Platypus Power Radio
Platypus Power Radio
Spanning decades of music from the mid 60's to today and blending genres.
Like a platypus, the music played here is a little bit of this, a little bit of that...
(20 hours daily Mondays thru Saturdays)
The Sunday Special programs (The KQ Revues and The Prog Rock Shuffle) playlists appear below:
Playlists for 5/24/2026:
| The Early AM Surprise | Da Blues... | Airs 5A PT (8A ET) |
| Title | Artist | Album |
| Lovin' Machine | Wynonie Harris | [Single] |
| I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man | Muddy Waters | I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man |
| Hit the Road Jack | Ray Charles | The Best of Ray Charles |
| Ten Thousand Watts | Altered Five Blues Band | Ten Thousand Watts |
| Smokestack Lightnin' | Howlin' Wolf | Smokestack Lightnin' |
| Do You No Harm | Stolen Hearts | Dirty Southern Soul |
| The Sweet Goodbye | Kelley Hunt | The Beautiful Bones |
| Bo Diddley | Bo Diddley | [Single] |
| Hey Bartender | The Blues Brothers | Briefcase Full Of Blues [Live] |
| The Thrill Is Gone | B.B. King | Anthology |
| Tell Me And Then I'll Be Gone | Dave Ferra | Starting Something |
| Takin' It All To Vegas | Debbie Davies | Key To Love: A Celebration To The Music of John Mayall |
| Tell Mama | Etta James | Tell Mama |
| Young Girl Blues | Joe Louis Walker | Everybody Wants A Piece |
| Boom, Boom Out Goes The Light | Little Walter | Boss Blues Harmonica |
| Valerie | Amy Winehouse | Back To Black |
| T-Bone Shuffle | T-Bone Walker | T-Bone Shuffle |
| Worried Blues | Skip James | Skip James |
| KQ Revue | Doctor/Dentist Office tunes | |
| Title | Artist | Album |
| In a Little Spanish Town | Alyn Ainsworth | Swing Time |
| Spanish Flea | Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass | Going Places |
| Tansy | Al Hirt | Honey In The Horn |
| Theme From 'a Summer Place' | The Percy Faith Orchestra | Pop Music: The Golden Era 1951-1975 [Disc 1] |
| Grazing In the Grass | Hugh Masekela | 20th Century Masters: The Best of Hugh Masekela |
| What a Wonderful World | Louis Armstrong | What a Wonderful World |
| Moon River | Andy Williams | Pop Music: The Golden Era 1951-1975 [Disc 1] |
| Brass Buttons | The String-A-Longs | Matilda |
| Stranger On The Shore | Acker Bilk | Stranger On The Shore |
| Fly Me to the Moon | Joe Harnell | Fly Me to the Moon |
| Maria Elena | Los Indios Tabajaras | Maria Elena |
| The Good The Bad And The Ugly | Hugo Montenegro | Music from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly |
| Classical Gas | Mason Williams | The Mason Williams Phongraph Record |
| Strangers In The Night | Frank Sinatra | Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years |
| Wonderland By Night | Bert Kaempfert | The Wonderful World of Bert Kaempfert - Four Original Albums |
| The Girl From Ipanema [feat. Astrud Gilberto] | Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto | Getz/Gilberto |
| I Say A Little Prayer | Dionne Warwick | The Windows of the World |
| (They Long To Be) Close To You | The Carpenters | Close To You |
| Summer Breeze | Seals & Crofts | Casey Kasem Presents: America's Top Ten - The 70's Singer/Songwriters |
| Love's Theme | The Love Unlimited Orchestra | The Love Unlimited Orchestra |
| KQ Revue #2 | Great American Songbook | |
| Title | Artist | Album |
| Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy | The Andrews Sisters | WW2 Those Were Our Songs: Music Of World War II |
| Jumpin' At The Woodside | Benny Goodman | B. G. In Hi Fi |
| Don't Fence Me In | Bing Crosby | Bing's Gold Records - The Original Decca Recordings |
| Carolina In The Morning | Dean Martin | Dino: The Essential Dean Martin |
| Tea For Two | Doris Day | American Songbook |
| Don't Get Around Much Anymore | Duke Ellington | The Essential Duke Ellington |
| Young At Heart | Frank Sinatra | The Best Of The Capitol Years |
| Cheek to Cheek | Fred Astaire | The Early Years at RKO |
| Chattanooga Choo Choo | Glenn Miller and His Orchestra | The Essential Glenn Miller |
| Gold Digger's Song (We're in the Money) | Hal Kemp | Tiger Rag, Schwarzer Panther & Co, Vol. 1 |
