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Teens Off Topic

Teens off Topics is a weekly radio broadcast that airs on Fridays at 3 pm where a group of Davis teens come to discuss pop culture, news, movies, and everything in between.

Live Friday 3-3:30pm

Replays Sunday 1:30-2pm

DJ(s):

Owen Carr, Emma Arntzen

Join your host Rodriguez as he swings the gate wide open for a cool musical trip featuring sounds from all points of the compass. Being mindful that "everything connects to everything else," on Silver Nine Volt Heart you will find the many colorful threads that make up the tapestry of recorded sound...just click it on and let the music start.

Live Thursday 5-7pm

Replays Saturday 2-4pm

DJ(s):

Rodriguez

Jazz After Dark

Join jazz aficionado Don Shor as he explores the diverse and fascinating world of jazz. Jazz After Dark spans the gamut, from roots in boogie woogie, blues, and ragtime, through traditional and straight ahead jazz, soul jazz, bossa nova, and more.

Live Tuesday 8-9pm

Replays Monday 11pm-Tuesday 12am, Wednesday 10-11pm

DJ(s):

Don Shor

Homepage URL:

Jazz After Dark on the Web (blog with playlists)

Davisville

Davis is a wonderful and diverse community, full of interesting people, ideas, and happenings. On Davisville, host Bill Buchanan presents unique stories from in and around town that are relevant to the Davis community.

Live Monday 5:30-6pm

Replays Wednesday 8:30-9am, Saturday 8:30-9am

DJ(s):

Bill Buchanan

Civilization Phaze IV

Join host Eunah (“Oo’-na”) as she harvests the ripest fruits of classical music and its offshoots. She’ll tell you a bit about their roots and show you how nutritious this music can be for the mind and the soul. Only the most delicious and occasionally unusual pieces will be handpicked for your consumption. Do give them a taste—you’ll be pleasantly surprised by these classical jams.

Live Sunday 10-11am

Replays Tuesday 7-8am

DJ(s):

Eunah

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Liz Kat (of The Midnight Dip) is in the studio today on Listening Lyrics, March 22, 2019 at 4:00pm

Fri, 03/22/2019 - 9:39am | Pieter Pastoor

True strength comes from within, like a constant burning furnace that fuels the body and its limbs. Liz Kat, soultress and lead prowess for The Midnight Dip, started the band with a fiery passion and a cacophony of emotions: anger, sadness, love, and everything in between. She wanted to inspire the world and counter the lack of female representation in the local music scene. It was not always sparkles and sass in the life of Liz Kat. She started playing piano when she was seven years old, and only sang when she was alone. Her shyness hindered her from expressing herself musically up until her late teenage years, when she decided to try to play music with other people. Many fears and experiences later and playing in the shadow of men, she’s decided to take the spotlight for the first time. Her messages have a suggestive twist to them to promote body and sex-positivity to women and to confront gender stereotypes. She has sworn transparency, sharing the truth to heal and help. She hopes to inspire others to reclaim their power and share their stories as well.

Jazz After Dark March 19 2019

Tue, 03/19/2019 - 7:42pm | Don Shor

Coming up tonight on Jazz After Dark! Vocals, sax, bossa nova, and more. Eva Cassidy, Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges, Miles Davis, Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Stitt, Ella Fitzgerald, Chico Hamilton, Herbie Mann, Candeias, Emilie-Claire Barlow, Billy Butler, Eliane Elias.

Divine Intervention Strikes - March 18, 2019

Tue, 03/19/2019 - 9:26am | Jess Goddèsse

Divine Intervention strikes this week with new sounds from amazing artists across genres, including Galactic, Nate Leslie, Karl Denson, Liily, John Zorn, Kiwi Jr., Durand Jones, and local favorites the Nickel Slots... and, of course, Vinyl Vespers. See the playlist and stream the show via the program page.

Animation Discussion (plus Music) with Zahra Baxi. Recorded March 15th, 2019

Fri, 03/15/2019 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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For the last couple of years every Friday at Davis Media (and right next to the KDRT studio) young teens have been participating in an animation class. A self organised group known as the Davis Teen Animators’ Club. Their mentor is DMA's own Alex Silva-Sadder. Well you might have guesed we got to know them a bit and a few months ago I asked them to join me this Friday. So listen now to what the club's president, Zahra Baxi and Alex shared about animation and also play some of their favorite music.

Special "Live DiRT", with Misner & Smith March 15, 2019 at 3:30PM

Fri, 03/15/2019 - 3:20pm | Pieter Pastoor

The program "Live DiRT" is dedicated to bringing you live performances at various pop-up times to fit the schedule of the artists appearing.

Hailing from Northern California, Misner & Smith’s music is a combination of soaring vocal harmonies, extremely tight instrumental arrangements, and story-filled, poetic songwriting, adding up to some of the most electrifying music on the scene today. The band’s sound harkens back to the bedrock of american rock & folk, but the diversity of styles and genres are one of the things that set M&S apart. They can shake the walls like a freight train and then quiet the room to a whisper in a single song. With two singers who could easily lead a band independently, Sam and Megan sing with one voice, with music that captures longing and belonging in the same moment. Close your eyes and you’ll be swept up in a sound that you’ll swear is a full band. The combination of musical dexterity and vocal prowess packs a punch that will linger with you for a long time to come.

