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

    #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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. MAR 23

    The Secret Handshake with Louise T | LWSTD-FM

    Evenin’ all. We didn’t do a show last night but we couldn’t leave you without something to tide you over until we’re next on the airwaves. We’ve pinched a show that we love and that we think you’ll love as well. It’s by friend of the show Louise and it’s a great monthly show on LWSTD.fm. Its goes out at 3pm, in the slot that Pick of The Pops used to have. They’re not really the same, just wanted to mention it. If you want to get up to speed with all the other great shows, give LT a follow on Mick’s Cloud so you don’t miss anything. https://www.mixcloud.com/loutoal/ Don’t forget… 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 Tracklisting for the Bandcamp Crew David Holmes Presents The Free Association Don't Rhyme No Mo Silvertooth - Shut Um Down (A Dub From Outer Space) Jazxing - Memories (Mass Density Human Remix) Visions Of Light - Blue Monday (Lunes Azul) Haim - Summer Girl (Wrongtom's Unconditional Dub) Rosemary Martins - Love To Love You Baby Youth In Asia - 4Eva Kylie Minogue - Confide In Me

    1 hr

  7. MAR 16

    #422 with Haunted Jukebox Guest Mix (16th March 2026)

    Parts of this show were made in a hurry. If we didn’t tell you that, we’re not sure you’d know as the bits we made are pretty good. The bit of the show that’s really good is the killer guest mix from Rockin’ Rachel at Haunted Jukebox. We’ve linked her profile on Mick’s Cloud below. You should check out her show. It’s mint. No live show next weekend due to reasons. We’ll try and get something out for the live crew to enjoy. 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 RockinRachelRoll | Mixcloud https://www.mixcloud.com/RockinRachelRoll/ Tortoise | TNT Full Set | Midwinter 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwJf5fw57Yo Stevenage (Documentary, 1971) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvDqYHhdKaA TRACKLISTING The Feelies - The High Road King Curtis - Night Train Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup Chain and The Gang - Certain Kinds of Trash Slint - Breadcrumb Trail Bob Dylan - Till I Fell In Love With You Martyn - ef40 Pizza Hotline- VR Missions (Tim Reaper Remix) Senior Soul - Is It Because I'm Black Jackie Mittoo - black organ Paul Blackman - Earth Wind & Fire (Prince Fatty version) Paul Blackman - Earth Wind & Fire (Prince Fatty dub) Mr Scruff - Honeydew [Instrumental] Haunted Jukebox Guest Mix Prince Jammy - Interface The Apostles of Music - Wade In The Water Nightmares On Wax vs. Adrian Sherwood - You Bliss Terekke - l8r h8r Beastie Boys - I Don't Know Tortoise - In Sarah, Mencken, Christ, and Beethoven There Were Women and Men Nala Sinephro - Dawn Aphex Twin - Xtal Fugees - Zealots

    2 hr

  8. MAR 11

    #421 Salute to The Sisterhood Vol 4 (8th March 2026)

    Sunday was International Women’s Day, which meant it was time for a Salute To The Sisterhood! All great music from across the ages and genres, all made by women. 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 Song Exploder - Little Simz https://songexploder.net/little-simz DJ Muro - Stussy x Curtis Mayfield Mix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-D2zZG8VH4 Stream Daft Punk - Essential Selection Special Edition Hotmix - 01-01-1999 https://soundcloud.com/jonnytwotimes/daft-punk-essential-selection Renaissance - Jean-Luc Ponty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQuaMCU3jQA Spiritualized - Pure Phase Tour openingmusic https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3NSUbgFZJw0zmH4xbYKwnQ?si=0f41195b8a4c4c7e Song Exploder - HAIM https://songexploder.net/haim TRACKLISTING Marcia Griffiths - Feel Like Jumping King Curtis - Night Train Cher - I Walk On Guilded Splinters  Melba Moore - Must Be Dues  Little Simz - Free  The Vibrettes - The Humpty Dump  Annie & The Caldwells - I Made It Gloria Anne Taylor - Jolene  Maya Jane Coles - Focus Now Jessie Ware - If You're Never Gonna Move Nubya Garcia - Together Is a Beautiful Place to Be (Nala Sinephro remix) Kelela - The High (Heavee & DJ Spinn Teklife Remix) Mary J. Blige - Be Happy Missy Misdemeanor Elliot - The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) (Instrumental) Patti Smith - Gloria Patrice Rushen  - Haven't You Heard Dorothy Ashby - Soul Vibrations Zell Black - Fly Me Roberta Flack - Compared to What Cleo Sol - One - 5A Betty Harris - What'd I Do Wrong  Patsy Cline - Walking After Midnight  The Ronettes - When I Saw You  Nadia Popoff - Mental Clarity Vashti Bunyan - Train Song Shana Cleveland - Night of the Worm Moon Mary Lattimore and Julianna Barwick - Temple of the Winds Joanna Newsom - Go Long  Laurie Spiegel - East River Dawn (Excerpt) Haim - Summer Gir

    1h 59m
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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
    275
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    The Night Train®

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