Wedding: Cocktail Hour
Your guests just witnessed a joyful union and cannot wait to celebrate with you! The newly wedded couple is usually off taking formal photos with the wedding party and family. Whether you call it cocktail hour, social hour, or happy hour…..music can definitely compliment the mood while your guests mingle amongst one another, explore your reception space or participate in an activity that you have set forth whether its signing a guest book, wedlibs, or just enjoying some yard games. Here are a few genres and artists that you may fit your style.
Alternative Rock - Modest Mouse, The Killers, Franz Ferdinand, My Chemical Romance, Panic at the Disco, Fall Out Boy, Glass Animals
Indie Folk/Rock – Imagine Dragons, The Lumineers, Mumford & Sons, Michael Franti and The Spearheads, Iron & Wine, Fleet Foxes, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Of Monsters and Men, Portugal. The Man, Lord Huron
Singer/Song Writer (Acoustic Folk) – Ed Sheeran, Feist, Ingrid Michaelson, Jack Johnson, John Mayer, Jason Mraz, Norah Jones, Ray LaMontagne, Sara Bareilles, Amos Lee, Damien Rice, José Gonzáles
Today’s Country - Morgan Fallen, Walker Hayes, Sam Hunt, Carrie Underwood, Dan & Shay, Zac Brown Band, Kane Brown, Jordan Davis, Jon Pardi, Luke Combs
Today’s Top 40 - A mix of what’s new and hot on the radio, pop music!
2000’s Country – Luke Bryan, Blake Shelton, Brad Paisley, Dierks Bentley, Josh Turner, Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood, Kelsea Ballerini,
90’s Country – Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, Tim McGraw, Shania Twain, John Michael Montgomery, Tracy Lawrence
Classic Rock - The Doobie Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Steppenwolf, Santana, Foreigner, Whitesnake, Blue Öyster Cult, Rolling Stones, Queen
Neo Soul – Maxwell, Musiq Soulchild, India-Arie, Raphael Saadiq, Anthony Hamilton, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Jill Scott
Classic Soul/Motown – Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, James Brown, Al Green, Ray Charles, Etta James
The Crooners – Frank Sinatra, Michael Bublé, Harry Connick Jr., Bobby Darin, Steve Tyrell, Dean Martin, Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong, Rod Stewart
Classic Jazz – Miles Davis, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Dave Brubeck, Chet Baker, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald
Smooth Jazz – Boney James, George Benson, Fourplay, Eric Essix, Dave Koz, Brian Culbertson, David Sanborn, Chris Botti, Gerald Albright
Bossa Nova Covers – Brazilian type jazz fused with today’s popular music.
Beegie Adair & Friends – a great selection of mostly light instrumental jazz to include covers of American standards and classics
Post Modern Jukebox - In a class by itself, today’s music in a swanky 20’s style
Upon choosing your music for cocktail hour, we just need to know your style and we can take care of the rest. If you want to choose some songs, we recommend about 5-10 songs, so we can understand your style and can suggest some great songs that we know will work to set the mood.