"Live DiRT" with Rainbow Girls - March 16, 2019 at 4:00PM

Fri, 03/15/2019 - 2:30pm | Dug Deep

Live DiRT returns to the KDRT airwaves when Dug Deep hosts North Bay band Rainbow Girls on Saturday, March 16th at 4:00 pm. Rainbow Girls perform original songs in a soulful, bluesy style. Their latest album is called American Dream. They will be playing at the Veterans Memorial Theatre with local Americana favorites Misner and Smith that evening. More information at DavisLiveMusic.com.

Jazz After Dark March 12 2019

Tue, 03/12/2019 - 7:25pm | Don Shor

Coming up at 8 pm: great vocals tonight on Jazz After Dark! Plus, piano and guitar virtuosos, mellow sax, and more. Dianne Reeves & Raul Midón, King Cole Trio, Oscar Moore, Sonny Clark, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Cannonball Adderley & Ray Brown, Ella Fitzgerald, Buddy Rich, Bud Shank & Michel Legrand, Wynton Marsalis, Pharoah Sanders & William Henderson, Emilie-Claire Barlow, Stanley Turrentine.

Photo clockwise from upper left: Dianne Reeves, Oscar Moore, Pharoah Sanders, Sonny Clark.

Davisville, March 11, 2019: Snowbound on a train, with a ukulele

Mon, 03/11/2019 - 6:10pm | Bill Buchanan

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Today’s show is a story about a train with 183 riders that never reached its destination. The reason why it didn’t is also why this train became a national story – and it’s a story for Davisville because the train normally stops in Davis. My guest was one of the people aboard, my daughter, Megan Buchanan (I was onboard too). She’s also the young woman whose kid-entertaining ukulele playing in the lounge car was recorded by another passenger and went a little viral. No injuries were reported from this trip, the power, water and food held out, and a lot of people were helpful – but that’s not to say this was an anxiety-free sojourn in the woods. The story starts on a Sunday evening with snowflakes falling at the train station in Eugene, Ore., as the Seattle-to-L.A. Coast Starlight began what was supposed to be a 13-hour overnight trip to Davis. Instead, the train spent more than 36 hours stuck in a small mountain town.

KDRT and Armadillo Music Hosts 2nd Friday ArtAbout feat. Brenden Tull

Fri, 03/08/2019 - 6:31pm | Pieter Pastoor

Songwriter Brenden Tull - Music is back! This time being featured for the KDRT 95.7FM live radio broadcast as part of the 2nd Friday ArtAbout in downtown Davis on Friday at Armadillo Music, March 8 @ 6:30PM. If you're not able to stop in, join us on the radio at www.kdrt.org.

Brenden Tull is a new face to the local music scene. Two years ago he was a nomadic busker, playing guitar on street corners across the west coast. He then spent a year working as a farmhand in Hawaii, growing taro, kava, and bananas. Recently, Tull has returned to his hometown of Davis, California and begun his music career. His songs have been described as "tangled in emotion... what I imagine clouds sing to each other before it starts raining" (Moli O. "The Glass Pianist") and his songwriting deals mostly in the contrasting imagery of beauty and meaning. Tull is currently a bartender at the Root of Happiness and full-time student at Sacramento City College, but hopes to expand his music to a level where he can focus on it full time.

Jazz After Dark March 05 2019

Tue, 03/05/2019 - 7:44pm | Don Shor

Coming up tonight on Jazz After Dark!

Jimmy Scott, Dennis Farnon, Richard Twardzik & Russ Freeman, Jeri Southern & Dave Barbour's Trio, Ray Charles, Cannonball Adderley & Ray Brown, Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Raney, Ella Fitzgerald, Diane Krall & Hank Jones, Dal Richards & His Orchestra, Andre Previn with Mundell Lowe & Ray Brown, Dave Cliff, Victor Biglione.

Photo clockwise from upper left: Jeri Southern, Jimmy Scott, Andre Previn, Dal Richards.

Replays Monday 11pm, Tuesday 12 midnight, Wednesday 10-11pm.

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KDRT is low-power grassroots radio located in Davis, California, airing an eclectic mix of music and public affairs programming, and building community by promoting dialogue, encouraging artistic expression, and acting as a forum for people who typically lack media access. Noncommercial radio KDRT 95.7 FM is a project of Davis Media Access (DMA.) DMA is a dba of Davis Community Television, a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. Our mission reflects our values: localism, social equality, public participation, media literacy, diversity, and, of course, community media. Read more...

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Events Calendar

Lucky Run 03/23/2019 - 8:00am
Zamora Sheepdog Trials and Wine Tasting 03/23/2019 - 11:00am to 4:30pm
Applied Improvisation: Boomer Edition 03/23/2019 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Tom Sawyer 03/23/2019 - 2:00pm
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