KDRT 95.7FM Davis | Where the Grass Roots Grow

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DMA operates KDRT 95.7, Davis Community Television, and Educational Access Channel 17. DMA is a dba of Davis Community Television, a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation and all donations are tax deductible.

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OUR PROGRAMS

Divine Intervention

Divine Intervention strikes the KDRT airwaves—a musical ministry—live every Monday evening with an unholy assortment of ambrosial audio to indoctrinate your ears. Tune in for much new music in the spirit of alt/rock/pop/indie/punk, with some roots and randomness to round out the service. For the truly devout, don't miss Vinyl Vespers—a weekly feature to worship a "best of the worst" cut from the deep-discount record bins. Show hostesse @JessGoddesse is available for comments and convo via Twitter. :-J

Live Monday 7-9pm

Replays Wednesday 4-6pm, Sunday 5-7pm

DJ(s):

Jess Goddèsse

Dead Wax

Tune in for a vinyl-centric exploration of Americana, from classic country to roots rock and blues. Each Dead Wax episode features a current artist, diving into the roots of their music as we thumb through our record stacks.

Live Thursday 6-7pm

Replays Monday 7-8am, Tuesday 9-10pm, Saturday 8-9pm

DJ(s):

Jesse

Homepage URL:

Official Dead Wax Twitter

Sounds So Sweet

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

Live Friday 9-10pm

Replays Sunday 7-8am

DJ(s):

Wayne Hagen

World Reggae

DJ Dennis brings you an array of reggae sounds from around the world.

Live Thursday 10-11am

DJ(s):

Dennis

The Golden Road

Golden Road Program KDRT Davis California

The Golden Road takes you on a musical exploration of the sounds of the Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, and many other fine musicians, from Northern California and beyond. The program focuses mainly on recordings captured from the Grateful Dead’s live shows, along with Jerry Garcia's fine solo work, both electric and acoustic.

Live Friday 7-9pm

Replays Monday 10am-12pm, Saturday 2-4pm

DJ(s):

Lee Maddex

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Divine Intervention Strikes - Mar 6

Mon, 03/06/2017 - 2:43pm | Jess Goddèsse

You can see from our Vinyl Vespers' selection that it's going to be an oh-so-happy time for this edition of Divine Intervention. We're cheating a little -- today's pick is actually so obscure, we can't find a picture of the cover. If only there were technology to create such an image... In any event, oh won't you please tune in for roots, rock, pop, punk... new music and more... 7-9p PT, on KDRT? Thank you kindly!

Preacher shares the joy of gospel music on Listening Lyrics Friday March3, 2017 at 4:00PM

Thu, 03/02/2017 - 2:28pm | Pieter Pastoor

Gospel music is very powerful whether a Christan or not. It is safe to say that most people, if not all love, this type of music because it is uplifting and inspiring to the listener. The purpose of “gospel” music is in the word itself; Gospel derives from the old Anglo-Saxon word meaning “good message” or “good news”. A song is sung with passion and belief from the singer that those that hear will be touched in a good and heartfelt way. Even the musicians have a part in the beat they play, it causes the listener to be impacted.

My hopes for you listeners is to help you find inside of you what I think we all have, a spirit. we are driven to be something. we are driven to be the best we can be. through the music & chat in my show, I hope to help you find in you the thing I strive for every day, my spirit. And you have it too, I will work to help you find it & show it to the world. As I say most nights before I go to sleep “we fall down... but we get up”. We can work together to get up & listen to each other & bring each other up.

If your not in the listening area this show is streamed live on www.kdrt.org

Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen visit Live DiRT Friday March 3, 2017 at 1:00PM

Tue, 02/28/2017 - 5:08pm | Pieter Pastoor

KDRT broadcasters Bill Wagman and Peter Schiffman, collectively known as the Folk Brothers, will host Washington D.C. bluegrass band Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen on Live DiRT at the KDRT studio.

Frank Solivan has built a reputation as a monster mandolinist and fiery fiddler and his original music has climbed to the tops of the bluegrass charts coast to coast. His band, banjoist Mike Munford, guitarist Chris Luquette and bassist Jeremy Middleton, have been named International Bluegrass Music Association Instrumental Group of the Year in 2014 and 2016. Their latest album, “Family, Friends and Heroes”, is a genre-stretching album that provides a generous glimpse into Solivan’s work, paying homage to his family members and featuring the picking of his closest musical heroes, including Del McCoury, Rob Ickes, Jerry Douglas, and Sam Bush.

Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen play at the Palms Playhouse in Winters, Friday March 3rd at 8pm. Their latest release is “Family, Friends and Heroes” on Compass Records

PopeAlopes visit KDRT Friday Feb. 24, 2017 at 4:00PM

Fri, 02/24/2017 - 2:34pm | Pieter Pastoor

Pete and John of the PopeAlopes will be in the studio to talk about all things PopeAlopes including the Davis/Sacramento music scene in the 80's and 90's. We will also discuss the famed Olive Pit (ground zero for Davis music circa 1986-1989), in fact, the picture shown is the band in that studio. PopeAlopes was formed in 1985 by UC Davis students Pete Lohstroh, Steven Dueker, Robert Wurz and John Nelson. The band played dark, loud, reverb-drenched music with intertwining guitar arrangements like their trailblazing heroes in The Dream Syndicate and Thin White Rope. A series of demo recordings led to their first LP, An Adder's Tale, produced by True West's Russ Tolman. The band launched a US Tour and followed with other releases including Kerosene and Cavalcade. They also released and EP on Helter Skelter Records. After a lineup change saw drummer John Nelson leaving the band, they released 1999's Chrome Canary before disbanding in 2001. 2004 saw the release of the out take compilation Yolo County Line. Visit the PopeAlopes on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/PopeAlopes/. YouTube Channel has a few videos from local access and live in concert > https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnNegMCRlwo0aYElG854ibQ.

