Get Away To The Island Side Of Life
I’m really excited about this week’s New Music Mixer because I have so much amazing new Trop Rock and Island Music to play for you. We’ve got brand new Trop Rock from Midnight Kahuna, Randy Moore, Mike McEnery and The Jumbo Shrimp Band and Jesse Rice. We’ve got reggae vibes from Remember September, Roots Palmera, Headshine and Louis Atlas. I’ve got new music from Hawaii from Kale and Matagi plus a whole lot more.
Tune in at Noon EST for the premiere of this week’s show.
It’s Award Winners Weekend on The TikiPod. We wanted to recognize all of the winners at last weekend’s Trop Rock Music Awards, so at least once an hour through Sunday we’ll be playing tracks from these artists:
Musician of the Year: John Patti
Horizon Award: Donny Brewer
Duo/Trio of the Year: The Detentions
Band of the Year: Jim Morris and The Big Bamboo Band
Female Vocalis of the Year: Brittany Kingery
Male Vocalist of the Year: Donny Brewer
Album of the Year: “Rum Shoes” by Sunny Jim, Laidback Lane Music
Song of the Year: “Palapa Joe” by Donny Brewer
Songwriter of the Year: Jim Morris
Entertainer of the Year: Bob KarwinLifetime Achievement Award: Jim Morris
The “I CAN” Award: Thom Shepherd
The New Music Mixer is back today at Noon EDT. We’ve got brand new music from Thom Shepherd, and Mike McEnery and The Jumbo Shrimp Band. We’ll be introducing music from Craig Jolly. Danny Rosado Music and Lola Rising. Plus we’ve got recent releases from Dani Hoy, Randy C Moore, Mack Meadows and more. Tune is for the best mix of fresh Trop Rock and Island Music.
Greg Dillard has just released a great new CD called, “A Better Life.” Once again he blends a variety of musical influences to deliver a CD of well crafted songs that will have you listening over and over again.
This weekend we will feature songs from this new CD, as well as tracks from his first CD, “Trapped In Paradise Again.” Listen for songs from Greg every hour through Sunday.
In addition, we are proud to be sponsoring a Facebook Live broadcast of Greg’s concert tonight. He is making a bunch of appearances in Texas and tonight he will be at Hurricane Grill & Wings in Round Rock. Live video of the show will be streamed on Facebook beginning at 7 CST. Check it our HERE and click the link below to preview or purchase tracks fromhis new CD.
Our Featured Artist Frenzy continues today with music from Marty Nickel, a singer songwriter from Atlanta, Georgia who has been active on the local music scene for the past ten years. With influences from Jimmy Buffett to Bob Marley his style is a mix of acoustic americana, folk and tropical music. Having won honorable mention in “American Songwriter’ magazine for his writing abilities. From ballads to beach music his songs are an eclectic mix of music. He plans to release a follow up to last year’s CD, Beach Colors, this summer.
Visit Marty’s website to find out more about him. Click on the links below to preview or purchase tracks from his CDs.
We are adding the music of Jeff and the Camaros to The TikiPod and we are featuring them all day for New Music Monday. This band hails from Panama City and plays all along the Gulf Coast. This past weekend, they played Pardi-Gras in New Orleans and are playing a variety of festivals this spring including Music on the Bay in Tampa on March 5, the Parrot Head Rendezvous in Panama City in April, and the Phlocking of the Phaithful in Put In Bay Ohio in June.
Jeff and the Camaros have released 2 CDs, “Beachoholic” and “What Could Happen?”. We will be featuring songs from both of these CDs all day long. Visit http://www.jeffandthecamaros.com/ to find out more. Click on the links below to preview or purchase songs from their CDs.
Visit their website to learn more about The Detentions.Click on the links below to preview and purchase the new CD as well as songs from their first 2 CDs.
Tonight we are sponsoring Greg Dillard’s concert on Periscope. Greg is performing live beginning at Austin On Main in Pontotoc, MS, If you can’t make it to the show, you can tune in live with the Periscope app. Download it in your mobile device’s app store or go to www.periscope.tv. Tune in tonight beginning at 7 PM EST.
Visit www.gregdillard.com to learn more about Greg. Click on the links below to preview or purchase tracks from Greg’s great CD, Trapped In Paradise Again.