London Social’s Degree Sharon Tanddy & Fleur De Lys - Hold On The Primitives - You Said The Master’s Apprentices - Wars or Hands of Time The Poets - Now We’re Thru’ Simon Dupree & The Big Sound - Kites The Third Bardo - I’m Five Years Ahead of My Time Small Faces - What’Chat Gonna Do About IT The Easybeats - Good Times East Flatbush Project -Tried By 12 (Instrumental) Shabazz Palaces - Shine a Light (feat. Thaddillac) Dee Dee Sharp - I Really Love You (Cameo 375) Brand Nubian - Dedication The Shirelles - Dedicated To The One I Love Allen Toussaint - Go back Home Four Tet - Two Thousand And Seventeen Tortoise - Glass Museum Jody Reynolds - Endless Sleep Beck - Pinefresh Bob Dylan - Suze (The Cough Song) Ability II - Pressure Dub

    2h 2m

  8. MAR 31

    #423 Tired. So, so very tired (29th March 2026)

    Just a quick hello to say, here’s the show. It’s got both of us in the studio which isn’t going to happen again for at least a week. If things go according to plan, Steve will be flying solo on Sunday. It is the Easter Bank Holiday weekend though so if you haven’t got work, do tune in and say hi! This show may or may not work on Mick’s Cloud. There’s a song by DJ Shadow that’s technically 6 songs, so it might get flagged for copyright. If that’s the case, sorry! As always though, get in touch with requests, recommendations and guest mix inquiries! https://www.instagram.com/radionighttrain/ https://bsky.app/profile/thenighttrain.co.uk Don’t forget, we’re also available for family functions, weddings, funerals, boat launches and more. SHOW NOTES Beck - Beercan on Whiskeyclone.net https://whiskeyclone.net/ghost/songinfo.php?songID=26 Diminishing Returns Pt.1 by DJ Shadow by EARS@PEACE | Mixcloud https://www.mixcloud.com/afrodamus/diminishing-returns-pt1-by-dj-shadow/ DJ Shadow- Diminishing Returns - Pt.2 by CPS SOUNDS | Mixcloud https://www.mixcloud.com/cps/dj-shadow-diminishing-returns-pt2/ WFMU: Sophisticated Boom Boom with Sheila B.: Playlists and Archives https://wfmu.org/playlists/CF Dogpatch on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@dogpatch Dogpatch https://dogpatch.libsyn.com/ DNTEL - Enya Mixes - Boomkat https://boomkat.com/products/enya-mixes TRACKLISTING Love - Seven and Seven Is King Curtis - Night Train Little Jimmy Dickens - Take An Old Cold Tater (And Wait) The Creation - Making Time Verckys et l´Orchestre Vévé -- Ya Nini Beck - Beercan Grandmaster Flash - The Message FBD Project - The Core Paperclip Minimiser - II A3 The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - I Won't Hurt You The Goodies - Sophisticated Boom Boom Brentford All Stars - Greedy G DJ Shadow - Entropy - Intropy + The Third Decade, Our Move + Count and Estimate (feat. Gift ofGab) + B-Boy’s Revenge + Back to Back Breaks + DJ Shadow’s Theme Ikebe Shakedown - No Answer Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band - Pompadour Swamp The Chantays - Pipeline Me Pay Too Small - The Resurrection of St Vincent Otis G Johnson and Jan Milledge - Get To Heaven Artifacts - Wrong Side of Da Tracks  Hermanos Guierrez - El Bueno y el Malo Bill & Jean Bradway - Paradise Isle Neil Young - Love And War Dntel - On Your Shore Sega Bodega - Pipe Aphex Twin - Xtal Special Friend - OOO

    2h 2m
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Music for almost any occasion. We play... Rock & Roll, Rhythm & Blues, Country, footwork, soul, funk, ska, house, garage, hip hop, trip hop, brass band, swing, dub, jazz, folk, blues, spoken word, indie, reggae, punk, cumbia, bossa nova, choro, psychedelic rock, girl groups, mambo, R&B, gospel, zydeco, field hollers, jump blues, drum & bass, surf, exotica and more.

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  • Creator
    Powlo & Herb Stevens
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2026
  • Episodes
    278
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    The Night Train®

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