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 Retro Cocktail Hour includes music by Sergio Mendes, Buddy Collette's Swinging Shepherds, the Rio Carnival Orchestra and the Hawaiian Strings. -
For our pledge week special, The Retro Cocktail Hour rolls out some classics, including Exotica Suite by the Si Zentner Orchestra and Martin Denny; Sounds of Exotic Island by the Surfmen; Henry Mancini's Mr. Lucky; and Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys. -
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This encore broadcast includes tunes by Bo Axelzon and his Exotic Orchestra, The Waitiki 7 and Creepxotica. Also, the classic album Music Out of the Moon, featuring the theremin, and the M-Squad Hollywood Soundtrack Quintet plays Henry Mancini. -
This week's Retro Cocktail Hour features Hawaiian swing by Big Kahuna and the Copa Cat Pack, Jack Fascinato's Palm Springs Suite and Bob Thompson's The Sound of Speed, plus the exotic sounds of Tiki Joe's Ocean, the Beachcomber Trio and Arthur Lyman. -
On this week's Retro Cocktail Hour, we're hearing new exotic sounds by the Tiki Delights, Ixtahuele and the Radio Science Orchestra. Also, harmonica virtuoso Leo Diamond's Skin Diver Suite and music from outer space. -
The Retro Cocktail Hour serves up the mambo and the cha-cha-cha this week, along with new tunes by the Tikiyaki Orchestra and Tiki Joe's Ocean. Also - Living Percussion plays Sonny and Cher! -
On this week's Retro Cocktail Hour there's music for sleepwalkers, exotica by Ixtahuele, Les Baxter and Tiki Vibes and tiki lounge TV themes by Holly Amber Church.
