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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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Night Train Cocktail Lounge

A saloon of songs and sounds from back then, focusing on anything recorded between the 1890s and the 1970s. All forms of jazz, blues, rock, surf, garage, punk, country, folk, film-radio-television samples, speeches, comedy, and anything grabbed from the ages and put to cylinder, wax or tape, colliding on top each other.

Night Train Cocktail Lounge is produced live at WXOX-LP FM in Louisville, KY. All local material is edited, including times and dates, making each episode an evergreen episode. All episodes are FCC compliant.

Live Wednesday 9-10pm
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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
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Sounds So Sweet

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Host Wayne Hagen takes a lively look at sweet sounds of jug band music, past and present.

Live Tuesday 1-2pm
Replays Friday 10-11pm
DJ(s): 
Wayne Hagen
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The Audio Ecotone

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Join Eddy Owt as he explores the rich genre diversity, cross-breeding, and hybridizing in the back waters and tributaries of the past 100 years of music: rock, jazz, pop, r&b, soul, country, ska, electronica, J-Pop/C-Pop/K-Pop, afrobeat, and much more.

"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 Thursday 10-11am, Sunday 4-5pm
DJ(s): 
Eddy Owt
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Democracy Now!

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Hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now is an award-winning syndicated news program that gives voice to perspectives rarely heard in corporate-sponsored media, including independent journalists, grassroots leaders and peace activists, artists, academics, independent analysts, and ordinary people from around the world.

Live Friday 9-10am
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In the Key of Folk, June 4, 2025

Wed, 06/04/2025 - 12:30pm | Karen Leyse

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This is a week of new and recent releases for the most part. Join in the discoveries on In the Key of Folk at 2 p.m. today! They'll include the solo singing debut by Scottish piper Donald Lindsay, and tracks by Poor Man's Gambit, Rrinaco, The Faux Pas, Lisa Bastoni, and others. We'll also feature a track by Jaeger and Reid, who will be performing in Davis this weekend, along with another track from Kora Feder's excellent new album, Some Kind of Truth. Stay cool and find a place to tune in!

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Jazz After Dark, June 3, 2025

Tue, 06/03/2025 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Coming up tonight:

  • Erroll Garner,
  • Stan Getz with Gerry Mulligan
  • Charlie Shavers & Coleman Hawkins
  • Art Blakey
  • Oscar Peterson
  • Stuff Smith, Dizzy Gillespie & Oscar Peterson
  • Vince Guaraldi Trio
  • Illinois Jacquet
  • Eddie Harris
  • Claude Bolling & Alexandre Lagoya
  • Chuck Mangione
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Davis Music Fest with Kyle Monhollen, on Listening Lyrics, June 6

Mon, 06/02/2025 - 10:41am | Pieter Pastoor

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The 13th annual Davis Music Fest kicks off June 20—and trust us, it's not just lucky number 13 for the organizers! This week on Listening Lyrics, we'll serve up a musical sampler platter featuring songs from the many artists rolling into town for the weekend. Think of it as a sneak preview with less walking and no cover charge.

With dozens of artists, venues, and genres on the menu, your ears are in for a feast.

Joining us is Kyle Monhollen—the man in the middle of this musical mayhem—who’ll dish on what it takes to pull off an event of this scale (spoiler: coffee and spreadsheets).

Tune in Friday at 4 p.m. and get a feel for the festival vibe. You might even walk away with a game plan for which venues to hit—and maybe a few new favorite bands to name-drop.

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Electric Compost Heap -- May 30, 2025

Fri, 05/30/2025 - 5:32pm | Dug Deep

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Hey you all -- Check out the Electric Compost Heap tonight -- host Dug Deep will feature some new things from Horsegirl, The Residents, and LA LOM. We'll also remember Rick Derringer, who passed earlier this week at age 77 -- No RocknRoll Hoochie Coo, though, so don't worry. Hope you can join us.

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Sax in the studio on Listening Lyrics, May 30, 2025

Fri, 05/30/2025 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Meet Harald Tollerup — Davis High School senior, jazz saxophonist, journalist, and a young man who treats the future like it's his personal playground (and he's already winning).

Harald dropped by the studio this week with a playlist he hand-picked himself. Now, I believe a playlist says a lot about a person — and Harald’s? It spoke volumes. It was creative, honest, and refreshingly original … just like the guy who made it.

Not only does Harald share the soundtrack of his world, he also brings out the sax and plays live — because why just talk about jazz when you can be jazz?

It’s one great hour of community radio — don’t miss it!

Listening Lyrics playlist for 05/30/2025
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The Russ Tolman Goodtime Hour – May 29, 2025

Thu, 05/29/2025 - 9:00pm | Russ Tolman

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This evening on The Goodtime Hour, Russ Tolman once again welcomes Peter Holsapple (the dB's) to chat and play cuts off his new solo album, The Face of 68.  Listen up at 9 p.m. Pacific on KDRT 95.7 fm + KDRT.org + your podcast platform of choice!

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Davis Garden Show, May 29, 2025

Thu, 05/29/2025 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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On today’s show: a local open space planting, gophers, Arbutus vs. grapefruit, tomato questions and secrets, and more.

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Ten Years Forgotten – May 28, 2025

Wed, 05/28/2025 - 4:10pm | JonEmery

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Don't miss the debut of 10 Years Forgotten, showcasing modern classics and indie standards from 2000–2010, the decade lost to the decline of the record-store industry. TYF also explores the history of record stores in the Sacramento Valley, along with the future of physical and digital music regionally and beyond. Join your host JonEmery Dodds today – May 28 – and every Wednesday at 3 p.m. here on KDRT 95.7 FM | KDRT.org!

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IMPLOSION – 28 May 2025

Wed, 05/28/2025 - 4:00pm | Nick Saloman

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Turn it up for IMPLOSION at its new time – Wednesdays at 8 p.m. Pacific. This evening, Nick Saloman presents at bevy of beautiful tunes from the likes of the Glass Family, the John Shakespeare Orchestra, the Byrds, Heavy Jelly, and Hot Chocolate – right here on KDRT 95.7 fm + KDRT.org and ever after on the podcast apps.

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In the Key of Folk, May 28, 2025

Wed, 05/28/2025 - 1:00pm | Karen Leyse

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Sometimes things just need to be repeated and amplified. With that in mind, today on In the Key of Folk, I'll be playing more tracks from the recently released album by I'm With Her, along with other new releases. Included are tracks from albums by C. Daniel Boling (featuring Tom Paxton),  Dee Robinson, Lee Hunter and the Gatherers, and a new single by Lisa Bastoni. I also plan tracks by Kora Feder and Justin Farren, who will be playing in Sacramento this week, and Evie Ladin.  So join in at 2 p.m. today at KDRT 95.7 FM | KDRT.org

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