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ABOUT US

KDRT 95.7 FM is grassroots radio from Davis, CA, airing an eclectic mix of music and public-affairs programming. A project of nonprofit Davis Media Access, KDRT streams worldwide via KDRT.org.

 

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Night Train Cocktail Lounge

A saloon of songs and sounds from back then, focusing on anything recorded between the 1890s and the 1970s. All forms of jazz, blues, rock, surf, garage, punk, country, folk, film-radio-television samples, speeches, comedy, and anything grabbed from the ages and put to cylinder, wax or tape, colliding on top each other.

Night Train Cocktail Lounge is produced live at WXOX-LP FM in Louisville, KY. All local material is edited, including times and dates, making each episode an evergreen episode. All episodes are FCC compliant.

Live Wednesday 9-10pm
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The Cerealist

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The Cerealist curates chilling broadcasts of loud + bizarre soundscapes from an ancient cave bellowing death metal from around the globe, with smoky stage lights on music from American, Swedish, and Norwegian shredders. Tune in every week for 30 brutal minutes of blast-beat heaven!

Live Wednesday 7:30-8pm
Replays Sunday 10-10:30pm
DJ(s): 
The Cerealist
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Divine Intervention (1st/3rd week) – The Electric Compost Heap (2nd/4th week)

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The Electric Compost Heap with Dug Deep fertlilizes the airwaves every 2nd & 4th Friday, digging through the delightful detritus of blues, soul, country, rock, reggae, jazz, funk, punk, psych, and more to concoct a rich, nutrient-dense musical humus. If there's a 5th Friday, Dug's here too. Dig it, Heapsters!

Live Friday 6-8pm
Replays Monday 8-10pm
DJ(s): 
Jess Goddésse, Dug Deep
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Grist for the Chill

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Dave serves up a truly interesting mix of music with a focus on fingerstyle guitar and percussive groove as it relates to roots,  world fusion, jazz, funk, Latin and Brazilian music, and more.  

Live Thursday 11am-12pm
Replays Saturday 11pm-Sunday 12am
DJ(s): 
Dave Mcasey
Homepage URL: 
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Juke In The Back

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Matt The Cat presents the soul that came before rock n’ roll: 1950s rhythm and blues. Each week, this underrated and rollicking music plays on that old Rockola Jukebox in the back.

Live Tuesday 9-10pm
Homepage URL: 
http://www.jukeintheback.org/
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Tim Foster! The Audio Ecotone for Oct. 10, 2025

Thu, 10/09/2025 - 10:50pm | Eddy Owt

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Tim Foster (pictured) is an icon of the Sacramento cultural scene. As the kinetic frontman of bands such as Th' Losin Streaks and the Troublemakers, he's brought high-energy, '60s-infused garage rock to small dive bars and big festival stages across the U.S., Europe and soon Japan. In addition, he is a fixture in the Sacramento journalistic scene as the executive director of Capitol Weekly, the Politico (but better) for California government. He was also the co-founder of the late Midtown Monthly, an important chronicle of the Sacramento art and music scene in the early 2000s. And he's a collector of obscure vintage vinyl, vintage guitars and vintage cars.

Listen in as Tim joins Eddy Owt to discuss those things, spin some records, and whatever else comes up during a LIVE in-studio interview on The Audio Ecotone, Friday from 3-4 p.m. on KDRT 95.7FM and kdrt.org.

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Davis Garden Show, Oct. 9, 2025

Thu, 10/09/2025 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today’s topics: grape mystery, fragrant plants for a planter, cool season annuals, and more.

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IMPLOSION – 8 October 2025

Wed, 10/08/2025 - 3:30pm | Nick Saloman

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IMPLOSION with Nick Saloman brings you a slew of tunes this evening from groups like the Buzzcocks, the Freak Scene, the Glass Menagerie, the Good Time Losers, the Magic Mushrooms, and the Majic Ship. Listen up at 8 p.m. Pacific on KDRT 95.7 fm + KDRT.org – listen anytime via the web and the podcasts!

