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Four virtuoso performers tonight: Stuff Smith on violin  *  Oscar Peterson on piano  *  Miles Davis on trumpet  *  Shirley Horn, vocals and piano. 

This week Listening Lyrics goes to Los Angeles to check out the LA Music scene. We have a remote interview with Will Carpenter and Dan Hange of SHIPS HAVE SAILED. That will set the tone for the show. Other selections from LA bands currently creating a buzz are Fitz and the Tantrums "The walker”, Bad Suns “Cardiac Arrest”, Incan Abraham "Tuolumne", Moses Sumney "Lindisfarne", Holychild "Happy With Me", Papa "Put Me To Work", Holy Folk "At A Moment Here", Mystic Braves "Please Let Me Know"

(http://www.shipshavesailed.com).  Pictured are Dan & Will of SHIPS HAVE SAILED

Join us for a ride in the Wayback Machine as we go to June 8, 1974 and the 2nd Day On The Green ever promoted by Bill Graham in Oakland Stadium.  On the bill that day was Commander Cody & The Lost Planet Airmen, New Riders Of The Purple Sage, The Beach Boys and of course, the show was headlined by The Grateful Dead.  You'll hear them all on KDRT and The Golden Road, Friday May 23rd from 6:30 to 8:30 pm.

Here's the show poster...were you there?!

http://www.deadlists.com/posters/1970s/19740608.html

Hey all! 

Just wanted to shate a few helpful videos that our much loved Pietr Pastoor has made. The first involves help creating a blog, and the second discusses how to save your recorded shows. I hope you all find them as helpful as I did! 

Creating a Blog

Saving Your Recorded Shows 

Some vocals by Billie Holiday, Anita O’Day, and Ella Fitzgerald; some cool jazz from Miles Davis, Billy Taylor, Kenny Burrell, and Gerry Mulligan with Chet Baker. A little funk from Howard Roberts. It’s an eclectic hour of mellow jazz tonight.

Six decades of jazz!

Hey there, DIRTclods! The Golden Road will now be broadcasting live on Friday evenings from 6:30 to 8:30. We kicked off the First Friday edition on May 9th with some choice material from the Fillmore East, the Keystone Berkeley, and the Fox Theatre in Atlanta. Here's a link to the broadcast...

Check it out and we'll see you on Friday nights: http://kdrt.org/audio/golden-road-6pm-may-9th-2014

KDRT and the Davis Music Festival will copresent an all-ages preview party and fundraiser at the Sudwerk Brewing Dock Store on Thursday, May 22nd, from 4 to 9 p.m. Join us for fresh taps and live music from DMF artists The Bottom Dwellers, Owl Paws, The Lurk, and Million Dollar Giveaway...

A suggested donation of $5 will include admission plus one raffle ticket for a single-day pass to the BottleRock Music Festival in Napa, May 30-June 1. Additional raffle tickets will be available for $3 each. Also available will be tickets for this year's Davis Music Festival, which will showcase dozens of acts on multiple stages in and around downtown Davis on June 21. For more information, visit davismusicfest.com. To join and share the Fundraiser Party Facebook event, visit facebook.com/events/232028806986087/.

An hour of soul jazz and bop; featured artist Rahsaan Roland Kirk.

Jesse Deere and Joe Fike join me in the studio for a lively discussion about the benifits of vinyl vs. compact Discs. As a treat we will be playing some vintage vinyl... 

By the end of the show you will be educated to the benifits of both.