Post #466850 by whorton on Sat, Jul 4, 2009 11:33 AM

lucas,

I can sympathize with your predicament. Like you, I like a little greater variety of music than just tropical/ tiki music.

There are lots of blogs out there that have lots of excellent lounge music available for downloading if you are interested. I've not really ran across one that has a forum regarding lounge music. Perhaps it's time to start one. . . any volunteers?

There are a couple of good sites that you may already be aware of, but this is a good start for someone who is new to the lounge music game:

http://www.spaceagepop.com/

As for a starting point to find that great music, someone mentioned Xtabays, and I agree. His site is here:

http://xtabaysworld.blogspot.com

I know that is not a lot to go on, but it may be a start. If you find anything, please post it here, as I know there are lots of people interested in lounge music.

I would be remiss if I did not mention the ever popular Retro cocktail hour, which runs 2 hours and features a great mixture of lounge, tiki, space age pop and such. I have discovered more new music (that I had not been exposed to) on that show than anyone in years.

They are at:

http://kpr.ku.edu/retro/

and you can listen to a streaming channel of older shows at any time at:

http://kpr.ku.edu/retro/listen.html

Tiki On, my friend!