Davisville, March 18, 2024: Secret Spot creates a new home for the creatively weird in Davis

Today’s Davisville is a story about the new — and about getting started in Davis, as well as art, life after the pandemic, ambition, and the weird. We talk with Toni Rizzo and Harry Greer, who along with Stephanie Peel have started the Secret Spot, an arts gallery and music lounge business that opened this month in a former house at 117 D St. downtown. #ConstructiveDiscomfort #RookieRoom #ArtMania! #LockdownArt #DavisSound #ArtAsTherapy #PsychicScream #HelpingOthers The photo shows, from left, Toni, Harry and Stephanie

Max Van Dyke & Julian Dean talk and sing music, on Listening Lyrics, March 15, 2024

The Big Poppies keep transitioning themselves into an extremely talented and tight band. Members Max Van Dyke and Julian Dean, who occasionally perform as a duo, talk about both the band and themselves as a duo in this episode of Listening Lyrics. During the show they share a cut from an upcoming album. I was blown away by it.

Listen for a glimpse into the sound of the Big Poppies.

Divine Intervention – March 15, 2024

Divine Intervention hits the airwaves at 6p Pacific, Friday, March 15. Tune in for rock and randomness, including the latest tracks from Barbara Manning, The Bevis Frond, Bolis Pupul, Chelsea Wolfe, Th' Losin Streaks, and more. We'll also have some songs from our Goddess of the Month and observe Vinyl Vespers — you won't actually need your clogging shoes, though by all means, if you're so inclined. ;-)

Jazz After Dark, March 12, 2024

It’s mostly blues, funk, and soul jazz tonight.

  • Dave Brubeck Quintet, Alan Dawson’s drum solo from Take Five
  • Art Tatum, Blues In C
  • Lou Donaldson, Grits And Gravy
  • Benny Carter, Cotton Tail
  • Horace Silver, The Skunky Funky Blues
  • Horace Silver Quintet, The Preacher
  • James Rivers, Smokey the Funky Soprano
  • Chico O'Farrill, Guaguasi
  • Benny Golson Funky Quintet, Blues March
  • Houston Person, Please Send Me Someone to Love

Electric Compost Heap for March 8, 2024

Tonight (March 8) at 6 p.m. Pacific, the Electric Compost Heap celebrates the impending green explosion we refer to as spring! We'll feature music from a slew of artists who are headed our way soon, including Lael Neale at Davis Odd Fellows Hall on March 17 (thanks Davis Live Music Collective ), Reverend Horton Heat and Dale Watson at Harlow's on March 18, and @Mike Clark and the Sugar Sounds , who will be at Sudwerk Brewing Co. on March 23! Lots of other musical compostables as well, and the official color of tonight's show is green!

March 7, 2024 -- Dug Deep interviews 'Open Country' filmmakers Jesse and Glenda Drew

Local filmmakers Glenda and Jesse Drew join Dug Deep in the KDRT studio to discuss their film Open Country, a documentary about the history and politics of country music. It features interviews with Billy Bragg, Hazel Dickens, Jon Langford and Pete Seeger, to name just a few. The movie will be screened at Odd Fellows Hall, 2nd and D streets in downtown Davis, on Sunday, March 10 at 6 p.m. This screening is a benefit for KDRT with tickets available here. More information at OpenCountryFilm.com

LIsten to the interview here.