God, I feel like I'm in a time warp. A Hemingway time warp.
Don't know how-in-the-Christ I did it, but I managed to stumble upon this oldies station online -- WKHR 91.5 Cleveland. Yes, Cleveland ...
And this just isn't another oldies station, mind you. There's no doo-wop, girl groups or rock 'n roll here. No, we're talking big band, swing and jive from the '20s through the '40s. Amazing.
I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Even though you can hear this stuff, uninteruppted on satellite radio, it was completely refreshing to hear voices after these grand swingin' tunes as if these were the pop tunes of the day.
I imagined myself myself sitting somewhere at a drugstore counter, sipping a vanilla Coke and eyeing up a cutie-pie waitress.
The station relies entirely on donations from listeners so please consider making a donation to keep WKHR on the air and commercial free
Click HERE to listen online. And please, donate if you enjoy them. Let's keep this music alive.
Thursday, May 10, 2007
A RADIO STATION YOU NEED TO KNOW (BOOKMARK IT)
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Hey, if you're into this kind of music -- very suitable for the Hemingway Lounge -- you should check out the Internet radio station www.martiniinthemorning.com. It is the major hip lounge place to be.
Everyone with an interest in contemporary standards as sung by the likes of Michael Buble, Renee Olstead, Steve Tyrell, Tony DeSare, Matt Dusk, Michael Andrew (Swingerhead), and Rod Stewart mixed in with the stylings of Sinatra, Sammy, Dean, Peggy Lee, Sarah Vaughn, Anita O'Day and the hundreds of others who have made the Great America songbook a living, swinging, singing legend should be tuning in on the Internet every day to martiniinthemorning.com !
This is the new home for the fantastic blend of music we all listened to on LA radio station The Fabulous 690. Host Brad 'Martini' Chambers is one of the best in the business and, come hell or high water, he is bound and determined to bring this format back to a prominent market –with all of the pizzazz, DJs, and outside dances, concerts, and events featuring the music and 'Lounge Lizard' lifestyle we all crave.
Until then, Brad is working his tail off every weekday morning broadcasting live from 5AM to 10AM and then back for his 'Two Martini Lunch' from noon till 1PM, and then from 6PM to 7PM for 'Sinatra At Six.'
All 'Lounge Lizards In Exile' and anyone else who loves this style of swinging and crooning (and would be delighted to place themselves in the ranks of loyal lounge lizards) need to support martiniinthemorning.com by listening and participating. Be there. Be cool. Be part of the Lounge Life.
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