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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.

 

OUR PROGRAMS

Divine Intervention (1st/3rd week) – The Electric Compost Heap (2nd/4th week)

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The Electric Compost Heap with Dug Deep fertlilizes the airwaves every 2nd & 4th Friday, digging through the delightful detritus of psych, soul, reggae, rock, country,  funk, punk, junk, jazz, and more, to concoct a rich, nutrient-dense musical humus. If there's a 5th Friday, Dug takes a spin. Dig it, Heapsters!

Live Friday 6-8pm
Replays Monday 3-5pm
DJ(s): 
Jess Goddésse, Dug Deep
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Afrosonic Taxi

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DJK lives by the motto “connecting cultures with music.” Each week he invites listeners to hop in the Afrosonic Taxi for a global ride through music with African roots, showcasing artists whose hopeful, defiant sounds uplift, inspire, and make you move.

Live Thursday 10-11pm
Homepage URL: 
Afrosonic Taxi on the web
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Twang Thang

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Twang Thang features outlaw country old and new, showcasing the folks who sowed the harder-edged musical seeds for what we today call Americana, as well as the newer artists who continue the tunes and outlaw ethos forward. George Jones, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Lucinda Willimans, Steve Earle, Dwight Yoakum, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Billie Jo Shaver ... Americana music didn't just show up one day — it has deep and varied country music roots. Twang Thang explores the originators, the newcomers, and the music that happened along the way!

Live Wednesday 7-9am
Replays Saturday 1-3pm
DJ(s): 
DJ Dirk
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IMPLOSION

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IMPLOSION is hosted by Nick Saloman, front person of The Bevis Frond. Born and raised in London, England, Nick started buying records as a small child in the late 1950s and began going to gigs and playing in bands as a teen in the late 60s. IMPLOSION is simply an hour of Nick playing the music that he loves (psychedelia, rock, folk, beat, jazz, soul, punk, and more), with a bit of chat thrown in for good measure. Nick says: "If I like it, then there have got to be a few other people who will too.

Live Wednesday 4-5pm
Replays Sunday 7-8pm
DJ(s): 
Nick Saloman
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Heart to Heart

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Nothing brings greater rewards than a life filled with love and care for people and the world around us. With Heart to Heart, host "Dr. G" inspires and teaches listeners to live life richly and lightly. To ask a question on the show, call 1.530.792.1648 during the live broadcast. Check the Davis Enterprise to for guests and weekly topics.

Live Wednesday 12-1pm
DJ(s): 
Dr. Gitane
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Sara opens autumn with ‘Lux Prima’ on The Awesome Patrol Show

Sat, 09/23/2023 - 2:41pm | kdrtradio

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“I love the fall,” says Sara TAPS, host of The Awesome Patrol Show. “It inspires the best playlists from me, and I love being able to witness nature’s physical transition of the colors, of the leaves turning, because it means we’re almost done with another year and hopefully we’ve changed a little bit too -- and so maybe our landscape is looking a little more colorful, or maybe we’ve simplified and gone monochrome and we’re just like totally in this favorite hue of whatever we want to be, and be doing.”

Sara starts this week’s program with “Nox Lumina” from Lux Prima (the picture shows the album cover) by Karen O and Danger Mouse, “one of my favorite records, and from there, we’ll ride a roller-coaster of sound.”

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Davis Garden Show, Sept. 21, 2023

Thu, 09/21/2023 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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On this week's program: The fall planting of flowers and vegetables continues, tips for protecting pea seedlings, discussion about potting soil, persimmon problems, and more.

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‘He’s just a kid, but God can he play the piano’

Wed, 09/20/2023 - 8:54am | kdrtradio

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3rd Streaming presents 20th and 21st century classical, jazz, and motion picture music, and DJ Gary Chew has songs from all of the genres on this week’s show.

He starts with songs from two musicians from different eras who were born this time of year —  “I Want to Be Happy,” by the Chico Hamilton Quintet, recorded in 1955, followed by “Blue Nude” by Aaron Diehl, released in 2013. (The photo shows covers from their respective records.)

Hamilton would have turned 102 on Sept. 20, Gary says. Diehl was born on Sept. 22, 1985. “He’s just a kid, only 38 years old,” Gary says, “but God can he play the piano.”

