The Quiet Village Podcast

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Quiet Village 116: Live from Le Fern Jul 09, 2022

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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-Lounge: Hey Bartender

• Kari Marlow interview

• Two Ladies in the Shade of the Banana Tree / Ethel Azama / Exotic Dreamers

• Bo Mambo / Yma Sumac / Mambo!

• Agua de Beber / Astrud Gilberto / Silver Collection

• An Occasional Man / Anita O'Day & Cal Tjader / Time for Two

• Mamblues / Cal Trader / Mambo with Trader

• Interview with John Mulder

• Baia / Arthur Lyman / Bahia

• Now Is the Hour / Hawaii Calls / Waikiki

Quiet Village 115 May 05, 2022

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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 Sun God (Rhythmicity Edit) / Yma Sumac & Shadowseat

• Flamingo / Michiko Hamamura / Japan’s Teen Queen

• Tiare (Lovely Flower of Tahiti) / Kalua Beach Boys / Reader’s Digest Aloha Hawaii (6 LP set)

• Makalapua / Bobby Hammock / Lovely Hula Hands

• Jailhouse Rock / Michiko Hamamura / Japan’s Teen Queen

Quiet Village 114: with Hanford Lemoore Apr 23, 2022

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Hanford Lemoore, the proprietor of Tiki Centeral.com visits to talk about the famed tiki message boards inception, decline and comeback.

Quiet Village 113 Mar 04, 2022

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Ultra rare Japanese CD reissues of Hawaiian LPs. Feat. Phil Moore, Hawaii Calls, Gene Rains Group and Arthur Lyman

Quiet Village 112: Easy LIstening Goes Hawaiian, Vol. 2 Feb 15, 2022

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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 Strings / Hawaii

• Flamingo / Ferrante & Teicher / Pianos in Paradise

• On The Beach At Waikiki / Muzzy Marcellino / Whistling on the Beach at Waikiki

• My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua Hawaii / George Greeley / The Most Beautiful Music of Hawaii

• Hawaiian Paradise / Billy Vaughn / Blue Hawaii

• Hawaiian War Chant / Werner Muller / Hawaiian Swing

• Sweet Leilani / Sammy Kaye / Swing and Sway in Hawaii

• Little Brown Gal / Ted Auletta & His Orchestra / Hawaii for the Young at Heart

• Kalua / Andre’ Kostelanetz / The Lure of Paradise

• You’re So Vein / Longines Symphonette Society / Enchanted Island

• Farewell (For Just A Little While) / Axel Stordahl, His Orchestra and Chorus / The Magic Islands Revisited

Quiet Village 111: Easy Listening Goes Hawaiin, Vol 1 Jan 29, 2022

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Easy listening artist's musical trips to the Islands. Feat. Lawrence Welk, Mantovani, Henry Mancini, Ray Conniff, Jackie Gleason and more.

Quiet Village 110: Country Goes Hawaiian Jan 17, 2022

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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.

Quiet Village 109: Crooners Go Hawaiian Jan 10, 2022

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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.

Quiet Village 108 Dec 22, 2021

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An audio tribute to the recently closed Oceanic Arts in Whittier, CA.

Quiet Village 107 Oct 27, 2021

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New music from Don Nuzzo, El Borko, Jim Fiegen, The Manakooras, and vintage tunes supplied by Georg Balandran.