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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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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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Independent and Local

Independent and Local

Independent and Local is a music program featuring local unsigned artists and bands, including "Moments" — brief interviews with experts in the scientific, health, and artistic communities about interesting topics and current events. The main focus is music, along with a few outside-the-box ideas.

Live Monday 4-5pm
DJ(s): 
Sam Hawk
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The Wild Fox Party

WILD FOX RADIO PARTY

Tune in for a wide variety of roots music — including doo-wop, gospel, jazz, blues, rock 'n' roll, Latin, African, and hillbilly/country bluegrass — from the early 1920s to contemporary times. The Wild Fox Party focuses on vocal groups , small-group ensembles, and outstanding vocalists and instrumentalists who never or hardly ever get heard. The music provides a forum for learning about history and diverse cultures, and it does so through the exposure of music as art, highlighting points in time that will last forever via the medium of audio recordings.

Live Tuesday 10-11am
Replays Tuesday 10-11pm
DJ(s): 
Frank aka Dr Doowop Fox, Doo Wop Dave
Homepage URL: 
DrDoowop
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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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Nuestra Musica

Nuestra Musica, Our Music, presents the rhythms and folklore of Latin America, Spain, Portugal, and Cape Verde. From Tango to Flamenco and all Latinx music in between. The show explores the native instruments, languages, and traditions played in 22 countries and one territory. Other than Spanish and Portuguese, "Nuestra Musica" presents songs in Quechua, Mapuche, Guarani, Nahuatl, Gallego, Spanish Basque, and Catalan.

Live Thursday 10-11pm
Homepage URL: 
Nuestra Musica
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In the Key of Folk for Aug. 28, 2024

Wed, 08/28/2024 - 12:30pm | Karen Leyse

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This afternoon at 2PM, on In the Key of Folk, we have a variety of songs related to the upcoming holiday, Labor Day. The songs variously touch on the subjects of migration, jobs, settlement of the country, and the workers' sacrifices. Selections are by musicians including Tim O'Brian, Dick Gaughan, Woody Guthrie, Lady Maisery, Nanci Griffith, Los Cenzontles, Jez Lowe, Gordon Lightfoot, and the Harris-Parton-Ronstadt trio.  Again, tune in at 2PM Wednesday on KDRT.org I hope that you'll join us.

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Jazz After Dark, Aug. 27, 2024

Tue, 08/27/2024 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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1950s jazz tonight:

  • Pearl Bailey, They Didn't Believe Me
  • Earl Bostic, Bostic's Boogie Blues
  • Don Elliott and the Cool Jazz Stars, Muskrat Ramble
  • Terry Pollard, Where or When (2015 - Remaster)
  • Ethel Ennis, Blue Prelude
  • Art Farmer & Gigi Gryce, Social Call
  • Art Pepper/Sonny Redd, Deep Purple
  • Earl "Fatha" Hines, 'S Wonderful
  • Cal Tjader, Summertime1Clarinet
  • Ruby Braff, But Not For Me
  • Helen Humes, When I Grow Too Old To Dream
  • Ella Fitzgerald, All of Me
  • Mose Allison, Creek Bank
  • Wynton Kelly, Softly As In a Morning Sunrise
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Davisville, Aug. 26, 2024: Got an additional $25 to $49 for the library?

Mon, 08/26/2024 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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Davis has two local tax measures on the ballot this fall and today we talk about the one for the library, Measure T. (We looked at the other one, sales tax increase Measure Q, last month.) Measure T would raise about $1.1 million a year to pay for operations at what will eventually be Davis’ two public libraries — the existing one in north central Davis, and the new one in south Davis due to open in 2026.

Measure T would raise an existing property tax by about $49 per house or $24.50 per apartment, to $172 or $86 respectively per year. Today on Davisville we talk with Jim Provenza, a Davis member of the county Board of Supervisors, and Katie Caceres, a student at the University of California at Davis and an intern in Provenza’s office. They’re both part of the campaign. We talk about what the money would buy, how the county calculated the amount needed, libraries as town squares for speech and information, and how people use libraries as print gives way to digital.

