Please help us continue to celebrate our 20th birthday:
Grab one of our special thank-you gifts, including our NEW KDRT hats in two swell styles. Then join us on Wednesday, May 7, at Armadillo Music for an "extended play" edition of Suds & Sounds, featuring an extra hour of merry-making – 4 to 7 p.m. – with musical guests Max & Julian of the Big Poppies! Don't miss the FUN!
This week's Yolo Country Breakdown features an interview with dobro legend Jerry Douglas. Yes, Jerry Douglas! Don't miss it — Friday, May 2, 10 a.m. Pacific — on KDRT 95.7 FM + KDRT.org + your favorite podcast platform.
Few journalists have had as much impact in Davis as Joel Davis (pictured in 2013).
In 2005 he wrote his book Justice Waits about the then-unsolved kidnapping and murders of two UC Davis students, John Riggins and Sabrina Gonsalves, in December 1980. The killings stunned and terrified the community. His book helped sustain interest in solving the crime, ending in the conviction of Richard Hirschfield for first-degree murder in December 2012.
In January 2013, Joel appeared on Davisville to talk about the book, the effect the murders had on Davis and on him, and finishing his work even as he was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson’s Disease.
Justice Waits was important, useful, and written with clarity and skill. Joel grew up in Davis. He cared about getting this right. “I knew this would be an unusual case,” he wrote in the preface. “I just didn’t realize how unusual.”
Are you ready for IMPLOSION? Nick Saloman is coming your way Wednesday, April 30, at 5 p.m. Pacific with astounding sounds from Black Axe, Skin Alley, Groundspeed, Swervedriver, and My Dear Watson. Keep it tuned to KDRT 95.7 fm + KDRT.org. Catch it thereafter via your podcast apps.
Celebrate some new releases on In The Key of Folk this afternoon. Nestled among tracks by Rita Hosking, Laurie Lewis, Wil Maring, Latter Day Lizards and others, you'll hear several tracks from new albums by Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson and by Rees Shad. We're on at 2 PM, right here on KDRT 95.7 FM | KDRT.org.
Tonight at 6pm in the Electric Compost Heap DJ Dug Deep features new music from The Hard Quartet, The Bug Club, and Horsegirl; we'll also remember David Thomas of Pere Ubu, who passed away earlier this week at the age of 71. Oh, and the official color of tonight's program is...yellow!
Coming up on IMPLOSION, the Beach Boys, the Mothers, the Nashville Teens, the Regents, and many more must-hear sounds. Listen up for Nick Saloman at 5 p.m. Pacific on KDRT 95.7 fm + KDRT.org + your podcast apps.
April is Earth month and yesterday was Earth Day! Therefore, today In the Key of Folk honors mother earth with tracks that cover the good, bad, and little-known aspects of life on our planet. We'll cover tracks by Laurie Lewis, Rita Hosking, Dougie MacLean, and Alien Folklife, among others.
The second half of the hour will be devoted to a sample of favorite contra dance tunes in honor of the 39th Anniversary Contra Dance this Saturday night, put on by the Sacramento Country Dance Society. You'll hear tracks by The Free Raisins, Toss the Possum, the Syncopaths, and String Fire. Tune in at 2 this afternoon, and don't forget to put your dancing shoes on! Right here on KDRT 95.7 FM | KDRT.org!
Divine Intervention is ready with a brimming-over plate full of new music from Art D'Ecco, Cheekface, Craig Finn, Frog Eyes, Heaven, L.A. Witch, Mekons, Perfume Genius, Sharp Pins, Young Widows; plus some tracks from our Goddess of the Month, Cassandra Lewis; and an extra-special memorial Vinyl Vespers. Turn it up at 6 p.m. Pacific, right here on KDRT 95.7 FM + KDRT.org + your fave podcast platforms.
For your listening pleasure, Nick Saloman's IMPLOSION, bringing you the sounds of the Rats, Amen Corner, the Sorrows, Bull Angus, the Sensations, and more. Tune in to at 6 p.m. PT on KDRT 95.7 fm or KDRT.org — and enjoy thereafter via your favorite podcasting platforms.
