Playlist April 30

Leave My Woman Alone - Ray Charles

Pogo Stick Blues - Ray Charles

I Got a Woman - Ray Charles

Rockhouse - Ray Charles

Go To the Mardi Gras - Professor Longhair

Don’t Mess With My Man - Irma Thomas

Do the Double Bump - Rufus Thomas

Funky Hot Grits - Rufus Thomas

Right On - Clarence Wheeler & the Enforcers

Give Everybody Some - BarKays

On A Saturday Night - Eddie Floyd

Get Ready - Rare Earth

Green Onions - Booker T & the MGs

Tower of Power Giveaway & Last Week’s Show

Tonight on the show we’re going to be giving out two tickets to see Tower of Power at B.B. King Blues for Thursday April 10 at 8pm. Listen up and you could be at the show next week.

Those of you who listened last week will remember that we had Tom ‘TNT’ Brenneck, of Budos Band, Meenaheen (Men-uh-hen, as I learned) Street Band, and Dap-Kings fame stop by for a guest DJ set. The latter half of that set is now available for download here. Pick it up before it gets taken down for the next Night Train… (http://www.columbia.edu/~jik2105/326-nt.mp3)

Night Train 3/26 Playlist - Tommy TNT Helps Out

Thomas Brenneck, the man behind the Meenaheen Street Band and the guitarist for both the Budos Band and the Dap Kings, joined Night Train in the illustrious KCR studios to spin favorites deep from his phonographic files. We have a recording on hand for the tracks from “Funky Jive” onwards, which will be posted next week.

A smattering of 45’s fresh in from Cleveland.

James Brown: “Night Train” (7″ King 1962)

Isley Brothers: “Fight the Power Pt. 1″ (7″ T-Neck 1975)
Ike & Tina Turner: “Chopper” (7″ United Artists 1972)
Ann Peebles: “Part Time Love” (7″ Hi Records 1970)
Brick: “Dazz” (7″ Bang 1976)
Odyssey: “No One Else Part 1″ (7″ Hi Records 1973)

El Michels Affair: “Creation”
“This Song’s For You” (from Sounding Out the City 2007)

Disco Tex & The Sex-O-Lettes: “I Wanna Dance Wit’ Choo (Doo Dat Dance) Part I
Al Green: “Ride Sally Ride” (7″ Hi Records)
Denise LaSalle: “Trapped By a thing Called Love” (1971)
Clutchy Hopkins: “Love of a Woman” (off of Walking Backwards 2008)

Thomas Brenneck, aka Tommy TNT, at this point joined us in the studio with some vinyl sides of delicious afro, soul, and dance-floor monsters.

Budos Band Guest DJing Tonight

Short notice, I know, but tonight’s Night Train will be guest DJ’d by a couple of members of the phenomenal Budos Band. They’re making some of the best new music in New York - don’t miss it.

Interview with Rich Medina Tonight

We’ve got a special treat for you on tonight’s Night Train, as DJ Rich Medina will be at KCR to talk about what he does - spin afro disco - and, more importantly, do it on the air too.

Across 110th St. Playlist, Interview Recording for 3/15/08

If any of you missed our fantastic interview with the New Mastersounds at 1PM today on Across 110th St., you can pick it up online here. They previewed a couple tracks that will debut on their next studio album, so make sure to pick it up before the next Night Train recording displaces the link. The band is finishing up their US tour tonight, going on at around 11:30 at Sullivan Hall in the village. Congrats to Terry, who won our ticket giveaway and will get to go (with a special someone) to see NMS for free tonight.

Make sure to tune into the Night Train, my regular show, at 1AM this Tuesday night/Wednesday morning. We’ll have guest DJ Rich Medina in the studio to talk and spin.

Here’s the playlist for the day:

Bobby Womack: “Across 110th St.” (from Across 110th St., United Artists 1972)

Addiction & Funk: the Early 70’s
Curtis Mayfield: “No Thing On Me (Cocaine Song)” (from Superfly, Radio Active Gold 1972)
James Brown: “Public Enemy #1 (Part 1)” (7″ Polydor 1974)
Gil-Scott Heron & Brian Jackson: “The Bottle” (from Winter In America, Strata-East 1974)
James Brown: “King Heroin” (7″ Polydor 1972)
Curtis Mayfield: “Pusherman” (from Superfly, Radio Active Gold 1972)

Live Afrobeat in NY Tonight, Tomorrow

Late notice, I know, but if your plans for tonight are as yet unformed, make sure to check out Akoya Afrobeat at Southpaw tonight. They feature Kaleta, who toured with Fela Kuti, on vocals. You can listen to them on their myspace. Doors at 8, show at 9; tickets reasonable at $10 (should be available at door too).

