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ABOUT US

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.

 

OUR PROGRAMS

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 Saturday 7-9pm
DJ(s): 
Tree Kilpatrick
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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: 
Davis Garden Show on the Web
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The Audio Ecotone

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"We have a tropical situation where there are thousands of 'species' of music around and they're all constantly cross-breeding and hybridizing. It's very exciting, but you can't keep up with it easily." -- Brian Eno

Live Friday 3-4pm
Replays Tuesday 7-8am, Saturday 6-7pm
DJ(s): 
Eddy Owt
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Crossing Continents

In this World Music show, Gil covers the Middle East, the Mediterranean region, North Africa, Central Asia, and the Indian sub continent, including traditional and contemporary musical styles. This is not a pop music show!

Live Monday 10am-12pm
DJ(s): 
Gil Medovoy
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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 Monday 7-8am, Tuesday 11pm-Wednesday 12am
DJ(s): 
Dave Mcasey
Homepage URL: 
Grist for the Chill
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Davis Garden Show, Nov. 11, 2021

Thu, 11/11/2021 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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On today's program:

  • winter flowers and hummingbirds
  • colder temperatures are coming
  • houseplant care in winter

and more!

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The Folk Brothers for Nov. 10, 2021: Chronicles of the Great Irish Famine

Wed, 11/10/2021 - 11:10am | Peter Schiffman

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This week we devote a big hunk of our show to airing tracks from Declan O'Rourke's 2017 concept album about the Great Hunger (1845-1852). After reading John O'Connor's "The Work Houses Of Ireland" in 2002, O'Rourke spent 15 years slowly turning O'Connor's and other's harrowing accounts of personal adversity into a song cycle. And just this past week, O'Rourke published his first novel: "The Pawnbroker's Reward," the story of a poor family in County Cork struggling through The Great Hunger.

Also on today's show: new music from ISHILA, Fialla, The McDades, Josh O'Keefe, Chatham County Line, and more.

The Folk Brothers playlist for 11/10/2021
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Jazz After Dark November 09 2021

Tue, 11/09/2021 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Great jazz artists from the 50s and 60s tonight on Jazz After Dark: Coleman Hawkins, Oscar Peterson, Julie London, Miles Davis Sextet, Ella Fitzgerald, Winifred Atwell, Duke Ellington, Milt Jackson, Kenny Burrell Octet, Jimmy Smith, Sonny Stitt, and Benny Carter.

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KDRT's Don Shor to be honored at Yolo Community Fund's 2021 National Philanthropy Day celebration

Sun, 11/07/2021 - 12:47pm | Diane Crumley

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Longtime KDRT programmer Don Shor is Davis Media Access' 2021 pick for Volunteer of the Year. He'll be honored as part of the National Philanthropy Day celebration, hosted by Yolo Community Foundation, at 4:30 p.m. Nov. 16, 2021 at the Davis Central Park Pavilion. For more information, see https://yolocf.org

Shor is probably best known in our community as the owner of Redwood Barn Nursery, and he modestly describes himself as “a guy who likes plants and jazz.” He produces two extremely popular weekly shows on KDRT, each with listeners across the country and globe. The Davis Garden Show, with co-host Lois Richter, is one of the longest-running shows on KDRT, and Jazz After Dark averages 6,000 downloads per week.

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Davis Garden Show, Nov. 4, 2021

Thu, 11/04/2021 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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On today's program:

  • acacias
  • sparrows
  • cool season vegetables
  • defining a growing season
  • rooting oleanders

and more!

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The Folk Brothers for Nov. 3, 2021: Song to a Refugee

Wed, 11/03/2021 - 11:10am | Peter Schiffman

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Diana Jones' latest album, Song to a Refugee, is a collection of songs based on the narratives of people seeking asylum from violence and political retribution in their homelands. This morning we played "We Believe You," inspired by Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's testimony of the dehumanizing consitions she encountered on the USA/Mexican border. The song features co-vocals from Steve Earle and Peggy Seeger, as well as Richard Thompson's unique guitar-stylings.

Also on today's show: new music from Reg Meuross, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Anais Mitchell, The Punch Brothers, Dave Nachmanoff, and more!

The Folk Brothers playlist for 11/03/2021
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Jazz After Dark November 02 2021

Tue, 11/02/2021 - 2:30pm | Don Shor

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Tonight on Jazz After Dark: The Tommy Flanagan Trio, Al Cohn & Zoot Sims, Johnny Hodges, Monty Alexander, Eiji Kitamura, Ramsey Lewis, Toots Thielemans, Richard Elliot, Hank Jones, Houston Person, Ben Paterson,  and Johnny Varro

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Davisville, Nov. 1, 2021: It's not only the pandemic that's making labor scarce

Mon, 11/01/2021 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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We're living in a labor shortage, and signs like this one in downtown Davis aren't hard to find. The pandemic is a huge part of the reason but other factors are also at work, such as childcare, more people working for themselves, the cushion provided by benefits and a high savings rate, and baby boomers retiring. And yet California has the highest unemployment rate of any state except Nevada.

Today's guest is Suzy Taherian, a lecturer in the Graduate School of Management at the University of California at Davis, and the chief financial officer of Xpansiv, an international company based in San Francisco. She describes conditions she and other CFOs are seeing as we talk about reasons for the labor shortage, including some you might not have heard yet; how employers are responding; how it might resolve; and how employees can take advantage of the opportunities it presents.

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Local bands are back live: Gold Souls, Boca Do Rio, Big Sticky Mess, and Adrian West, featured on Listening Lyrics

Fri, 10/29/2021 - 4:00pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Hooray! Slowly the local music scene is coming back to life.

This week (Oct. 29) on Listening Lyrics we feature the music of four local bands that have gigs this weekend: The Gold Souls (pictured), Boca Do Rio, Big Sticky Mess and The Adrian West Band. Also in the playlist are some tunes to bring this hour to one heck of a close.

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Live Tracks, Oct. 28, 2021: … or should we say, Terror Tracks?

Thu, 10/28/2021 - 9:10pm | Jim Buchanan

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Gather ‘round your device — better yet, find a set of 1960s stereo speakers, or even a cathedral radio lit by the warm orange glow of 1930s tube technology — and tune in for this year’s Halloween edition of Live Tracks.

We have treats for you: music, stories of spooky doings, and two skits from the Davis Tales of Terror Theatre Troupe, aired tonight for the first time anywhere.

Local moody music selections include a live recording of "She's Waiting" by Rita Hosking and Cousin Jack, and  selections from Bill Scholer's "Haunted Highway" album and Roger Kunkel's "Guitar Solo."

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