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This week's Retro Cocktail Hour serves up the exotic sounds of Skip Heller's Voodoo 5, Ixtahuele, The Hula Girls and The Markko Polo Adventurers. Also, you'll hear tunes by Esquivel and his Orchestra, Astrud Gilberto and Cal Tjader's Modern Mambo Quintet.

There's some "let's go shopping" music on this week's Retro Cocktail Hour, along with the jungle drums of Xavier Cugat; the National Youth Jazz Orchestra plays Mancini; and jungle jazz for the Original Swinger, plus tunes by Julie London, the Trombones Inc. and the George Shearing Quintet.

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.

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.

On the Retro Cocktail Hour this week, we'll hear Esquivel and his Orchestra from his first American album; Les Baxter visits the bazaar in Cairo; and Jack Burger is the END on bongos. Also, new tunes by guitarist Dave Stryker, vibraphonist Mattias Uneback and the Waitiki 7.

On this week's all-new Retro Cocktail Hour you'll hear the new exotic sounds of the Quiet Villagers, the Tikiyaki Orchestra and Skip Heller's Voodoo 5. Also, Dick Schory's Percussion Pops plays Duke Ellington!

You'll hear tiki tunes by Skip Heller's Voodoo 5, Bo Axelzon's Exotic Orchestra, Arthur Lyman and Mark Riddle on this week's Retro Cocktail Hour. Also, the blazing Latin brass of Nick Perito and pianist Marion Miller performs at the Mainlander in St. Louis.

A report this week paints a negative economic picture for the Midwest and Plains states. The monthly economic survey of nine states comes from Creighton (CRAY-ton) University in Omaha. The report moved the economic outlook down from neutral to negative. Economics Professor Ernie Goss compiled the survey. 00000184-7fa7-d6f8-a1cf-7fa7a5280000It's the first time the survey has moved into negative territory since 2009. Despite the numbers, Goss does not predict a second recession.

Kansas Senator Pat Roberts is worried about the state of the American farmer and rancher. The Republican chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee says profitability for the farm sector is forecast to decrease for the third straight year.

Kansas income tax collections in December exceeded projections by a whopping $80 million.