Tomorrow night, Shrine NYC in Harlem (none too far from WKCR) will be hosting a birthday festival featuring three afrobeat acts. Zozoafrobeat will come on 11PM, followed by The Super Powers at midnight, finished up by Amayo’s (of Antibalas fame) group Fu-Arkist-Ra at 1AM. The poster doesn’t have any ticket price listed on it, so… minimum? PWYW? No clue.

And, of course, make sure to tune into Across 110th St. on WKCR at noon tomorrow to hear the New Mastersounds interview in the studio. Plus a chance to win tickets to their show that night at Sullivan Hall.

NIGHT TRAIN from MARCH 12.

Congratulations to the winners of our Ticket Give Away to see New Mastersounds  at Sullivan Hall on the 15th.

In other news, technology was working against me today and I lost the playlist I was keeping on my computer. A recap of the show for those of you who’d like to know what was played follows (from memory):

James Brown  - Night Train

Superbad

I Got the Feeling

Parliament  - Ride On

Tower of Power - Soul Vaccination

New Mastersounds  - 3 and B

 Funky Miracle

New Mastersounds Ticket Giveaway Tonight

I can’t make it on the air tonight, but none other than the Funky White Boy will hold down the Night Train fort for the full four hours. In addition, he’ll be giving out two tickets to see the New Mastersounds play at Sullivan Hall this Saturday, March 15. Don’t miss it.

And don’t forget, I’ll be hosting the New Mastersounds for an interview on our sister show, Across 110th St, at noon on the fifteenth. They’re hands-down the best raw instrumental funk outfit in Britain, so make sure to tune in. We’ll be playing some tonight on the show if you haven’t heard them.

New Mastersounds Ticket Giveaway, Budos, Antibalas, Tower of Power Dates & More…

It’s been a while since I’ve posted, but I think you’ll find the wait well worth it.

Those of you who tuned in Tuesday night could not have missed the massive list of NYC shows that has accumulated here in the Night Train databanks. These next two months are shaping up to be a great time for NYC funk - and a big part of that is the New Mastersounds coming across the Atlantic. Yours truly will be interviewing them on the Night Train’s sister show, Across 110th St., on Saturday March 15 at noon. The band mentioned that they may have some new tracks to spin, and they’ll be playing a show at Sullivan Hall later that night. We’ll have a pair tickets to give away after the interview - plus a pair to give away on the prior Night Train, on 3/12.

March in NYC live funk & soul:

For those of you who missed a couple of the show announcements, here goes:
Thurs. March 6: Herbie Hancock Project @ Iridium 8:30PM & 10:30PM, SOLD OUT
Fri. March 7: Herbie Hancock Project @ Iridium 8:30PM & 10:30PM, Tickets $35
Sat. March 8: Herbie Hancock Project @ Iridium 8:30PM & 10:30PM, Tickets $35
Sun. March 9: Herbie Hancock Project @ Iridium 8:30PM & 10:30PM, Tickets $35
Sat. March 15: The New Mastersounds @ Sullivan Hall TBA time (with interview on Across 110th St., ticket giveaway @ noon on WKCR!), Tickets $10a/$12do
Fri. March 21: The Budos Band, opener The Sweet Divines @ Maxwell’s NJ 9:30PM, Tickets $10a/$12do
Sat. March 22: The Sweet Divines (featuring some of the former Dansettes) @ Rose Live Music 10PM as part of the “All Night Brooklyn Soul Party”, $5 suggested donation
Thu. March 27: The Budos Band @ S.O.B.s 7PM doors/9PM show, Tickets $15
Sat. March 29: Soulive @ Blend NJ 9PM, Tickets $27.50

April show dates (including new Antibalas dates) & the playlist from the 3/5/08 Night Train after the jump!