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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.

In this broadcast of The Grapevine, we hit the streets with a soulful beat!  In addition to some of the all-time soul sounds by artists such as James Brown, Isaac Hayes & Sly Stone, we have some brand spanking new material from the Ged Soul record label out of Nashville that nails it.

Here's the link to the April 30th broadcast:

http://kdrt.org/audio/grapevine-6pm-apr-30th-2014

And the playlist:

Theme From Shaft - Isaac Hayes

Get On The Good Foot - James Brown

Krunked Up! - Big Sam's Funky Nation

Down To The Nightclub - Tower Of Power

Slow Down, Love - Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings

Soulsville - Huey Lewis & The News

Throw A Fit - AJ & Jiggawatts

Get Yourself Together - Sky Hi

If You Want Me To Stay - Sly & The Family Stone

Superfly - Curtis Mayfield

Jack, That Cat Was Clean - Dr. Horse

Pass The Peas - The JB's

Papa Don't Take No Mess - James Brown

Same Beat, Part 1 - The JB's

Papa Don't Take No Mess - James Brown

Living For The City - Ray Charles

Back to basics tonight: ragtime, boogie woogie, and New Orleans jazz.  Ella Fitzgerald  *  Scott Joplin  *  Joshua Rifkin  *  Ray Mckinley & Freddie Slack  *  Will Bradley  *  Eubie Blake  *  Claude Bolling  *  Charlie Byrd  *  Eddie Jefferson  *  Shorty Rogers  *  Louis Armstrong  *  New Orleans' Own The Dukes of Dixieland  *  Piano Connection & Marcs Boogie  * 

Thursday May 1st at 6 pm on the Album of the Week show, host Dug Deep will spin a masterwork by Barbara Manning from 1997 entitled "1212." The album is something of a collaboration with Joey Burns and John Convertino of Calexico... It features some of Manning's best work mixed with great covered material from Richard Thompson, the Bevis Frond, and more. Join us on Thursday May 1st, Beltane, and enjoy this fiery gem of an album.

The Big Day of Giving starts at midnight on Tuesday, May 6th. During the "Big DoG," your donation to KDRT via givelocalnow.org/davismediaaccess will be boosted thanks to a pool of matching funds. Please save the date and spread the word via social media using the hashtag #GiveBigDoG... Then any time on May 6th, visit givelocalnow.org/davismediaaccess to give where your ears are!

Greg Glazner is a guitarist and vocalist at work on a CD with his band, Professor Len and the Big Night. Listening Lyrics had the pleasure of seeing his band perform and believe me its straight out blues. Greg Glazner is also the author of two books of poetry, From the Iron Chair and Singularity, both published by W.W. Norton.  Excerpts from his recently-completed novel, Opening the World, have appeared in Ploughshares, Poetry, The Colorado Review, Seneca Review, Idaho Review, and other magazines.  His awards include the Bess Hokin Award from Poetry, The Walt Whitman Award, and a 2005 NEA Fellowship.  He is the Distinguished Visiting Poet for Wichita State University, winter of 2012, and for spring 2012, a visiting writer at UC Davis.  He is a longstanding member of the faculty of Pacific Lutheran University’s low-residency MFA program. 

Hiya K-DIRT listeners!  Please join us for a special broadcast of The Grapevine on April 23rd at 6:00 pm for a salute to the generosity & lasting spirit of the late, great Bill Smith.  Bill was an early volunteer and strong contributing supporter of community access television & radio here in Davis.  His involvement at DCTV, KDRT and KDVS gave him an adventuresome local platform to demonstrate his exceptional creativity.

Now...what about that 1964 Chevy Malibu?!  Well please join us at KDRT 95.7 to hear much more about it... and some sounds that will put a swing in your hips and a smile on your lips!

Here's a link to the play list & broadcast:

http://kdrt.org/audio/grapevine-6pm-apr-23rd-2014

Thanks Bill!!!

Rich kids from New York aren't supposed to actually become one of the most recognized bunch of musicians to define a turn-of-the-century sound, right? The Strokes' debut "Is This It?" not only drew critical acclaim and appears at the top of a bunch of "best of the decade" lists for the oughts... it's flat-out awesome garage-indie rock that you've probably heard a ton of times by now.

This week, we're going to delve into the follow-up sophomore release that is equally good (or better, depending on your ears), despite the incredible amount of pressure they endured to deliver. It'd be great if you haven't actually heard this LP before, but hopefully you'll carve out an hour to listen to it regardless.

Bossa Nova and Latin Jazz tonight! Mellow sounds from Vince Guaraldi Trio  *  Charlie Byrd & Stan Getz  *  Sam Lazar  *  Dave Pike  *  Stan Getz & Luiz Bonfá  *  Kenny Burrell Octet  *  Rahsaan Roland Kirk  *  Clark Terry & Chico O'Farrill  *  Boots Randolph  *  Ella Fitzgerald  *  Gerry Mulligan & Jane Duboc  *  Fabrizio Bosso with Strings  *  Jazz Nuances  *  Eliane Elias