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DR. Paul broadcasts a live two hour classical music program on KDRT. He has listened to classical music all his life, and classical music radio since the 1970's. Please submit requests, and he will accommodate if the requested piece in the library of recorded music. Click below to the show site.
An hour of jazz guitar, honoring Paco de Lucia.
Acoustic duo The Smoke Shovelers have spent a few years now sneaking around the periphery of the Davis/Sacto circuit entertaining friends and family at barbecues, honey-extracting parties, coffee-roasting sessions, campfire jams, film-festivals, back-patio birthdays, front-porch hoe-downs, New Year’s celebrations, and every once in a while planting themselves in front of microphones for a paying audience in more traditional musical venues. Davis music veterans Roger Kunkel (Thin White Rope, Acme Rocket Quartet) on mandolin, guitar, banjo, and fiddle, and Rusi Gustafson (Curbfeelers, Acme Rocket Quartet) on guitar, banjitar, and harmonica, lend their two-part harmonies to both original tunes and an up-ended grab-bag of folk, bluegrass, and country-rock covers ranging from The Statler Brothers and John Prine to The Replacements and The Velvet Underground.
Get ready to hit the streets and rev it up good on The Grapevine in celebration of Mardi Gras and Fat Tuesday. As carnival season winds down and Ash Wednesday & Lent loom ahead, jump in the parade with a swing in your hips & a song on your lips and get it while the getting gets good...right here on K-DIRT!
In this special Mardi Gras edition of The Grapevine you'll hear classic Crescent City & Louisiana country sounds by the likes of Huey "Piano" Smith, Roy Montrell, The Meters, Beausoleil and of course, the magnifcent Dr. John.
Here's a cool vid of the good doctor himself talking about the New Orleans sound and the mighty influence of Professor Long Hair:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CmtUCB_hDg
And here's a link to the broadcast and playlist
This Friday 2/28/14, live in the studio with Danny and Sara. Tom Brosseau is a guitarist with a story to tell. That story to tell is Tom at his best - he is one great storyteller. Catch this live or after the show via streaming.
You can also catch TOM at the Verterans Memorial at 8:30PM on Friday 2/28/14
or visit Tom at www.tombrosseau.com
Jazz legends tonight!
This Friday - LIVE - in the KDRT studio, MOTHER FALCON. The Austin Critics Table nominated the group as "Best New Ensemble" in 2011. Now in Davis, CA you have two opportunities for hearing this ensemble, at the Veterans Memorial and on KDRT 95.7FM. Both on friday 2/28/14.
Mother Falcon began as a jam session among a group of high school cellists eager to break out of the classical repertoire that predominated their musical training. Since then, the band has evolved as an organic collective of classically trained young musicians determined to push their artistry into new musical territory.
Featuring Paul Desmond!
