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Dead Wax is a compression-free zone! Dust-off your tubes and fire up your loudspeakers, or plug in your DAC and favorite cans for a little audiophile sound. The lava lamp will be flowing during this vinyl-centric show as we feature a mix of vintage vinyl, audiophile-approved reissues, and modern artists. Everything from Blues and Jazz to Classic Rock and Americana! We'll discuss local concerts and celebrate analog sound as we squeeze every drop from our favorite artists.

Stream recorded shows from our website or sync-up our RSS in your podcast player so you never miss a beat. If you don't know what any of this means, don't worry! Just tune in to our show live every Wednesday @ 5 PM as we explore an hour of a fun, eclectic blend of music lost from commercial radio programs.

WHAT IS DEAD WAX? WHAT IS DEAD WAX? WHAT IS DEAD WAX? WHAT IS DEAD WAX?

Dead Wax is the area on vinyl records between the last 'band'/track on the record and the label, varies greatly from one record company to the other, regarding value as well as quantity of useful information. The dead wax data on the products of smaller labels are often written manually; i.e., by hand.

Sara is your host this week and her album is by SPOON. SPOON was formed in late 1993 by the lead singer and guitarist Britt Daniel and the drummer Jim Eno, after the two met as members of The Alien Beats. The name Spoon was chosen to honor the 1970s German avant-garde band Can, whose hit song "Spoon" was the theme song to the 1985 movie Das Messer aka Jagged Edge in the United States. Eno describes Spoon's music as "psychedelic."

A sampling of 1950’s jazz! Most of tonight’s selections are from 1957. Vocals by Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, and Anita O’Day. Ben Webster, Art Pepper, Paul Gonsalves, Gerry Mulligan on sax. Clark Terry on trumpet, Art Blakey and Max Roach on drums. 

Eliza Gilkyson is a politically minded, poetically gifted singer-songwriter who has become one of the most respected musicians in folk and Americana music circles.  The daughter of legendary songwriter Terry Gilkyson, Eliza entered the music world as a teenager, recording demos for her father.  Since then she has released 20 recordings of her own, and her songs have been covered by such notables as Joan Baez, Bob Geldof, Tom Rush and Rosanne Cash. 

KDRT's POP UP show "Live in the Loam" is thrilled to have this very talented Australian band visit us in the studio. Melbourne deep-pop thinkers Dick Diver triumphed in 2013 with second album Calendar Days, the follow-up to 2011 debut New Start Again. Warm, wide, and inviting, Calendar Days is a magnificent Australian pop album, hailed as one of the year’s finest.

Join us for a special edition of The Golden Road on Friday, September 5th, at 6:30 pm for a 2-hour caravanesque adventure in sonic splendor across the Arabian desert.  We will be laying down a "soundtrack of the sands" with selected sounds by Miles Davis, Santana, Garcia & Grisman, and, of course, the ground-breaking album "Blues For Allah" by the Grateful Dead.

For those audiophiles that enjoy a high-quality listening through headphones...be sure to plug 'em in for an epic sonic experience.

KDRT will host a live in-studio appearance with Colin Gilmore. Colin grew up in Lubbock, Texas, spending many nights as a child in nightclubs like Stubbs, where he witnessed songwriters like Joe Ely, Terry Allen, and his own father, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, bring the stage to life. He developed a taste for Buddy Holly, Townes Van Zandt, and bands like The Clash and The Pogues. For 13 years, Colin has been informed by these observations, writing songs and playing under his own name. 

His last album Goodnight Lane won fans across the world and critical acclaim, including 4-star reviews in Mojo and Uncut. The songwriting style he is creating has developed at its own pace and has emphasized uniqueness and truth above immediate public response. His star quality, both in live performances and songwriting, is understated but real. And he's just getting started. 

Live in the studio with host Beth Post, these three masters, featured regularly at the renowned “Slack Key Show” on Maui, bring Hawai‘i’s unique folk styles, with origins in the early 19th-century Hawaiian paniolo (cowboy) culture, to 21st-century stages. They themselves grew up in areas so rural, without electricity, radio, or TV, that they were immersed in Hawaiian music and culture from childhood.

Two featured artists tonight. Charlie Rouse, long-time member of Thelonious Monk’s band, doing two Monk classics in the first half hour. Then a retrospective on Birélli Lagrene, French guitarist whose style has ranged across the spectrum of 1980’s jazz, in the second half. All mixed in with some funk, soul, and R&B from George Benson; plus, Ella with Joe Pass.