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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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Classical Excursions

Greg LaTraille

Classical radio programs often focus on well-known light classics and ignore challenging and imaginative masterworks, especially from the rich repertoire of 20th century music, which is very diverse. This results in listeners who are unaware of many wonderful works. Excursions will present short and longer works by famous as well as less known composers, with insightful commentary by a composer with years of experience in radio, classical marketing, and music education.

Live on the first, third and occasional fifth Friday of the month.  

Live Friday 11am-1pm
Replays Sunday 9-11am
DJ(s): 
Greg LaTraille
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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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Listening Lyrics

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Welcome to an hour of Listening Lyrics, right here on KDRT 95.7 FM in Davis, California.

No musical passports required. Folk can sit next to funk, jazz can dance with rock, and a singer-songwriter might end up sharing a park bench with a reggae band. Listening Lyrics is your invitation to escape the noise of the day and enter a world of elaborate sounds, unexpected discoveries, and songs that have something to say.

This is the kind of journey only commercial-free community radio can provide.

So close your eyes. Open your ears. Relax your mind. Join me, Pieter Pastoor, as we send color to your ears and wander through the vast landscape of music and lyrics—the grand meeting place of rhythm, imagination, and the remarkable human ability to create art. Whether it's a whisper, a roar, a groove, or a melody you've never heard before, it all belongs here.

Remember: Real Music. Real Community. Real Good Music.

Live Friday 4-5pm
Replays Sunday 11am-12pm
DJ(s): 
Pieter Pastoor
Homepage URL: 
Listening Lyrics on Facebook
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Roots, Shoots and Leaves

Roots, Shoots and Leaves' DJ Tree has a theory of music that involves a tree. Suffice it to say that it involves a trinity — an exploration of themes and connections among recording artists — and otherwise very few boundaries. Listen for music old and new, known and unknown. And if you listen long enough, you may experience some musical enlightenment.

 

Live Tuesday 6-8pm
Replays Saturday 5-7pm
DJ(s): 
Tree Kilpatrick
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A Constant Grin

DJ Chris Mussen presents all things modern indie, from shoegaze to psychedelic, dream pop to space rock, post-punk to indie folk. Whatever you prefer on your indie playlists, A Constant Grin is sure to keep you smiling.

Live Friday 2-2:30pm
Replays Saturday 7-7:30pm
DJ(s): 
Chris Mussen
Homepage URL: 
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Jazz After Dark, March 26, 2024

Tue, 03/26/2024 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight we’ll hear:

  • Billie Holiday, Good Morning Heartache
  • Benny Goodman, Oh! Baby
  • Ella Fitzgerald, My Funny Valentine (Live)
  • Django Reinhardt, Nuages
  • Chet Baker, How Long Has This Been Going On
  • Ahmad Jamal, Poinciana (Live)
  • Cannonball Adderley, Straight No Chaser
  • Yusef Lateef, Kongsberg
  • Ramsey Lewis Trio, You Don't Know Me
  • Gerry Mulligan, Walk On The Water
  • Ahmad Jamal & Yusef Lateef, Trouble In Mind (Live)
  • Charlie Byrd and the Washington Guitar Quintet, Correnteza
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Ballads and high lonesome sounds, on High Country Music Radio, March 26, 2024

Tue, 03/26/2024 - 11:00am | David A. Reynolds

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A square neck resonator, mandolins, banjos, fiddles and more are featured on this week's High Country Music. Tune into New Grass Revival, Andy Hall, The Crooked Jades, Tony Trishka, Mr. Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys, Lindsay Lou, The Travelin' McCoury's, Earl Scruggs, bluegrass band Barefoot, The Infamous Stringdusters, Otis Taylor, Rachel Harrington and John Hartford. 

Live Tuesday 11 a.m. to noon, with replays Monday 8-9 p.m. and Saturday 6-7 p.m.

