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Lazaretto is Jack White's second solo album. Euan Harris of the TheSoundBot writes, "Lazaretto is almost an instant classic. It’s big, it’s bold and full of humor – which may seem odd given his recent divorce from model, Karen Elson. The humour, albeit dark, starts with the album’s title. For those unaware a lazaretto is a quarantine for people with infectious diseases. Read into that what you will."

Yes, folks, we will play the VINYL version in its entire glory, Thursday, July 10, at 6 pm. 

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Some jazz blues, some funk, some boogaloo, some great vocals tonight: Oscar Peterson  *  Terry Gibbs  *  The Howard Roberts Quartet  *  George Benson  *  Lou Donaldson  *  Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass  *  June Katz  *  Joe Williams  *  Kevin Mahogany  *  Diana Krall

This week we spend an hour with MICHAEL LEAHY of CROSSBILL RECORDS. We will hear some of the artists on this label discuss how a label select artists. Plus much more. Crossbill Records has been releasing a steady stream of songwriter-based indie folk, rock, americana, and bluegrass albums from its Davis, CA home-base since 2005. Headed by longtime KDVS DJ and “Cool as Folk” concert presenter Michael Leahy, the label thrives as a cooperative effort with releases from friends Tom Brosseau, Brass Bed, Matt Bauer, Appetite, The Loom, Sea of Bees, Garrett Pierce, and Jake Mann making the team push (Leahy is also a basketball coach) for recordings, bookings, tours, and getting the word out.

This week on the Electric Compost Heap we will be spinning a midsummer's dream of musical madness, featuring tunes from Wanda Jackson, Lorelle Meets The Obsolete, Roosevelt Sykes and a couple tracks from the new Parquet Courts release, "Sunbathing Animal."  

The Electric Compost Heap is live on KDRT every Wednesday, 7-9 pm PT.
Listen to past shows here.

The great Billy Strayhorn composed many jazz classics during his partnership with Duke Ellington. This show features mostly Strayhorn’s compositions, performed by Dave Brubeck, Vince Guaraldi, Count Basie with Ella Fitzgerald, Earl Hines, and Terell Stafford, in addition to performances by Ellington, Johnny Hodges, and Strayhorn himself. 

The Davis Odd Fellows and Davis Media Access (DMA) present a special evening of local music benefitting KDRT-FM community radio. The all-star line-up features Bill Scholer and Waiting for Bruce plus special guest Barry “The Fish” Melton... The popular Winters-based country-swing band Bonanza King opens the show. 

Tune in to The Golden Road this Friday, June 27th for the KDRT debut of the new album, "Stones To Sand", by Achilles Wheel.  This band is based in Nevada City and has a loyal following that is well earned by playing excellent live shows all over the Sierra Foothills.  The Golden Road airs live from 6:30 to 8:30 pm on Friday's and we'll be featuring Achilles Wheel first up in the broadcast!

Check out their Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/AchillesWheelBand

and don't miss 'em live!

Talk about a SPECIAL guest - we needed a SPECIAL Listening Lyrics show to have RAY BONNEVILLE join us in the studio. Ray was born in Canada and is widely regarded as a blues player strongly influanced by New Orleans. To date, Bonneville has released seven records and, in 2000, won the prestigious Juno Award (Canadian Grammy) for his third album Gust Of Wind. As a touring musician Bonneville plays more than one hundred and fifty shows a year across the United States, Canada and Europe.

Joining us with Ray is RICHIE LAWRENCE who is a well know musician in California. Richie has has a lifetime of music in his soul and his latest CD "Water" reflects this.

Vist RAY BONNEVILLE at http://raybonneville.com

The songs and melodies of Cole Porter tonight -- performed by: Ella Fitzgerald  *  Count Basie  *  Billie Holiday  *  Art Pepper  *  Billy Bauer  *  Lem Winchester & Ramsey Lewis Trio  *  Tony Bennett And The Count Basie Orchestra  *  Terry Gibbs  *  Coleman Hawkins  *  Julie London  *  Betty Carter  *  Diana Krall  *  The Dave Brubeck Quartet

This monthly half-hour show focuses on the health of animals, people, and the environment. With a different guest each month, we tell the stories of the UC Davis One Health Institute and the Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center. The show is hosted by Justin Cox and airs Thursdays at 4 pm. Visit the show page.