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Jazz After Dark, Sept. 19, 2023

Tue, 09/19/2023 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight’s show: Lester Young live At Carnegie Hall, 1946, then Duke Ellington with Lee Gaines on vocals, Dave Brubeck, Artie Shaw, Chet Baker Quartet, Tommy Flanagan Trio, Ella Fitzgerald, Teddy Wilson with Eiji Kitamura, Mel Tormé with Gerry Mulligan & George Shearing, and Erroll Garner.

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Davisville, Sept. 18, 2023: How to reduce all that conflict we're feeling (repeat from 2021)

Mon, 09/18/2023 - 6:10pm | Bill Buchanan

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This program first aired on Feb. 1, 2021

I recorded this soon after Joe Biden became president. The U.S. had just endured a bitterly contested election, and the conflicts that tear at the country showed no signs of going away -- then or now. To do more than separate into groups and shout at each other, we need to do a better job of addressing and resolving conflicts. On this edition of Davisville Kara Hunter, executive director of the Yolo Conflict Resolution Center, talks about how to handle conflict, wherever we find it.

She believes the quantity of conflict might not have increased in recent years, but our exposure to it has. Also, people might have become more comfortable sharing their disdain, disappointment and disillusionment.

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A Constant Grin beckons you to dive head-first into the mischief

Mon, 09/18/2023 - 9:19am | kdrtradio

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Each week on A Constant Grin, DJ Chris Mussen delivers indie rock — serious indie — plus Dada show descriptions, like the sentence on this week’s playlist: “Sweet blood bribing my reckless tuxedo egg enemies all winter.”

Chris says A Constant Grin, which has been part of KDRT for years, “is a home-recorded 30-minute maelstrom of mischievous miscellaneous music that can be heard every Friday at 2 p.m.,” plus via repeats and streaming. The current program starts with “Egg in a Frame,” by Palm, from its 2015 release Trading Basics (pictured).

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Silver Nine Volt Heart for Sept. 14, 2023, starts with the great Link Wray

Thu, 09/14/2023 - 6:10pm | Rodriguez

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In today's Silver Nine Volt Heart you will hear the sounds of Link Wray, The Wailers, Nashville Honeymoon, and much more.

Wray's performance of "Apache" opens the show. Wray (1927-2005; photo shows cover of his The Pathway Sessions album) is in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame, which says "If there is one musician with an overriding influence over all rock guitarists – from 1960s British rock to 1970s punk to 1980s hardcore to 1990s grunge – that musician is Link Wray. Every young rebel who has donned a leather jacket and slashed away at an electric guitar with loud, distorted abandon owes [him] a significant debt."

And once that song wraps up, well, DJ Rodriguez is only getting started.

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Davis Garden Show, Sept. 14, 2023

Thu, 09/14/2023 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today's topics: El Niño update, harvest issues now, naked lady and spider lily bulbs, some southwestern natives for gardeners, food storage ideas, trees flowering out of season, Western redbud issues, and lawn-killing options.

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Praise Time with Preacher helps the good spirit shine through music

Wed, 09/13/2023 - 9:05am | kdrtradio

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“Movin’ On” by Grammy winners Jonny McReynolds and Mali Music (pictured) closes out this week’s Praise Time with Preacher, and it’s no hardship waiting ‘til the end of the show to hear it. DJ Preacher’s love for gospel shines throughout the whole program. The entire hour is a treat. The man knows the music.

Preacher -- his name, not his title -- wants to lift you up, too.

 “The aim of my show is to help you feel what I believe is inside of all of us, and that is a good spirit that drives us to be the very best people we can be. I hope through my music, I hope through my words, you can feel my spirit,” he says during today’s program. “We fall down, but we get up again. We will work together, we will be with one another, we will help each other, and get each other through these days.”

Tune your spirits up again with this week’s Praise Time with Preacher.

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Jazz After Dark, Sept. 12, 2023

Tue, 09/12/2023 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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First we’ll hear some early Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb, Jelly Roll Morton, Quintetto Ritmico di Milano, and Charlie Parker. Then we have a set from our featured artist, Chico Hamilton, followed by Duke Ellington, Ella again, Lee Morgan, Vince Guaraldi & Bola Sete, Boogaloo Joe Jones, and Stan Getz.

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