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Live DiRT features Mike Clark of the Sugar Sounds

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 5:15pm | Dug Deep

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Saturday, March 23, 4 P.M. Pacific, don't miss Dug Deep's Live DiRT in-studio interview with Mike Clark, who'll perform with his band Mike Clark & the Sugar Sounds in a Davis Live Music Collective show at Sudwerk on Saturday evening.

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Jacob Johnson & Henry Humphrey of Cowboys After Dark, on Listening Lyrics, March 22, 2024

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Jacob Johnson and Henry Humphrey of Cowboys After Dark share their thoughts on how music is a language that is universally understood. These two gifted musicians can also articulate what they mean using the common language we know as English.

Jacob and Henry treated us by playing a couple of songs live on the air. Jacob allowed Listening Lyrics to debut "Fungus Funk," an original song from an upcoming rap/funk album aimed at communicating science (especially ecology) to middle- and high-school students and the general public.

Listening Lyrics playlist for 03/22/2024
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Davis Garden Show, March 21, 2024

Thu, 03/21/2024 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Today’s topics: hummingbird fountains, problems with indoor seedlings, passiflora in a pot, need for fruit thinning this year, and how to replace a lawn with a ground cover.

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IMPLOSION – 20 March 2024

Wed, 03/20/2024 - 9:09am | Nick Saloman

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Today at 5p Pacific, join your host Nick Saloman for music from Art, Family, Pond, Taste, and more — yes, it's time for this week's edition of IMPLOSION on KDRT 95.7 FM | KDRT.org!

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Jazz After Dark, March 19, 2024

Tue, 03/19/2024 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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On tonight’s show:

  • Nat King Cole Trio, Honeysuckle Rose
  • Thelonious Monk, It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
  • Gerry Mulligan, The Preacher
  • Miles Davis,  Will O' the Wisp
  • Sergio Mendes, On Green Dolphin Street
  • Herbie Mann & The Bill Evans Trio, Nirvana
  • Ed Thigpen, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Rosa & Tommy Flanagan, Old Devil Moon
  • Don Ellis, Quiet Longing
  • Milcho Leviev & Multiple Personalities, Invincible
  • Ramsey Lewis, Do What You Wanna
  • Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Echoes of Primitive Ohio and Chili Dogs
  • Count Basie, (We Ain't Got) No Special Thing
  • The Crusaders, Stomp and Buck Dance
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Bluegrass and Front Porch Blues

Tue, 03/19/2024 - 11:00am | David A. Reynolds

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Bluegrass and country blues are on the turntable this week, featuring Alison Brown with Steve Martin, Sierra Hull, Kaia Kater, Mississippi John Hurt, New Grass Revival, the Carolina Chocolate Drops, David Grier, The Slocan Ramblers, Doc Watson with David Holt, Etta Baker with Taj Mahal, Sister Sadie and AJ Lee & Blue Summit. 

Live Tuesday 11am-12pm. Replays Monday 8-9pm, Saturday 6-7pm

High Country Music Radio playlist for 03/19/2024
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Davisville, March 18, 2024: Secret Spot creates a new home for the creatively weird in Davis

Mon, 03/18/2024 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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Today’s Davisville is a story about the new — and about getting started in Davis, as well as art, life after the pandemic, ambition, and the weird. We talk with Toni Rizzo and Harry Greer, who along with Stephanie Peel have started the Secret Spot, an arts gallery and music lounge business that opened this month in a former house at 117 D St. downtown. #ConstructiveDiscomfort #RookieRoom #ArtMania! #LockdownArt #DavisSound #ArtAsTherapy #PsychicScream #HelpingOthers The photo shows, from left, Toni, Harry and Stephanie

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Max Van Dyke & Julian Dean talk and sing music, on Listening Lyrics, March 15, 2024

Fri, 03/15/2024 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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The Big Poppies keep transitioning themselves into an extremely talented and tight band. Members Max Van Dyke and Julian Dean, who occasionally perform as a duo, talk about both the band and themselves as a duo in this episode of Listening Lyrics. During the show they share a cut from an upcoming album. I was blown away by it.

Listen for a glimpse into the sound of the Big Poppies.

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