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Tonight at 6pm on the Electric Compost Heap, Dug Deep will be spinning a variety of musical compostables, including several tunes from The Detroit Cobras, who will be playing in Davis one week from tonight, thanks to our friends at the Davis Live Music Collective! The Detroit Cobras have a reputation for putting on banger shows, so you don't want to miss this. Oh, and the official color of tonight's show is...chartreuse! Hope you can join us at KDRT.org

There is something new and different to start off today's program, so join In the Key of Folk at 2 p.m. to check it out. During the hour, we'll feature tracks from newly released albums by Joshua Bonnetta, I'm With Her, and the True North Duo. You'll also hear tracks from Mike Beck, Dave Alvin, Rhiannon Giddens, Eric Brace and Thomm Jutz, along with several regional musicians. So dial in your radio or join us online at KDRT 95.7 FM | KDRT.org. Oh, and the progam repeats at 7 a.m. on Thursday and 10 a.m. on Sunday.

Coming up at 6 p.m. Pacific, it's Divine Intervention, featuring the latest releases from the Bug Club, Chime Oblivion, Bill Fox, DeWolff, the Convenience, Mclusky, and more PLUS a tune or two from our Goddess of the Month – Big Maybelle – AND, of course, a Vinyl Vespers pick. Don't miss the fun at KDRT 95.7 fm + KDRT.org + the podcast apps!

This week's installment of The Yolo County Breakdown features another very special guest -- six-time IBMA Mandolin Player of the Year Sierra Hull. Sierra is out on the road now touring with Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan and Billy Strings as part of the Outlaw Music Festival, and she just released a wonderful new album called A Tip Toe High Wire. She joins host Rocky Outcrop to chat about this and more. If you are a fan of stringed instruments with eight strings, this is an interview you won't want to miss! The program airs Friday at 10 a.m.

Where can you hear music from the Popealopes, the Pretenders, the Psychedelic Furs, Bobby Darin, Bob Mitchum, and more? It's this week's fine edition of The Russ Tolman Goodtime Hour, coming your way at 9 p.m. Pacific on KDRT 95.7 fm + KDRT.org + where you get you podcasts!

It's a brand new episode of IMPLOSION  in a brand spanking new time slot – Wednesday at *8 p.m.* Pacific. Join Nick Saloman as the sun sets gently in the spring skies for an array of tunes from Bobby Vee & the Ventures, Faine Jade, the Murgatroyd Band, the Soft Machine, the Toreros, and more – all here on your favorite station, KDRT 95.7 fm + KDRT.org + those pesky podcast apps.

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Coming to you live from the new KDRT broadcast booth, it’s double trouble with Jess Goddésse *&* Dug Deep, bringing you a divine version of the Electric Compost Heap, featuring new music, old favorites, and oddities. Tune in at 6 p.m. Pacific on KDRT 95.7 fm + KDRT.org — catch it thereafter on the podcast apps. To support this and other fine programming, please visit kdrt.org/donate. TY!

The KDRT Spring FUNdraiser week continues on Friday with a special expanded edition of The Audio Ecotone. Special guest Tommy Dunbar, co-founder and guitarist of Bay Area power pop icons The Rubinoos, joins me LIVE in the studio to spin tunes and tell tales. Because one hour can't begin to hold this explosion of content, this week's show will expand to 90 minutes, starting at 2:30 p.m.!

If you appreciate this kind of unique programming that the volunteers at our little community radio station bring to you every week, we hope that you will support us during our Spring FUNdraiser by clicking on the Support tab at the top of the page and donating to the station. If you donate this week, we also have some wonderful thank-you gifts, including the KDRT 20th anniversary logo totes and t-shirts and our new KDRT logo hats. We thank you for your support!