If you are not in the listening area the show will be streamed live on www.kdrt.org

Chambers Street Theatre

Thu, 02/23/2017 - 3:56pm | Ruth Chambers

Ruth, that's me, reads from "Roughing It" by Mark Twain. Thursdays at 11:00 am, on KDRT, that's Radio, and we're almost half finished. Sooo you better tune in or you'll miss the almost second half. Check schedule for repeats, and there are plenty.

Jazz After Dark February 21 2017

Tue, 02/21/2017 - 7:39pm | Don Shor

Tonight on Jazz After Dark: Some old-fashioned jazz orchestras and vocals, plus remembering Larry Coryell in the second half of the program.

Nancy Wilson
Woody Herman & His Orchestra
Count Basie & His Orchestra
Benny Carter & Oscar Peterson Trio
Lionel Hampton & Axel Zwingenberger
Rosemary Clooney With Bing Crosby
Fred Astaire
Ella Fitzgerald
Kenny Burrell
Larry Coryell -- 1974
Larry Coryell -- 1992
Larry Coryell -- 2004
Eriko Ishihara
Sue Palmer
Pat La Barbera & Don Thompson

Divine Intervention Strikes - Feb 20

Mon, 02/20/2017 - 5:45pm | Jess Goddèsse

We'll be a little less scattered for this edition of Divine Intervention as our hearts and minds focus on sending positive musical energy to our sistren and brethren in Sweden. And, yes, Vinyl Vespers is packed and on it's way to the studio--a joy-y, rain-ful pick for a rainy, rainy, RAINy day. Do tune in, 7-9p PT, only on KDRT.

Austin James Hicks returns to Listening Lyrics Friday Feb. 17th, 2017 at 4:00PM

Wed, 02/15/2017 - 5:31pm | Pieter Pastoor

Back for a second time is Austin James Hicks. Born in Berkeley, CA.he has been playing guitar since he was 8 and singing since 10. Why does he do this? To him its simple but he is still searching for the right words.

"I guess because music is sort of everything. Not everything in sense of it being all I want to do but simply that it sort of feels like it's interwoven so tightly in all aspects of my life that it almost feels silly to talk about it as if it were separate from anything else I do. I like to think that everyone has that in some way with something. But if I were to break it down to simply the act of writing, playing, and performing, it's both what is getting me through this crazy life and what makes this crazy life worth getting through."- from an interview with Federica Buonsante for The Babel Harbinger.

If your not in the listening area the show is streamed live at www.kdrt.org

You can visit Austin at http://www.austinjameshicks.com View a short video clip of Austin performing https://youtu.be/91jaOsX6yww Like what you hear - like what we do then - LIKE Listening Lyrics on facebook and receive weekly updates on our guests. https://www.facebook.com/ListeningLyrics/

Jazz After Dark February 14 2017

Tue, 02/14/2017 - 7:32pm | Don Shor

Soul jazz, hard bop, and more, plus a tribute to vocalist Al Jarreau.

Al Jarreau
Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers
Louis Bellson
Oscar Peterson Trio
Herbie Hancock
Jimmy Smith
Chico Hamilton *
Ella Fitzgerald
Kurt Elling & Al Jarreau
Al Jarreau
Bobby Hackett

Davisville, Feb. 13, 2017: Davis Hunts Sweet Spot for its Budding Marijuana Law

Mon, 02/13/2017 - 7:55pm | Bill Buchanan

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Davis is calmly (at least so far) going about the business of creating a city marijuana law, now that Proposition 64 has legalized recreational use of pot in California. The state ballot measure gave Davis, like every town in the state, several choices: Allow growing outdoors? Do you permit retail marijuana shops, and if so where? What about enforcement? How will all this synchronize with what the county, state and federal governments opt to do? On today’s show, Davis City Manager Dirk Brazil and Chief Innovation Officer Diane Parro talk about the current status, decisions facing Davis, what other cities are doing, and developments to date, including comments from the first “community conversation” this month.

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About Us

KDRT is low-power grassroots radio located in Davis, California, airing an eclectic mix of music and public affairs programming, and building community by promoting dialogue, encouraging artistic expression, and acting as a forum for people who typically lack media access. Noncommercial radio KDRT 95.7 FM is a project of Davis Media Access (DMA.) DMA is a dba of Davis Community Television, a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. Our mission reflects our values: localism, social equality, public participation, media literacy, diversity, and, of course, community media. Read more...

Events Calendar

Staff Brewing Competition 06/23/2017 - 5:00pm to 8:00pm
Anime After Hours 06/23/2017 - 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Applegate Dance Company 06/23/2017 - 6:30pm
Fourth Friday Movie: "(Dis)Honesty" 06/23/2017 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Author Event: TigerFish 06/23/2017 - 7:30pm to 8:30pm

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