Quet Village 122
New music from The Poly-Tones, The Tiki Delights, Honolulu Transport, Mr. Moai & the Tikiheads, and few classics thrown in for good measure.
Apr 07, 2023•58 min
The Quiet Village Podcast
The Soundtrack for your Tiki Bar. Interviews and tunes from Tiki artists of today and yesterday.
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Quiet Village 121: Rene Paulo Tribute
A tribute to the late great Hawaiian pianist Rene Paulo
Mar 22, 2023•1 hr
Quiet Village 120: Skip Heller pt 2
The crime wave continues with more Film Noir crime jazz tunes and talk with Skip Heller, part 2 of 2
Dec 15, 2022•1 hr
Quiet Village 119: Film Noir with Skip Heller pt 1
Skip Heller visits to talk about his newest Film Noir music project and the genre in general. Part 1 of 2.
Dec 15, 2022•1 hr 8 min
Quiet Village 118: Hawaii Calls Japanese CDs
Feat. the rare Japanese CD reissues of classic Hawaii Calls albums
Oct 19, 2022•1 hr 16 min
Quiet Village 117
Music from Hawaii Calls, Shark Alley Hobos and Vangelis plus great tunes from my buddy Georg.
Aug 23, 2022•1 hr
Quiet Village 116: Live from Le Fern
Recorded live at Le Fern, Rory Snyder's (The Reef Bar) newest bar at the Caliente Tropics, Palm Springs. Interviews with Rory Snyder, Hondo from Cutwater Spirits, John Mulder and Kari Marlow. • Intro (Theme from The Tiki Wonder Hour / Combustible Edison / I, Swinger) • Jungle Flower / Martin Denny / Exotica (stereo) • Interview with Hondo from Cutwater Spirits • Suck'em Up (Live) / Don Ho / Don Ho Again! • Interview with Rory Snyder - What is a fern bar? • Scotch and Soda / Lou Rawls / Ultra-Lou...
Jul 09, 2022•56 min
Quiet Village 115
Newly discovered Exotica tracks from Soundcloud, new track by Freeman Leverett, reissue of George Greeley classic album and much more great Tiki music. TRACKS: • Intro (Theme from The Tiki Wonder Hour / Combustible Edison / I, Swinger) • Open Up To Love (Instrumental) / Freemen Leverett • Jungle Village / Adam Axelzon (mixcloud) • Song of the Islands / George Greeley / The Most Beautiful Music of Hawaii • Island Dellerium / Electrospinner • Wailele Huna / Kpe Kahuna (Mark Perno) • Virgin of the ...
May 05, 2022•1 hr
Quiet Village 114: with Hanford Lemoore
Hanford Lemoore, the proprietor of Tiki Centeral.com visits to talk about the famed tiki message boards inception, decline and comeback.
Apr 23, 2022•1 hr
Quiet Village 113
Ultra rare Japanese CD reissues of Hawaiian LPs. Feat. Phil Moore, Hawaii Calls, Gene Rains Group and Arthur Lyman
Mar 04, 2022•1 hr
Quiet Village 112: Easy LIstening Goes Hawaiian, Vol. 2
The cheese keeps flowing with more mid-century easy listening artists take a dip in the South Seas. feat.: • Opening Theme & Blue Hawaii / George Liberace and His Orchestra / Hawaiian Album • Hawaiian Medley (LIVE) / Liberace / Looking Back • South Sea Island Magic / Frank Chacksfield / South Sea Island Magic • Some Enchanted Evening / Les Baxter and His Orchestra / South Pacific • The Moon of Manakoora / Huge Winterhalter and His Orchestra / Goes Hawaiian • Harbor Lights / The Knightsbridge...
Feb 16, 2022•1 hr
Quiet Village 111: Easy Listening Goes Hawaiin, Vol 1
Easy listening artist's musical trips to the Islands. Feat. Lawrence Welk, Mantovani, Henry Mancini, Ray Conniff, Jackie Gleason and more.
Jan 29, 2022•1 hr
Quiet Village 110: Country Goes Hawaiian
We take a look at the American Country music artists that ventured into Hawaiian music. Includes songs by Hank Snow, Marty Robbins, Roy Rogers, Willie Nelson, Burl Ives, Jerry Byrd, Buddy Merrill, Bob Wills, Les Paul, and many more.
Jan 18, 2022•1 hr
Quiet Village 109: Crooners Go Hawaiian
This episode looks at the American pop crooners of the 50's & 60's as they begin to include Hawaiian songs in their songbooks and even record full Hawaiian themes albums. Includes Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Perry Como, Connie Francis, Bing Crosby and more.
Jan 10, 2022•58 min
Quiet Village 108
An audio tribute to the recently closed Oceanic Arts in Whittier, CA.
Dec 23, 2021•1 hr
Quiet Village 107
New music from Don Nuzzo, El Borko, Jim Fiegen, The Manakooras, and vintage tunes supplied by Georg Balandran.
Oct 28, 2021•1 hr
Quiet Village 106: Restaurant & Live records, pt 3
pt 3 of 3, even more live and restaurant Tiki records.
Sep 15, 2021•1 hr
Quiet VIllage 105: Restaurnt & Live Records, Pt. 2
More rare records and live albums recorded at or promoting Tiki restaurants.
Aug 21, 2021•1 hr
Quiet Village 104: Restaurant Records pt 1
Rare records and live albums recorded at or promoting Tiki restaurants.
Aug 18, 2021•1 hr
Quiet Village 103
Tracks from Xtahuele's new "Dharmaland" Eden Ahbez release, plus tunes by Jim Fiegen, Don Nuzzo, Te Vaka and more
Jul 28, 2021•1 hr 9 min
Quiet Village 102: George Balandran
Listener Georg visits and brings a bunch of German Hawaiian records--A new discovery!
Jun 10, 2021•1 hr
Quiet Village 101
Something old, something new; tiki tunes found recently on Bandcamp, suggestions from listeners and some vintage music for good measure.
Apr 25, 2021•1 hr
Quiet Village 100: with Martin Denny
Its the 100th episode! To celebrate I feature a rare full interview with Martin Denny--the father of Exotica.
Apr 05, 2021•1 hr 40 min
Quiet Village 99: Tim "Swanky" Glazner
Author and co-founder of Hukilau talks about his book on the Mai-Kai, latest updates on the restaurant and his upcoming Don the Beachcomber biography book and movie.
Mar 06, 2021•1 hr 11 min
Quiet Village 98: with Bob & Wendy Cripe
Bob & Wendy Cripe share their exotica finds and music I don't have! Plus, latest news on Kowloon & Mai-Kai closures and the passing of Dawn Wells.
Jan 30, 2021•1 hr 14 min
Quiet Village 97: Frank Luna
Frank Luna, longtime friend and archivist for Ernie Menehune visits to talk about his work restoring and reissuing Ernie's albums on CD.
Dec 22, 2020•1 hr 6 min
Quiet Village 96: Darren Long
Darren Long of the Tiki Delights visits to talk about his lates release "Lounging with the Tiki Delights"
Nov 10, 2020•1 hr
Quiet Village 95: Velvet artist Wray
Velvet artist Wray & new Ernie Menehune CD reissues
Oct 21, 2020•1 hr
Quiet Village 94: Reckless Night Ensemble
Skip Heller & Nick Ornelas of the Reckless Night Ensemble discuss their new release "PanAmericanos" the music of Lalo Guerrero and Raymond Scott
Sep 08, 2020•1 hr 1 min
Quiet Village 93
A take on some modern exotica and a message to my listeners.
Aug 16, 2020•1 hr 2 min
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