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Jazz After Dark, Oct. 7, 2025

Tue, 10/07/2025 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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On tonight's show:

  • Arnett Cobb with Bobby Timmons, Sam Jones, Art Taylor & Buck Clark, Walkin'
  • Al Hirt, Tin Roof Blues
  • Lou Donaldson, Polka Dots and Moonbeams
  • Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers, The Preacher
  • Hank Mobley, Soul Station
  • Gerry Mulligan, Venus de Milo
  • Cal Tjader, Willie Bobo, Mongo Santamaria & The Eddie Cano Big Band, Key Largo
  • Shirley Scott, 411 West
  • Herbie Hancock, Watermelon Man
  • Howard Roberts, Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
  • Boogaloo Joe Jones, The Beat Goes On
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Davisville, Oct. 6, 2025: When you’re feeling stressed, amber light can help you feel better

Mon, 10/06/2025 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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With all the anxiety loose in the land, this is a timely and practical discovery: Amber lighting reduces your stress.

That’s the gist of recent research at the University of California at Davis that touches on psychology as well as lighting and design, and today on Davisville we talk with two of the people involved in the work: Sreenivasan Meyyappan, an assistant project scientist in the Center for Mind and Brain who ran the relevant experiment at The Color Lab, and Psychology and Neurology Distinguished Prof. Ron Mangun, co-director of the center.

The experiment put volunteers into conditions that evoked everyday stress, then measured the effect of different lighting on their stress. Red, green and blue didn't help, but amber did. We talk about why, as well as the practical value of understanding how lighting affects people. UC Davis' Greg Watry wrote about the research in “The Color Lab Uncovers the Soothing Effect of Lights.”

The image, taken from a UC Davis video about the research, includes Sreenivasan Meyyappan on the left.

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Replay of The Folk Brothers from Dec. 8, 2021: Remembering Bill Staines

Mon, 10/06/2025 - 3:00pm | Jim Buchanan

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Bill Staines wrote choruses that people wanted to sing. Many of us remember his annual visits to a certain old barn in South Davis, where we sat and sang along to his songs like "Roseville Fair," "River," "Crossing The Water" and "A Place In The Choir." After 22 albums and a half-century of touring across this country from his native New Hampshire home, Bill Staines passed away on Dec. 5 at the age of 74.

Also on today's show: tracks from Jackie Oates, Dave Curley, Seth Lakeman, Foghorn Stringband, I See Hawks In LA. And lots of Bill Staines!

The Folk Brothers playlist for 12/08/2021
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KDRT's 21st birthday FUNdraiser – thank YOU!

Mon, 10/06/2025 - 12:00am | Jess Goddésse

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Thank you many times over for your generous support of KDRT’s 21st birthday FUNdraiser – your support keeps us going and growing strong, with the shows you love and new programs to explore. If you haven’t had the chance to give yet, there’s still time: just visit KDRT.org/donate. THANK YOU!

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Hello Awkward on Listening Lyrics, Oct. 3, 2025

Fri, 10/03/2025 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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This week on KDRT!

In 2021, three middle-schoolers from Davis came together to form a band — and Hello Awkward was born! Fast-forward to today, and these young musicians are making serious noise. Meet Benjamin Brothers on lead guitar and vocals, Andrew Whang on percussion, and Atticus Yum on bass. In the KDRT studio this week on Listening Lyrics, they shine not just as rising musical talents, but as thoughtful, funny, and grounded young people with a clear sense of purpose.

Their love of music and life fills the airwaves, making this hour one you won’t want to miss. Tune in to KDRT for an unforgettable session with Hello Awkward — where youth, talent, and heart take center stage!

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Divine Compost Heap – birthday fundraiser edition

Fri, 10/03/2025 - 11:00am | Jess Goddésse

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Coming to you live from Sudwerk Brewing – Friday, Oct. 3, 6 p.m. – Jess Goddésse & Dug Deep bring you a Compostable version of Divine Intervention to kick off the live broadcast of KDRT’s 21st Birthday Bash with live music from The Cantaliers. Please tune in, come on down to the party if you can, and support grassroots radio KDRT. Thank you!

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Davis Garden Show, Oct. 2, 2025

Thu, 10/02/2025 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today's topics: Early Girl tomato issues, berries for this area, a backyard soil issue, Carolina reaper in a pot, Holodiscus in the valley, pruning a cotoneaster, and more.

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