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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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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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