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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On this week's Retro Cocktail Hour, the Harmonie Ensemble performs music from TV's Peter Gunn. Also, exotica by Martin Denny, Johnny Coco and Ixtahuele. And we'll take a Jungle Elephant Ride with the Schnauzer Radio Orchestra! -
Bing Crosby goes Hawaiian on this week's Retro Cocktail Hour, along with exotic sounds by the Waitiki 7, Ixtahuele, Alika Lyman and more. Also, music for surfing by Lalo Shifrin! -
The Retro Cocktail Hour brings you of bounty of swinging sounds this weekend, inlcuding tunes by Joe Graves and the Diggers, Cocktail Inn, Nuvoluxe, Moondog, Peggy Lee, Michael Giacchino and lots more! -
On this week's Retro Cocktail Hour we'll hear the Randy van Horne Singers, who sang the theme songs from many cartoon shows, including The Flintstones and The Jetsons. Also, Duke Ellington goes exotic; the Three Suns team up with a mighty pipe organ for that "Godzilla stomps Bambi" sound; plus tunes by Mondo Hammondo, Creepxotica and the Hamburg Spinners. -
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.
