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This week's edition of Divine Intervention strikes with a slate of new rock/pop from the likes of Algiers, Cage the Elephant, Red Baraat, and Teenage Bottlerocket, as well as some loveliness en Español from Lila Downs. There will be other genres. There will be an obligatory eclipse-related song. And there will be Vinyl Vespers as pictured—a recording made to be funny that may have decidedly missed the mark. Guess we'll see (or hear) this evening, 7-9p PT, only on KDRT. More info and replays here on the program page.

Extended sets tonight on Jazz After Dark!

• Diane Schuur: Cry Me A River
• John Coltrane & Hank Mobley: On It
• Miles Davis: Concierto de Aranjuez
• Abdullah Ibrahim & Buddy Tate: Just You, Just Me
• Abdullah Ibrahim: All Day & All Night Long
• Herb Alpert & Hugh Masakela: Kalahari Nights
• Diane Schuur & Maynard Ferguson: Just One of Those Things

When the album Häxan came out last November I was stoked. Not just because it was yet another Dungen album, but also because it was such a good one! It's their only all-instrumental album, which made it feel that much more special ~ finally it truly was all about the music itself! This album is Dungen's imagined score for the gorgeous 1926 Lotte Reiniger's animated film "The Adventures of Prince Achmed."

You can see from the thumbnail that this is going to be an especially challenging Vinyl Vespers service, and so pat yourself on the back in advance for tuning in to Divine Intervention. The rewards will be great--including new and old rock, pop, and otherwise--live this evening, 7-9p Pacific, only on KDRT, where those grass roots (and apparently rose petals) grow.

Coming up tonight on Jazz After Dark!

• Ella Fitzgerald
• Vince Guaraldi Trio
• Sam Lazar
• Don Sleet
• Gabor Szabo
• Ruby Braff & George Barnes Quartet -
• Elvin Jones
• Kevin Mahogany
• Preservation Hall Jazz Band
• Abdullah Ibrahim
• Abdullah Ibrahim
• Abdullah Ibrahim
• Paco De Lucía

This week's edition of Divine Intervention is breaking the rules for Vinyl Vespers. First of all, we pretty much all know this "artist" on sight. Second, the image is a lie -- we did not spring for the "digitally remastered" [good-goddess-why?] edition. Third, we *may* play more than one track if the mood strikes. So there. Other than that, there will be indescribeable new rock/pop and other sundry goodness. Tune in this fine Monday evening, 7-9p PT, only on KDRT-FM.

Lois’ guest, Anne Cowles, will talk about her belief in astrology and what she thinks is in the works for us in 2017. Anne says, “The upcoming total solar eclipse visible all the way across Middle America holds the power to reboot the American consciousness over the next year. How will it impact you individually? the President and the USA? Astrology has predictions!"

Whether you believe the stars can guide your personal life or that the stars are distant suns that might hold alien life, this month’s solar eclipse could be the talk of the nation.  Will you be among those journeying north to watch it?

Traditional, bebop, hard bop, West Coast cool, straight ahead jazz…. spanning the spectrum tonight.

• Dave Brubeck & Tony Bennett
• Artie Shaw And His Orchestra
• Shelly Manne & His Men
• Gerry Mulligan
• Clark Terry, Paul Gonsalves
• Betty Roché
• Milt Jackson/Wes Montgomery
• McCoy Tyner
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Yusef Lateef
• Earl "Fatha" Hines
• The Howard Roberts Quartet
• Toshiko Akiyoshi
• Dave Brubeck