Retro Cocktail Hour
Weekends at 7pm
Kansas Public Radio's Retro Cocktail Hour is our weekly nod to the Space Age Pop revival. Here you'll find vintage recordings from the dawn of the Hi-Fi Era - imaginative, light-hearted (and sometimes light-headed) pop stylings designed to underscore everything from the backyard barbecue to the high-tech bachelor pad. Darrell Brogdon serves up two hours of incredibly strange music on Kansas Public Radio, so grab a cocktail shaker and join us for the Retro Cocktail Hour.
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The twist goes Latin in this week's Retro Cocktail Hour! Also, we'll hear music by Henry Mancini from Touch of Evil; Robert Drasnin's classic 1959 album Voodoo; and tunes by Jack "Mr. Bongo" Costanzo, Les Baxter and Werner Drexler's Go-Go Sound. -
Some new exotic sounds by Tiki Paradise, Mr. Moai and the Tiki Heads and Creepxotica are on tap in this week's Retro Cocktail Hour. Also - the 8-Bit Big Band plays video game music and the Tokyo Panorama Mambo Boys serve up music from Mission: Impossible. -
There's something for everyone this week on The Retro Cocktail Hour, from exotica by Martin Denny and the Tiki Delights to bossa nova by Sinatra and Jobim to new tunes by Nuvoluxe, the Voodoo 5 and Alika Lyman. -
Halloween arrives early at the Underground Martini Bunker, with some ghoulishly groovy tunes by the Tiki Tones, the Moon-Rays, Frankie Stein and his Ghouls, Hans Conried, Sharkey Todd and the Monsters and Lon Chaney, Jr.! -
The sounds of Afro-Cuban exotica are on top for this week's Retro Cocktail Hour, featuring tunes by Modesto Duran, Xavier Cugat, the Bobby Montez Quintet and more. -
This week's Retro Cocktail Hour serves up some new music by the Waitiki 7, the Mambo Noir Trio and the Volcano Kings. Also, the passionate percussion of Candido and 80 Drums Around the World. Plus a cha cha cha about a sneeze! -
The Retro Cocktail Hour serves up space age pop by Juan Esquivel and the Three Suns, plus tunes by the Voodoo Organist, the Hollywood Jazz Stars and Ixtahuele. -
We'll hear Arthur Lyman's classic exotica album Taboo on this week's bonus episode of The Retro Cocktail Hour. Also, tunes by Jack "Bongo" Burger, the Midday Mai Tais Project, L'Exotighost and more! -
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This week's Retro Cocktail Hour features the persuasive percussion of Terry Snyder and the All-Stars, the Sergio Mendes Trio, the exotic sounds of Martin Denny and Stolen Idols, plus Mel Torme and the Mel-Tones!
