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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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Davis Garden Show

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Nursery pro Don Shor has been gardening and selling plants in Davis for more than three decades.

Join Don and co-host Lois Richter as they discuss and answer your questions on all things for the garden.

Submit a question (or a brag!) to DavisGardenShow@gmail.com 

Live Thursday 12-1pm
Replays Saturday 9-10am
DJ(s): 
Lois Richter, Don Shor
Homepage URL: 
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3rd Streaming

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Coined in 1957 by Brandeis University professor Gunther Schuller, “Third Stream” is a term used to describe the synthesis of classical and jazz. Join DJ Gary Chew to discover some Third Stream sounds for yourself. 

Live Monday 1-3pm
DJ(s): 
Gary Chew
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Twang Thang

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Twang Thang features outlaw country old and new, showcasing the folks who sowed the harder-edged musical seeds for what we today call Americana, as well as the newer artists who continue the tunes and outlaw ethos forward. George Jones, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Lucinda Willimans, Steve Earle, Dwight Yoakum, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Billie Jo Shaver ... Americana music didn't just show up one day — it has deep and varied country music roots. Twang Thang explores the originators, the newcomers, and the music that happened along the way!

Live Wednesday 7-9am
Replays Saturday 1-3pm
DJ(s): 
DJ Dirk
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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: 
Grist for the Chill
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Roots, Shoots and Leaves

Roots, Shoots and Leaves' DJ Tree has a theory of music that involves a tree. Suffice it to say that it involves a trinity — an exploration of themes and connections among recording artists — and otherwise very few boundaries. Listen for music old and new, known and unknown. And if you listen long enough, you may experience some musical enlightenment. 

Live Tuesday 6-8pm
Replays Thursday 4-6pm
DJ(s): 
Tree Kilpatrick
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Jazz After Dark, Nov. 4, 2025

Tue, 11/04/2025 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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On tonight's show:

  • Lester Young Quartet, I Never Knew
  • Billie Holiday, Fine and Mellow
  • Lester Young, Nat King Cole & Buddy Rich, I Want to Be Happy
  • Lester Young, I Cover the Waterfront (feat. Ray Brown, J.C. Heard, Herb Ellis & Oscar Peterson
  • Charlie Singleton, Lester Leaps In
  • Benny Goodman Sextet, Rose Room
  • Nat King Cole, Let There Be Love
  • Johnny Richards, For All We Know
  • Gerry Mulligan, Disc Jockey Jump
  • Benny Carter, One Morning in May
  • Louis Armstrong, Sweet Georgia Brown
  • Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Comes Love
  • Dave Brubeck, Take Five
  • Pepper Adams Quintet with Thad Jones, Little Waltz
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Davisville, Nov. 3, 2025: Yolo Local news and information project takes another step forward

Mon, 11/03/2025 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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Yolo Local, an emerging Davis Media Access project to create a new place for local information and news -- with the goal of countering the decline of local news outlets -- has wrapped up several months of conversations and research to learn more about what people in Yolo County want and need. This fall the project published a report with insights and ideas, and early next year they'll start using this work to define what Yolo Local will be and how it will function. It'll probably include a website. Other ideas include producing information in Spanish, and a "backbone" that news outlets might use to work together and share resources.

Today we get an update with Autumn Labbe-Renault, DMA’s executive director, about how this work in progress is coming together.

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Replay of The Folk Brothers from July 13, 2022: Celtic music from Galicia

Mon, 11/03/2025 - 11:00am | Jim Buchanan

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Brother Bill is back from Spain with a load of folk CD's from Galicia, including one from piper Anxo Lorenzo (pictured). And how about a Galician cover of "California Dreamin' "? Those and much more on this week's edition of The Folk Brothers.

The Folk Brothers playlist for 07/13/2022
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Nancy Northrup shares her love of music, on Listening Lyrics, Oct. 31, 2025

Fri, 10/31/2025 - 4:40pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Singer-songwriter Nancy Northrup (pictured) brings a smile, a love of life, and a deep appreciation for the art of music. Fresh from the Annual Gram Parsons Guitar Pull in Georgia, Nancy joins us to share stories and songs that celebrate the heart of Americana.

Rooted in the country, gospel, and folk traditions of Kentucky and Tennessee, Nancy’s music reaches deep—touching the soul with tales of love, hope, despair, and rebirth. Whether she’s singing of love lost or the strength of the human spirit, Nancy does it all with passion and heart.

Don’t miss this show—only on KDRT, community radio for Davis.

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A Haunted Compost Intervention – Halloween 2025

Fri, 10/31/2025 - 4:30pm | Dug Deep

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Coming to you live or dead on Halloween, Dug Deep & Jess Goddésse combine forces of evil for a very Haunted Compost Heap Intervention, featuring ghoulish guests plus twisted & torturous tunes from the past ten decades. Listen if you dare, starting at 6 p.m. Pacific on KDRT 95.7 fm + KDRT.org + the podcasts!

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Dashboard Diaries — Oct. 30, 2025

Thu, 10/30/2025 - 12:30pm | RayK

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This week on Dashboard Diaries, host RayK takes a ride to the spooky side of town to try to score some candy. And the music? We’ve got some tricks, and we’ve got some treats, but not a tootsie or hard candy in the bunch. So climb in ... we’ll have you back by curfew … maybe.

Tune in Thursday, 3-4 p.m. on KDRT.org or listen to the podcast anytime.

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Davis Garden Show, Oct. 30, 2025

Thu, 10/30/2025 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today’s topics: about redleaf plums and crabapples, yellowing leaves of citrus, pumpkins for pepitas, winter berries for wildlife.

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IMPLOSION – 29 October 2025

Wed, 10/29/2025 - 4:30pm | Nick Saloman

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It's almost time for IMPLOSION, blasting through the airwaves with music from the Three Degrees, the Toggery Five, the Tyrnaround, Love Sculpture, and more! Join Nick Saloman at 8 p.m. Pacific right here on KDRT 95.7 FM + KDRT.org + those uncanny podcast apps. 

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In the Key of Folk, Oct. 29, 2025

Wed, 10/29/2025 - 12:30pm | Karen Leyse

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On this afternoon's In the Key of Folk, we'll play a couple of tracks from the new album by banjoists extraordinaire, Alison Brown and Steve Martin, along with several other nice new releases. Then we'll walk down a dark twisty trail to visit with some rather sinister songs of long ago, all in honor of this Friday. Traditional, but not always so sweet. Enjoy, my little dearies!

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KDRT spooky Suds & Sounds – Oct. 29, 2025

Wed, 10/29/2025 - 12:00pm | Jess Goddésse

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TODAY – Wednesday, Oct. 29 – please come on down to Suds & Sounds, our monthly meet & greet + live music from Nancy Northrup + on-tap beverages + potential (optional) costumery to celebrate this spooky season! See you at 4 p.m. at Armadillo Music in downtown Davis!

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