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Join Us for Suds & Sounds – May 29

KDRT invites YOU to Suds & Sounds at Armadillo Music in downtown Davis on Wed., May 29, 4 to 6 p.m. Meet K-DiRT friends and fans, grab a sticker & a new T-shirt, pick some vinyl to spin...! Beverages will be available at the Bootleg Bar. This gathering repeats every month on the last Wednesday — mark you calendars!

Divine Intervention – May 24, 2024

Please join us at 6 p.m. Pacific for Divine Intervention. We'll hear the latest from Shellac (RIP Steve Albini), Oakland's Shannon and the Clams, The Darts, The Libertines, Nick Saloman & The Bevis Frond, Charming Disaster, and local heroes Th' Losin Streaks — plus at least one guaranteed opportunity to tap your twinklin' toes — only on KDRT 95.7fm + KDRT.org, your grassroots radio refuge!

Electric Divine Compost Intervention Heap for May 17, 2024!

From Compost to seed to root to bloom to seed to compost...Hey, tonight on the Electric Compost Heap on KDRT 95.7fm, Dug Deep will be joined by his timeslotmate, Jess Goddèsse, for a fundraiser-themed combined version of their respective radio shows, sort of an Electric Divine Compost Intervention Heap, if you will.  Whatever it is, they will be doing it tonight, and so please join them and consider making a donation to community radio for Davis, CA! Go to KDRT.org and click on the Support tab. The magic will unfold, we promise!

May 13 - 20: Support KDRT during Fundraising Week!

Tune in May 13-20 and support your favorite station!   

We'll stay within the guardrails but pull out all the stops all week long. KDRT depends on your support to stay on the air and online, and we ask for your help just a couple times each year. Please visit kdrt.org/donate today to show your support!

Please also also join us at these fine events. Come on by, say hello, bring a friend! 

Friday May 17, 7-9p @ Delta of Venus: AMP Quintet with local jazz all-stars Tony Passarell, Alan Ernst, Mark Oi, Keith Cary, Jim Frink

Saturday May 18, 6-8p @ Sudwerk Brewing: Adrian West Band

Sunday May 19, 3-6p @ Berryessa Brewing: Misner & Smith

Rumi Shimada live on Listening Lyrics, this Friday May 17 at 4 p.m.

Listening Lyrics is excited to announce that Rumi Shimada will be our guest this Friday, May 17, at 4.

He's a singer-songwriter from northern California, and released his self-produced album Audiofolds in August 2022. He recorded it in his bedroom studio. Shimada (who is by no means that great at any instrument) played all of the instruments on each of the album's 12 tracks, giving it a quirky, underdeveloped and juvenile sound that (fortunately) enhances and communicates the searching, mysterious, and uncertain feeling of the songs. 

Rumi is also putting together what promises to be a great day of music, The Pink Bandit Music Fest on Saturday, June 29, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. at the Cooper Amphitheater in Auburn, CA.

Electric Compost Heap -- May 3, 2024

Tonight (Friday May 3) on the Electric Compost Heap on KDRT 95.7FM, we'll feature some new tunes from Pat Todd & The Rankoutsiders, Richard Thompson, and Kid Congo and The Pink Monkey Birds! We'll also spin a number from the Sam Chase and the Untraditional, who will be appearing at Sudwerk Brewing Co. tomorrow evening (May 4) courtesy of the Davis Live Music Collective. The official color of tonight's show is Magenta! Hope you can join us on KDRT.org.

Thank you for the outpouring of support for our grassroots radio KDRT!

Yesterday on Big Day of Giving 2024 close to 130 local nonprofits participated in BDOG, including our "mothership" Davis Media Access. Regionwide, a total of 826 nonprofits came together and the $100 million mark was surpassed in total since the area's first giving event 12 years ago. We too broke our record this year surpassing our biggest goal ever! We are extremely grateful for your support and hope to thank you in-person this spring as we are out in the community with live broadcasts from Davis Pride June 1 and from the first two days at the Davis Music Fest June 14-16. Your support on BDOG2024 goes a long way toward implementing these efforts and is greatly appreciated!