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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Hang the mistletoe and spike the egg nog! This week, it's the annual Retro Cocktail Hour Christmas Show, spiced with holiday treats by Dean Martin, Peggy Lee, the Count Basie Orchestra, Juan Esquivel and Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, among many others. -
We'll dip into some new exotic sounds by Bombay Rickey, Michael Giacchino and the Whatitdo Archive Ensemble. Also, the Mighty Accordion Band gets jungle fever, and Sophia Loren sings! -
This week's Retro Cocktail Hour features the exotic sounds of the New Les Baxter Orchestra, the Waitiki 7 and Les Baxter. Also, Buddy Collette and the Swingin' Shepherds, the Amboina Serenaders and Jack "Mr. Bongo" Costanzo. -
Hear the exotic sounds of Yma Sumac, the Waitiki 7 and the Bobby Montez Quintet on this week's Retro Cocktail Hour. Also - one of the weirdest, wildest records ever made, Phil Moore's delightfully bizarre Portrait of Leda! -
There's new music by Tiki Vibes, Skip Heller's Voodoo 5 and Mister Haole in this week's Retro Cocktail Hour. Also, you'll hear tunes by Caterina Valente, the Xavier Cugat Orchestra and Vic Damone. -
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.
