Blogs

Rap Snacks, Episode X: My Vinyl Weighs A Ton

Wed, 09/13/2017 - 6:40am | Kay-Beezy Fa Sheezy

If you are a true fan of old-school hip-hop you will DEFINITELY want to tune-in to Rap Snacks, Episode X: My Vinyl Weighs A Ton at www.kdrt.org from 6-7pm this evening. If you happen to be in Davis, just turn your dial to 95.7 FM as Kay-Beezy Fa Sheezy spins eleven buttery hip-hop records from back-in-the-day for your soul and your ear holes... all on 100% exquisite vinyl from his personal stash!! If you sleep on it, you can always stream it later—but live is when it's freshest...word is bond, kid!!!!

Jazz After Dark September 12 2017

Tue, 09/12/2017 - 7:43pm | Don Shor

Old-fashioned jazz tonight! 8 pm on Jazz After Dark, 95.7 FM in Davis CA, KDRT.org everywhere.

Rosemary Clooney and Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

Quintette du Hot Club de France (Django Reinhardt)

Benny Carter

Pete Johnson And Albert Ammons

Will Bradley

Earl Hines

Benny Goodman with Peggy Lee

King Cole Trio

Dizzy Gillespie Sextet

The Lawrence Marable Quartet Featuring James Clay

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong with Russell Garcia

Helyne Stewart

Charles Mingus/Duke Ellington/Max Roach

Chris Barber

Herb Alpert & Hugh Masakela

Toots Thielemans

 

Live DiRT at ArtAbout with Doc Tari - Sep 8

Fri, 09/08/2017 - 6:23pm | Jess Goddésse

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Doc Tari photo

Join the KDRT Live DiRT crew for September's 2nd Friday ArtAbout with one-man band Doc Tari, broadcasting live from the Armadillo Music stage in downtown Davis, September 8, starting at 6:30 p.m. sharp-ish. Doc Tari draws inspiration from New Orleans buskers, driving out feel-good rhythms on foot-pedal drums, guitar, and harmonica, singing songs that track the roots of American music through the annals of country, blues, gospel, and folk. Come on down to Armadillo for the live show, or if you truly can't make it downtown, tune in for the live broadcast, only on KDRT, where the grass roots grow!

Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, Sept 8, 2017

Wed, 09/06/2017 - 9:36pm | Nancy Flagg

Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show

Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, photo in public domain per wiki

Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show (1883-1913) had a massive influence on how the world perceived the West. On the 9/8/17 episode of Cowboy Tracks, Nancy will look at what the Wild West Show was all about and play music from and about the Show. Don't miss this one!

Jazz After Dark September 05 2017

Tue, 09/05/2017 - 7:42pm | Don Shor

Some classic sax and great vocals tonight on Jazz After Dark! Plus a little Cubop congo and a tribute to John Abercrombie.

Billie Holiday

Jelly Roll Morton

Fats Navarro

Ella Fitzgerald & Buddy Bregman

Howard Lucraft

Sarah Vaughan

Stanley Turrentine

Paul Desmond, Gerry Mulligan

Eddie Jefferson

Benny Carter & Oscar Peterson Trio

Sabu Martinez

Sonny Rollins

John Abercrombie

Pat Metheny

That's Life on September 7th: The Great War Returns

Tue, 09/05/2017 - 7:25pm | Alison B

Tune in to That's Life on Thursday Sept 7th @ 1pm! The second talk in the series of "Lest We Forget" will cover the second six months of the war when we see the young draftees disbursed to training camps through out the nation. On the home front we see extensive activity by the Red Cross, YMCA, Schools and the newly formed ultra patriotic "Liberty Leagues".  "Enemy Aliens" now have to register with the government. Some Yolo boys are on the troop ship "Tuscania" that sinks in the Irish sea killing 210 men, and others finally make it "Over There". We also cover the very first causalities of the war and finally our first medal for bravery, the French "Croix de Guerre" is awarded to ambulance driver, volunteer Herbert Hope.

Encaustic = art made from hot pots of color!

Mon, 09/04/2017 - 1:59pm | Lois Richter

Adele Louise Shaw is an encaustic artist and teacher in Davis. Her work is known world-wide, and her art classes have been drawing enthusiastic students for years. Listen on Thursday at 1:00 pm (7 Sept 2017) or Friday at 3:00 pm (8 Sept 2017) to hear about this fascinating art form. Newly revived in the west, it's origins are over 2000 years old!

What is encaustic? -- the substance, the process, and the finished work all share the same word. Should a piece of encaustic art be flat and painterly or 3-D and sculptural? Should it have bold splashes of color or subtle transparent layers? Since one can include other materials into encaustic, should the art piece then be called "encaustic", "mixed media", or "collage"? Adele will tell us YES! Encaustic art allows freedom of expression on many levels; we are not limited to the 'shoulds' that abound elsewhere.

We will find out the nitty gritty of what materials to use in encaustic art (and why) and also about the care and feeding of an encaustic piece you own. No phone calls today, but Lois has lots of questions stored up -- so this will definitely be a hot episode!