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Justin Cox interviews Pieter via the After the Deluge podcast, on Listening Lyrics, Aug. 23, 2024

Fri, 08/23/2024 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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After the Deluge is a music podcast about songwriting, albums, and whatnot hosted by Justin Cox, a KDRT friend. I replay most of this podcast in this week's Listening Lyrics. Seasons about Bright Eyes, Jackson Browne, and Against Me! are in this feed, plus other interviews.

We talk about my failed attempt to interview poets in the “late 1900s,” open mic nights, recording live and not overthinking it, interviewing locals > interviewing pros, KDRT, Rita Hosking, don’t be lame just make stuff, biking across Holland, Jackson Browne (ding ding), The Lovin’ Spoonful, Bright Eyes’ “We are Nowhere and it’s Now,” Paul Simon’s “Graceland,” Pieter reads a poem, Phil Ochs, Bob Dylan’s “Tempest,” Herb Alpert, The Avett Brothers, and: what was the best five-year stretch of your life?

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Divine Intervention – Aug. 23, 2024

Fri, 08/23/2024 - 5:00pm | Jess Goddésse

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Join your hostesse Jess Goddèsse at 6 p.m. Pacific for another fine edition of Divine Intervention, featuring new releases from King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, MAITA, Thee Oh Sees, Soundcarriers, Guided by Voices, Redd Kross... some sumptuous tunes from our Goddess of the Month, Ms. Dinah Washington... and a mystery track as we celebrate Vinyl Vespers... all this and more on KDRT 95.7 fm  |  KDRT.org!

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The Russ Tolman Goodtime Hour – Aug. 23, 2024

Fri, 08/23/2024 - 4:00pm | Russ Tolman

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The Russ Tolman Goodtime Hour debuts this week with shout-outs to Steve Wynn, Tom Gracyk, Jon Klages, Nick Lowe, and Richard Lloyd plus sweet, solid tunes from the Flamin' Groovies, the Stones, Tom Verlaine, Sly & the Family Stone — and, of course, general good times! Join Russ at 5 p.m. Pacific, right here on KDRT!

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Davis Garden Show, Aug. 22, 2024

Thu, 08/22/2024 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today's topics: growing Japanese maples, indoor ficus trees, dwarf persimmons and walnuts and avocadoes, and more.

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In the Key of Folk for Aug. 21, 2024

Wed, 08/21/2024 - 12:30pm | Karen Leyse

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This afternoon on In the Key of Folk, we'll start off with a set of pieces by contra dance musicians past and present. Then we'll move into more contemporary singer songwriters for a bit, and end with a variety of music from the Galicia and Asturias, the Celtic areas of Spain. 

Planned music includes Jamie Laval and Ashley Broder (Hoyer), Nightingale, Stringrays, San Miguel Fraser, Chatham County Line, John Gorka, Roseanne Cash, Faltriqueira, Riobó, Felpeyu, and Scotland's Tannahill Weavers. Come join us for an hour this afternoon,  2 p.m. Wednesday on KDRT.org.

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Jazz After Dark, Aug. 20, 2024

Tue, 08/20/2024 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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We have a Duke Ellington retrospective tonight on Jazz After Dark with selections from 1928 to 1964, accompanied by Cootie Williams, Johnny Hodges, Barney Bigard and his Jazzopators, Ella Fitzgerald, John Coltrane, and more. The song list:

  • Stevedore Stomp
  • Diga Diga Doo
  • Watchin'
  • Stormy Weather
  • A Sailboat In The Moonlight
  • Sponge Cake And Spinach
  • Harmony in Harlem
  • Tulip or Turnip (Live at Newport)
  • Night and Day
  • Drop Me Off In Harlem
  • The Swingers Get the Blues, Too
  • In A Sentimental Mood
  • One O'Clock Jump
  • Tuxedo Junction
  • Caravan
  • Isfahan
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Electric Compost Heap -- Aug. 16, 2024

Fri, 08/16/2024 - 5:25pm | Dug Deep

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Tonight on the Electric Compost Heap on KDRT 95.7FM, we'll feature new tunes by CLOAKZ, KJ Olsen, and the The BellRays, who will be doing a swing up the west coast beginning in early September. We'll also spin a few songs of summer. Additionally, the official color of tonight's show is ... Rosey! Hope you can join us on KDRT.org!

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