Happy
New Year and welcome to the second issue of New York Night
Train webzine. Everything that could have gone wrong has succeeded
in doing so in the time since Issue I. But while we're a bit
late, this train is still rolling. This issue is contains
the second installment of Kid Congo Powers' oral history.
Read more about Issue #2.
New
York Night Train is an online underground music fanzine covering
the entire sonic spectrum - but specializing in profiles of
legendary figures. The basis of the zine is the oral
history section - in which you will find the artists telling
their stories in both text and audio formats. Read
more about NYNT.
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The
second and most recent half of our feature devoted to the life,
career, and music of guitar legend Kid Congo Powers. Covering1986
to the present, Issue One includes Kids discussions of his years
with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Gun
Club, Congo Norvell, Knoxville
Girls, Kid and Khan, and Kid Congo and the Pink
Monkey Birds. He also discusses his collaborations with
Die Haut, Barry Adamson, Make-Up, Mark Eitzel, Julee Cruise,
and many more. You can listen to the Kid's story on MP3s or read
their text transcriptions. You will also find MP3s of Kid's music,
lyrics, a tour of his equipment, a profile of his right-hand man
Jack Martin, and even his famous enchilada recipe.
