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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.

 

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That California Sound!

That California Sound!

That California Sound! Local + Regional  Music from The Golden State ... From Then ... To Now  features local, regional, and small touring bands throughout California while highlighting the history and culture of California musicians, venues, teachers, recording studios, promoters, festivals, and general resources that enrich our community.

Live Monday 6-8pm
Replays Thursday 7-9am
DJ(s): 
JonEmery, Scott Schiller
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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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Dashboard Diaries

Hop in for a trip through ever-changing musical landscapes, from familiar highways to roads less travelled. Dashboard Diaries host Ray K loves to share hand-picked tunes spanning broad styles of music, with a nod to the real, organic disc jockey-driven radio of his youth. It's all about the journey...

Live Thursday 3-4pm
DJ(s): 
RayK
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Juke In The Back

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Matt The Cat presents the soul that came before rock n’ roll: 1950s rhythm and blues. Each week, this underrated and rollicking music plays on that old Rockola Jukebox in the back.

Live Tuesday 9-10pm
Homepage URL: 
http://www.jukeintheback.org/
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Old-Time Radio

Old Time Radio KDRT Davis California

Immerse yourself in programs from radio’s Golden Age.

Live Sunday 10:30pm-Monday 12am
DJ(s): 
Jim Buchanan
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Cover songs, on Listening Lyrics, Sept. 19, 2025

Fri, 09/19/2025 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Eddy Owt covers for Pieter this week and fittingly discusses cover songs -- what makes a good cover, and how does an artist make a cover their own? And he plays fun and sometimes surprising covers.

Listening Lyrics playlist for 09/19/2025
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Davis Garden Show, Sept. 18, 2025

Thu, 09/18/2025 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today's topics: weird weather coming, fall planting sequence, a world record sunflower, Mi Mae’s lawn replacement, hoverflies, and more.

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Dashboard Diaries -- Sept. 18, 2025

Thu, 09/18/2025 - 10:00am | RayK

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Join Dashboard Diaries at 3 p.m. as host RayK takes us on a ride to the soul side, spinning classic Wilson, Aretha, Marvin, Booker T and loads more. Crank it up and shake your tail feathers! Dashboard Diaries airs live every Thursday from 3 to 4 p.m. on KDRT 95.7 FM and KDRT.org.

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IMPLOSION – 17 September 2025

Wed, 09/17/2025 - 4:00pm | Nick Saloman

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This week on IMPLOSION with Nick Saloman, get set for a rollicking musical romp, featuring tracks by Apartment 1, the Arizona Swamp Company, Badfinger, Bobby Comstock, and many more artists to tickle your eardrums. Tune in Wednesday, Sept. 17, at 8 p.m. PT on KDRT 95.7 fm + KDRT.org – or catch Nick's new replay at 8 a.m. Friday morning. Listen thereafter via the web and the podcast apps!

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In the Key of Folk, Sept. 17, 2025

Wed, 09/17/2025 - 1:00pm | Karen Leyse

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There's a lot going on it seems, so tune in to In the Key of Folk at 2 p.m. today to listen in. You'll be treated to more tracks from A Long Journey Home (revisit of the 1925 Mountain City Fiddlers Convention) with Jake Blount, Molly Tuttle, and more. We'll also hear tracks from Anya Hinkle and dobro artist Billy Cardine, who'll be at Morgan's Mill on Sept. 26, then we'll have new music from the dance weekend, Echo Summit, with tracks by Countercurent and Alex Sturbaum. We'll include new music from Le Vent du Nord. Come check it out!

KDRT 95.7 in Davis | KDRT.org

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Mark your calendars! KDRT's 21st birthday bash – Oct. 3, 2025

Wed, 09/17/2025 - 12:00pm | Jess Goddésse

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Mark your calendars and plan to celebrate our 21st birthday with us on Friday, Oct. 3, featuring live music from The Cantaliers, prizes from our infamous DiRT Bag, a totally rad raffle, and new swag for you. Please plan to join us at Sudwerk starting at 6 p.m.!

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Jazz After Dark, Sept. 16, 2025

Tue, 09/16/2025 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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On tonight's show:

  • Ella Fitzgerald, Summertime
  • Benny Goodman, Stompin' At The Savoy
  • Count Basie and His Orchestra, Oh, Lady Be Good
  • Earl Hines, Lightly and Politely
  • Joe Sullivan, I Can't Give You Anything But Love
  • Tal Farlow, Cherokee
  • Claude Williamson Trio, Round Midnight
  • Earl Bostic, East of the Sun
  • Paul Desmond, Body and Soul
  • Toots Thielemans, Flirt
  • Hank Mobley, Soft Impressions
  • McCoy Tyner, Days of Wine and Roses
  • Al Jarreau, So Long Girl
  • Lew Tabackin, Yesterdays
  • Houston Person, Put It Right There
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Replay of The Folk Brothers for June 16, 2021: Ballads and fiddlers

Mon, 09/15/2025 - 3:00pm | admin

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This week: modern and ancient ballads from Gretchen Peters, Lau with Karine Polwart, Salt House, and Kacy and Clayton. Also some instrumental tracks featuring gorgeous fiddling from the likes of Sam Sweeny, Benedict Morris and Christian Sedelmyer (with Andrew Marlin). And new music from Eli West, Jeffrey Foucault , Amanda Anne Platt and The Honeycutters, and The Travellin' McCourys.

The Folk Brothers playlist for 06/16/2021
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Electric Compost Heap — Sept. 12, 2025

Fri, 09/12/2025 - 4:57pm | Dug Deep

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Tonight at 6 p.m. on the Electric Compost Heap, we'll feature some new tunes from Orchestra Gold, Viagra Boys, Spoon, and Unknown Mortal Orchestra. We'll also remember Mark Volman of The Turtles, who we lost last week at the age of 78. Hope you enjoy!

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Crows and songs, on Audio Ecotone, Sept. 12, 2025

Fri, 09/12/2025 - 4:10pm | Eddy Owt

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Eddy Owt allowed me (Pieter Pastoor) to fill in for him this week. I had to pick a theme, so a show was born about crows in song. Enjoy the journey in the spirit world of crows.

Crows in Song

Omens & death

Crows are often associated with death, darkness, or foreboding.

Wisdom & mystery

In many Native American, Celtic, and Norse myths (and retellings in literature), crows are seen as wise, shape-shifting messengers between worlds.

Transformation & the uncanny

Crows often appear in magical realism or gothic writing as liminal creatures — half in the human world, half in the supernatural.

Ted Hughes’ poetry collection Crow (1970) reimagines the crow as a trickster, creation figure, and survivor.

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