| 42nd Street | Hal Kemp And His Orchestra | The Uncollected: Hal Kemp And His Orchestra (Vol 2) |
| The Best Things In Life Are Free | Jo Stafford | Autumn In New York |
| The Very Thought Of You | Johnny Hartman | Unforgettable Songs |
| Over the Rainbow | Judy Garland | The Wizard of Oz (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |
| Heart and Soul | Larry Clinton & His Orchestra | Heart & Soul: Celebrating The Unforgettable Songs Of Frank Loesser |
| Hello Dolly! | Louis Armstrong | Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 5] |
| I Could Have Danced All Night (From "My Fair Lady") | Marni Nixon | My Fair Lady Soundtrack |
| Jeepers Creepers | The Mills Brothers | Classics |
| Unforgettable | Nat King Cole | Unforgettable |
| Big Spender | Peggy Lee | Big Spender |
| The Trolley Song | The Pied Pipers | WW2 Those Were Our Songs: Music Of World War II |
| The Prog Rock Shuffle | ||
| Title | Artist | Album |
| The Moment Shows | Cozmic Box | Flame Of Truth |
| Elfy | Oaksenham | Conquest Of The Pacific |
| Driving Song | Jethro Tull | Living In The Past |
| Altitude | Lifesigns | Altitude |
| I'm Not On Your Side | Karmamoi | Eternal Mistake |
| Scarlatti Sonata | Steve Hackett | Under A Mediterranean Sky |
| Lower Constrictor | Jon Durant, Colin Edwin, Chris Maitland | The Baldock Transmission |
| Dusty Horse | Daughter Of The Water | Cast Through the Mistletoe Tree |
| Stop Motion | Kyros | Four Of Fear |
| Feel The Benefit | 10cc | Deceptive Bends |
| Waves of Nice | Mist Descends | Horizons |
| Making Up My Heart | Alan Morse | So Many Words |
| Waltz On | Mystic Machine | Up |
| On The Edge Of Glory | Dave Bainbridge | Celestial Fire |
| Nocturnal | Panic Room | Skin |
| Sign Of The Times | Queensrÿche | Hear In The New Frontier |
| Julia Dream | Pink Floyd | Relics |
| Red Barchetta | Rush | Moving Pictures |
| Kai Rohan | Dave Brons | Based on a True Story |
| Old And Wise | The Alan Parsons Project | Eye In The Sky |
| Godsong | HFMC | Powerplay (Re-release 2026) |
| Orange Magic | Langan, Frost & Wane | Langan, Frost & Wane |
| Flying Caravan | The Flying Caravan | I Just Wanna Break Even |
| Haroomata | The Lemon Twigs | Do Hollywood |
| Sounds Of The Sea | Renaissance | Prologue |
| Shadow | Amanda Lehmann | Shadow EP |
| Ghosts of Autumn | Spock's Beard | Feel Euphoria |
| My Father | SSB | Thoughts |
| The Last Answer | SomeWhereOut | Eternity, Infinity |
| Michigan | Styx | Circling From Above |
| Lifting Shadows Off A Dream | Jordan Rudess | Notes On A Dream |
| The Stone | Kepler Ten | Delta-V |
| I... Am | Dogma | Na Ne |
| All I Wanted | Kansas | Power |
| Obsession | Wazzoon | Through The Haze |
| Lady Of The Lake | Jade Warrior | Last Autumn's Dream |
| Foreign Ground | Edenya | The Secret Destination You Are Looking For |
| Speed of Light | Kite Parade | Retro |
| Beyond The Phoenix | Dr Tocky | Beyond The Phoenix |
| Underside | John Young Band | Live at the Classic Rock Society |
| Witch (Single Edit) | Clive Nolan | The Mortal Light |
| Early Morning Clown | Nektar | Down To Earth |
| Different Eyes | Refestramus | Decoupage |
| Still...You Turn Me On | Emerson, Lake & Palmer | Come And See The Show: The Best Of Emerson, Lake & Palmer |
| Running from Paradise | Camel | Harbour of Tears |
| Leo Rising | Ronnie Montrose | Open Fire |
| Earthrise (Single Edit) | Ambient Den | Ambient Den |
| Wasteland | Riverside | Wasteland |
| Love In Ice Crystals | The Sallyangie | Children Of The Sun |
| Coming of the Spring | Henry Parker | Lammas Fair |
| Hunting Girl | Jethro Tull | Songs From The Wood |
| Borogroves (Excerpt from Part Two) | National Health | National Health |
| Achill Island | Mo Foster | Southern Reunion |
| When The Spirit Moves | Strawbs | The Ferryman's Curse |
| We Can, Can We | Dwight Liles Projects Unlimited | We Can, Can We |
| Re-Make/Re-Model | Roxy Music | The Best Of Roxy Music |
| Simple Sister | Procol Harum | Procol Harum Greatest Hits |
| Lower Constrictor | Jon Durant, Colin Edwin, Chris Maitland | The Baldock Transmission |