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No “End of Semester Hula Blues” Here!

It’s been a hot minute since we posted to the website! Today we made a couple of “Kitty’s Mai Tais” and spun this album to celebrate my grades at university! 🌴🍹🗿Heading off to our recording studio soon, to work on the next Kitty & Mr. C’s Enchanted Tiki Hut Show! Cocktail recipe posted here, on our website, http://www.enchantedtikihutshow.com!

Reposting Our Recipe Because It’s That Good!

Huracán by Cal Tjader!

Finally, someone decided to release this fantastic album by vibraphonist Cal Tjader, and you know we had to get it! It’s fantastic, of course, as practically everything that Cal recorded! This is the 180 gram audiophile version. If you don’t have this already, you know what we’re going to tell you! Get it…NOW! Paired with a couple of mojitos, it’s the perfect antidote to anything boring! Cheers, Baby! 🍸🍹🎵😉

Limited Mixcloud Access to Last Week’s Show

Hey Everyone! If you had issues downloading last week’s show on Mixcloud, here is the Dropbox link: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/rrxw8x0garw1c6ckcb7a2/ENCHANTEDTIKIHUT-100221-SHOW196.mp3?rlkey=p8jxbi2ondykzq6jdshi99i7b&st=41xarqhm&dl=0

It’s Another Exotica Happy Hour in The Enchanted Tiki Hut!!!

Numero Group’s Reissue of Modesto Duran’s “Fabulous Rhythms of Modesto” in Colored Vinyl

Well, here’s another phenomenal release from Numero Group! If you’re familiar with exotica music, this one is (or should be) on every record collector’s want list! Percussionist and band leader Duran’s album has it all! From hot, rapid fire Afro-Cuban rhythms, thumping percussive lines, to moody, slow, atmospheric melodies that create the perfect evening in the jungle ambiance. You can almost see the dancers spinning around in a hypnotic trance, dancing feverishly, by the light of moon! It’s the perfect music to enjoy a couple of tiki cocktails to, in our vintage tiki mugs! Cheers, Baby!

Happy Father’s Day to Mr. C! (And My Mother’s Gift Just Arrived!)

Happy Father’s Day to all our listeners who are dads, like my Mr. C! ❤️ We’re enjoying a couple of Lavender ‘99’s tonight while also listening to our new album by Blossom Dearie! It was supposed to be my Mother’s Day gift, but we both love Blossom, so it has become OUR gift now! 😉 If you love Blossom as much as we do, you need to get this album, too!

It Seems Only Fitting….

Holy timbales, Batman! Has it really been over a year since we posted here?! Well, sometimes life happens, and we get busy, I guess, but we promise to be more active here! How do you like this one, for starters, huh?! 😁 (If you’re on Facebook, click on the pic to see more images!) This is an absolute gem Mr. C got me in November, as part of Record Store Day! It’s a limited pressing three record set of live, never before released performances of vibraphonist Cal Tjader at The Penthouse 1963-1967! What a fantastic gift! If you love Cal as much as I do (or shall I say “we” do), you’ll want to see if you can find a copy of this out there! Now, go make yourselves a Lavender ‘99…or whatever you fancy…and enjoy some of Cal’s wonderful music!

Anniversary Adventures Always Include Music!

Today we went record shopping for ourselves, as we always do on our anniversary, birthday, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day! 😂 To our surprise we found two Cal Tjader albums and one Les Baxter! We’re sharing a pic of the reissued Tjader album one we found today, “Solar Heat” in colored vinyl, from Modern Harmonics, here! We had this one already, but couldn’t resist getting the reissue in bright orange-yellow! It sounds great! If you have a chance to get it, do it!

Do The Bossanova, Baby!

So, we went record….and rum hunting….

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLCx7chs1o5XMqPcQNPSPJSwM1LJN_tsw

(Listen to the album here!)

And look what we found! A sophisticated, sexy compilation album of Brazilian gems that gets even the most cynical hipster out there, tapping their toes and swearing they’re really on the balmy shores of Ipanema! Plus, we found a bottle of Lemon Hart 151 for our tiki concoction, lol! WHAT?! 😲 We NEVER find that here! We made a couple of drinks tonight, as you can see, to match the colors in the Brazilian album cover! And we are throwing in Tak Shindo’s Mganga album, tonight, as well, for that extra exotica flavor! Why the pirate skull?! Why not?! Rum always reminds us of adventure! And record, as well as rum hunting IS A DEFINITE ADVENTURE AROUND HERE, 😉 🍹🌴🍸Afterhours in the tiki hut is happening, people! Come on in! Cheers!