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Emrah is a master at combining 2 cultures (USA "jazz" and his native Turkey) but I hear a third - can YOU hear it?

After receiving a Bachelor of Music degree from Turkey's Ankara State Conservatory, Emrah Kotan moved to the States to pursue his Master's degree in Jazz Studies at Georgia State University. He has performed in prestigious jazz festivals and venues such as the Montreux, Antibes and Istanbul Jazz Festivals in Europe as well as the Atlanta Jazz Festival and The Blue Note in the United States.

Emrah performs regularly in the Atlanta area with various bands and conducts lectures pertaining to jazz, Middle Eastern and Turkish drumming. He is an applied percussion instructor and Director the Jazz and World Percussion Ensembles at Agnes Scott College.

Emrah resides in Atlanta, Georgia

Drew Walker, a V E R Y multi talented guy visits KDRT and LISTENING LYRICS. Drew is a musician, photographer, DJ, artist, recording engineer, actor and so much more. Drew will share some of his recent experimental recordings with us.

You can visit Drew here https://www.facebook.com/dwapplekid

It's time to celebrate 10 years of creating community via the Davis airwaves. The Smoke Shovelers, Gravy Nation, and headliners Boca Do Rio supply the party music. The rest of us supply the great community vibes. There'll be door prizes and a raffle, too. Doors open at 7p, with music 7:30-11p. Admission is sliding scale, starting at just $10, with proceeds benefiting KDRT. Please RSVP and share the event. Tickets are available at the door. See you there!

"Sufjan Stevens' new album, Carrie & Lowell, is his best. This is a big claim, considering his career: 2003's Michigan, 2004's stripped-down Seven Swans, 2005's Illinois, and 2010's knotty electro-acoustic collection The Age of Adz. He's also had residencies at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, collaborated with rappers and the National, donned wings and paint-splattered dayglo costumes, and released Christmas albums. But none of those side projects were ultimately ever as interesting, or effective, as when Sufjan was just Sufjan, a guy with a guitar or piano, well-detailed lyrics, and a gorgeous whisper that could reach into a heartbreaking falsetto.

Today lets explore a little bit of a mix in music - and how each genre influences the other and how they admire each other.

One of the top selling jazz albums in history. Yet KIND OF BLUE is kind of a mystery. Lost masters, flaws in recording, tape speeds set incorrectly. Listen in as host Jesse Deere kind of tries to solve  (or atleast) explain this to us all.

Ben Lewis and Brian Morgan are founding members of the Davis based six member folk, rock, funk and soul band Sometimes Warren. Tune in to hear about their new Davis music studio project and hear them play a couple of songs.  Catch them at Delta of Venus on May 1st.

This week I will be playing selections from three albums. One is a new release from Richie Lawrence. Jason McNiff is from the UK who toured California recently. The last one is from the Sweetwater String Band out of Colorado. All of these beauties are well crafted and a pleasure to hear. So join us as we spin selections from the following.

Richie Lawrence: Rue Sanxay. 2015

We are honored to spend some time with American musical storyteller and guitarist Tom Brosseau on Thursday, March 12th. First he'll join us on air at 4:30p for Live in the Loam, where he'll play some tunes and chat about his upcoming projects, including his new record, Perfect Abandon on Crossbill Records. Then we'll move to the DMA studio for a live living-room-style concert cosponsored by the Davis Live Music Collective. Ben Lewis and Brian Morgan open at 7p. Click here for ticket info (limited availability). Visit Tom at tombrosseau.com.