Replay of The Folk Brothers from Aug. 31, 2022: More songs about miners

Mon, 12/15/2025 - 11:00am | Jim Buchanan

Last week, we played a few sets of songs about coal mining. Then the folk music police saw our playlist and informed us that we needed to be more inclusive, so this week we've diversified a bit and included a few songs about hard rock miners too. But mostly more songs about coal from the likes of Jean Ritchie (pictured), Jez Lowe, Caroline Herring, Doc and Merle Watson, Merle Travis, and Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard.

The Folk Brothers playlist for 08/31/2022

Electric Compost Heap — Dec. 12, 2025

Fri, 12/12/2025 - 5:31pm | Dug Deep

Tonight at 6 p.m. pst on The Electric Compost Heap, DJ Dug Deep will be the first to open the Winter Holiday/ Christmas/Christmas adjacent music vault for 2025! We promise, it won't be wall-to-wall Christmas shopping mall pablum. Rather, we will mix in some rarely heard holiday fare – we will not overdo nor overwhelm, but you will definitely notice a running theme. Hey, someone has to do it! Hope you can join us at KDRT.org

Escuchando Letras, or Hispanic music in America, on Listening Lyrics, Dec. 12, 2025

Fri, 12/12/2025 - 5:20pm | Pieter Pastoor

When we talk about Hispanic music in America, we’re talking about a story that’s been here all along.

In the 1950s and ’60s, this music lived mostly inside the community. Mexican rancheras and mariachi carried stories of home and heartbreak. Cuban rhythms like mambo and cha-cha-chá filled dance halls. Spanish-language radio became a cultural lifeline.

By the 1970s, identity moved front and center. The Chicano movement gave music a political voice. Santana blended Latin rhythms with rock, and salsa exploded in New York. This music wasn’t asking for permission anymore — it was claiming space.

In the 1980s and ’90s, doors opened wider. Artists like Gloria Estefan, Selena, Ricky Martin, and Shakira brought bilingual and Spanish-language music into the American mainstream.

In the 2000s, regional sounds took hold — reggaeton, banda, norteño — telling stories about immigration, work, and daily life.

Jazz After Dark, Dec. 9, 2025

Tue, 12/09/2025 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

On tonight's show:

  • Hoagy Carmichael, Stardust
  • The Little Red Blount Quartet & Helen O'Connell, Tangerine
  • Miles Davis Nonet, Boplicity
  • John Lewis, Easy Living
  • Anita O'Day, A Lover Is Blue
  • Kai Winding, Black Coffee
  • Kai Winding, Sidewinder
  • The Ella Fitzgerald Quartet, Body and Soul
  • Stéphane Grappelli & Stuff Smith, This Can't Be Love
  • Urbie Green, Please Send Me Someone to Love
  • Toots Thielemans, Joe Pass, and Niels-Henning Orsted Pedesen, Someday My Prince Will Come
  • Miles Davis and Quincy Jones, Maids of Cadiz

Divine Intervention – Dec. 5, 2025

Fri, 12/05/2025 - 4:30pm | Jess Goddésse

Divine Intervention strikes this evening with a bevy of recent releases from the likes of Bar Italia, Courtney Barnett, Dick Move, Glyders, Glitterer... a back-by-popular-demand Vinyl Vespers pick... and a new goddess to celebrate a new month. Tune in at 6 p.m. Pacific here on KDRT 95.7 fm + KDRT.org. Listen at your leisure via the web and the podcasts. 

A hint of techno, on Listening Lyrics, Dec. 5, 2025

Fri, 12/05/2025 - 4:00pm | Pieter Pastoor

This week on the show, we’re stirring things up with a playlist that carries just a hint of techno. Not a full dive into the club scene—more like the perfect recipe where a pinch of something unexpected transforms the whole dish. A subtle pulse here, a shimmering synth there… just enough to wake up your senses without stealing the spotlight.

So settle in, get comfortable, and let these rhythms sneak up on you in the best possible way. It’s a little familiar, a little futuristic, and absolutely worth the ride. Enjoy the mix.

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