Tonight at 6 p.m. PT on KDRT 95.7FM, it's the latest edition of The Electric Compost Heap, featuring new tunes from the Black Lips, the Smashing Times, Delicate Steve, and the Beths, whose new album, Straight Line Was a Lie, just came out today! We'll spin lots of other musical detritus from the last 100 years as well. Hope you can join us on the radio or online at KDRT.org!
You are cordially invited to join KDRT volunteers, friends, and fans for Suds & Sounds at Armadillo Music, 207 F St. in downtown Davis, on Wednesday, August 27, from 4 to 6 p.m. Grab K-DiRT stickers and swag, enjoy live music with Christopher Cassels, procure your beverage of choice from the Bootleg Bar... This gathering repeats every month on the last Wednesday — mark your calendars!
This past Wednesday was National Radio Day, the annual celebration of radio broadcasting. The date commemorates the first daily broadcast by the station 8MK in Detroit. Set up in the Detroit News building and operating under an amateur radio license, 8MK's daily "Detroit News Radiophone" broadcast news interspersed with music from phonograph records. Early broadcasts also included updates of the Jack Dempsey/Billy Miske heavyweight boxing match and play-by-play updates of the 1920 World Series. 8MK eventually received a commerical license with the call letters WBL and then WWJ, under which it broadcasts to this day.
On this week's Audio Ecotone, we celebrate our favorite broadcast medium with selections from Joy Division, The Blasters, Steve Early, the Southern Mountain Boys, Raphael Saadiq and more! Tune in live Friday @ 3 p.m. Pacific on 95.7 FM in Davis or kdrt.org online. Replays on Saturdays 6-7 p.m. and Tuesdays 7-8 a.m.
This week on The Russ Tolman Goodtime Hour, it's our First Anniversary Special. Yes, time it do fly so quickly, don't it?! Hear tracks from Big Star, Lambchop, Nick Drake, Nick Lowe, Van Morrison, and more! Tune at 9 p.m. PT on KDRT 95.FM + KDRT.org + thereafter on the podcast apps.
It's getting close to In the Key of Folk time, so tune in your radio or rev up your electronic device and tune in. Today we'll be featuring some new tracks by Sam Robbins, a Grammy-nominated folk musician. We'll also be playing tracks by Patrick Street, The Milk Carton Kids, Richard Thompson, Robert Earl Keen, and even more! So tune in today at 2 p.m. PST on KDRT 95.7 FM, Davis, or KDRT.org worldwide. Then sit back, relax, and enjoy.
Divine Intervention strikes the airwaves and your eardrums with the latest releases from Black Moth Super Rainbow, Bogue, Cory Hanson, Frankie & the Witch Fingers, Slow Up, and The Darts, who'll be playing the Ivy Room on Aug. 22. We'll also showcase our Goddess of the Month, Ms. Fontella Bass, and enjoy a Vinyl Vespers spin – here on KDRT 95.7 FM + stream on demand via KDRT.org and the podcast apps.
Tonight on The Russ Tolman Goodtime Hour, it's all about True West, Russ's band that formed here in Davis in 1981 and went on to be part of the Paisley Underground scene. Listen up at 9 p.m. PT on KDRT 95.7 FM + KDRT.org + thereafter on the web and the podcast apps!
Folk festivals are surely a place for good vibes! In line with that, today In the Key of Folk will feature several additional tracks from the Vancouver Folk Festival, along with some favorite oldies from Gordon Lightfoot, and more new album releases by Watchhouse, Jez Lowe, Janet Feld, and Christine Lavin. We'll end the hour with a few contra dance tracks to invigorate you for the day! Tune in today at 2 p.m. on KDRT 95.7 FM in Davis, CA & KDRT.org online.
We're excited to welcome back a familiar and much-loved voice to the KDRT studio — singer/songwriter Alex Roth, visiting Davis all the way from his new home in Germany. Alex has long been a beloved musician in Northern California — leading such fine bands as the West Nile Ramblers — and it's a real treat to have him back on the air with us.
Adding to the excitement, Alex is bringing along a special guest from Germany: poet Claudia Kiefer. Born in Stendal, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Claudia trained and worked as an economist and business analyst. She is an active member of the Heidelberg poets’ collective "Kamina" and has collaborated with the Literaturvilla Herrenhof (part of the Querfälltein festival) for readings and events. Many of her earlier works — both poetry and prose — were featured in anthologies, including the Friedrich Hölderlin anthology Ins Offene, published by Wunderhorn in 2020. Claudia's poetry often focuses on nature as a gateway to human emotion and inner life. She evokes the ordinary — clouds, birds, plants — but filters them through a poetic sensibility infused with a sense of subtle enchantment.
It's almost time for Divine Intervention, bringing you the latest releases from the Albinos, the Darts, Frankie & the Witch Fingers, Muck & the Mires, Turtle Skull ... fantastic classics from our Goddess of the Month, Fontella Bass ... a questionable Vinyl Vesper track ... plus sweet sounds to round out the show. Join Jess Goddésse at 6 p.m. Pacific here on KDRT 95.7 fm + KDRT.org + those podcast apps!
