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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This week's show features the exotic sounds of the Surfmen, Mr. Moai and the Tiki Heads, The Rondells, Skip Heller's Voodoo 5 and more. -
Sinatra swings on this week's Retro Cocktail Hour, along with the new exotic sounds of the Midday Mai Tais Project and Vibexotica, plus tunes by the Islanders, the Waikiki Brass and the Video All Stars! -
This week's Retro Cocktail Hour serves up the exotic sounds of the Out Islanders, Kip Anderson and the Tides, Don Tiki and the George Shearing Quintet. Also - Mundell Lowe and his All-Stars with some TV Action Jazz! -
The percussion is passionate on this week's Retro Cocktail Hour, with tunes by Skip Heller's Voodoo 5, Chuy Reyes and the Hollywood Mocambo Orchestra, The Manakooras and Les Baxter. -
The twist goes Latin on this week's Retro Cocktail Hour, along with tunes by Skip Heller's Voodoo 5, Jack "Mr. Bongo" Costanzo, Don Tiki and the Rio Carnival Orchestra. -
On this week's Retro Cocktail Hour you'll hear music by the Bobby Montez Quintet, Percussion Ltd., Astrud Gilberto and the "Liberace of the accordion". -
This Retro Cocktail Hour features music from Juan Esquivel's famous "lost" album, See It In Sound. Also, you'll hear tunes by the Tiki Delights, Ixtahuele and the Exotic Guitars. -
We serve up the music that's "shaken, not stirred" for KPR's spring pledge drive. Show your support for The Retro Cocktail Hour by making a pledge now at https://kansaspublicradio.org. -
On the Retro Cocktail Hour this week, new tunes by Mondo Hammondo and Creepxotica, plus "Voyage to Scorpion Island" by composer Andrew Morgan (inspired by listening to the RCH), along with the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra, Duke Ellington and the Arthur Lyman Group. -
This week's Retro Cocktail Hour serves up tunes by the New Les Baxter Orchestra, Combustible Edison, The Bombay Royale and Sammy Davis, Jr., among others!
