Welcome to an hour of Listening Lyrics, right here on KDRT 95.7 FM in Davis, California.
No musical passports required. Folk can sit next to funk, jazz can dance with rock, and a singer-songwriter might end up sharing a park bench with a reggae band. Listening Lyrics is your invitation to escape the noise of the day and enter a world of elaborate sounds, unexpected discoveries, and songs that have something to say.
This is the kind of journey only commercial-free community radio can provide.
So close your eyes. Open your ears. Relax your mind. Join me, Pieter Pastoor, as we send color to your ears and wander through the vast landscape of music and lyrics—the grand meeting place of rhythm, imagination, and the remarkable human ability to create art. Whether it's a whisper, a roar, a groove, or a melody you've never heard before, it all belongs here.
Remember: Real Music. Real Community. Real Good Music.
Podcast
Our very own Schiller plays the vinyl of KDRT on Listening Lyrics – March 27, 2026Fri, 03/27/2026 - 4:30pm | NedSo just who is Scott Schiller? The man entrusted to handle one hour of Listening Lyrics... + Community radio host on KDRT 95.7 FM, where he co-hosts That California Sound!—a program focused on music discovery and local/California artists + Live-music advocate who believes strongly that live music “invigorates the soul” and has immersed himself in the regional music scene + Board member of the Davis Live Music Collective, helping support and promote local performances + Active in local venues, including involvement with the music committee at the Davis Odd Fellows |
Listening Lyrics for 4:00pm on Mar 20th, 2026Sat, 03/21/2026 - 9:41am | Jim Buchanan |
The law of copyright music, on Listening Lyrics – March 13, 2026Fri, 03/13/2026 - 4:00pm | Pieter PastoorWelcome to Listening Lyrics on KDRT. Today’s program is called “1926: The Sounds That Just Became Free.” Every year, music recordings reach the end of their copyright life. In 2026, recordings made in 1926—exactly 100 years ago—enter the public domain. That means the music that shaped early jazz, blues, and country can now be shared freely again. Tonight we travel back a century, to hear the sounds that helped invent modern music. |
Listening Lyrics plays melencholy music, March 6, 2026Sat, 03/07/2026 - 10:01am | Jim BuchananIn this episode we talk about the triggers of a melencholy feeling in music. Sometimes music doesn’t make us sad, it reminds us that we have lived. A melody can carry a memory, and when that memory returns, so does the feeling attached to it. That’s the quiet power of music. |
Listening Lyrics for 4:00pm on Feb 27th, 2026Sat, 02/28/2026 - 10:09am | Jim Buchanan |
The Epstein files plus music on Listening Lyrics – Feb. 20, 2026Fri, 02/20/2026 - 3:20pm | Pieter PastoorThis week's Listening Lyrics is a musical journey through scandal and excess — inspired by the cultural undercurrents reflected in the Epstein files. The show is not about the documents themselves but about the atmosphere they reveal — wealth, temptation, secrecy, exploitation — and how artists have long warned us about these very forces. |
Listening Lyrics for 4:00pm on Feb 13th, 2026Fri, 02/13/2026 - 5:20pm | Pieter Pastoor |
Listening Lyrics for 4:00pm on Feb 6th, 2026Fri, 02/06/2026 - 5:20pm | Pieter Pastoor |
Mizz Mercedez shares her accounts of the horrific events in Minneapolis, on Listening Lyrics, Jan. 30, 2026Fri, 01/30/2026 - 7:00pm | Pieter PastoorMercedes Yarbrough joined us to share her firsthand experience of the horrific events in Minneapolis. Listening to her, you immediately sense her clarity, compassion, and strength as a community leader. She’s the kind of person you connect with in moments — deeply passionate about her neighborhood, and especially committed to inspiring the next generation to believe in something better. Mizz Mercedez (Mercedes Yarbrough) is a community leader, educator, and creative force rooted in the historic Rondo neighborhood of St. Paul, Minn. With more than a decade in public education, specializing in special education and behavior, she is known as #YoKidzFavoriteTeacher for making learning fun, culturally affirming, and engaging through comic books, media, movement, and the arts. |
Listening Lyrics, Jan. 23, 2026: Remembering Bill and DianeFri, 01/23/2026 - 5:20pm | Pieter PastoorRecently, KDRT lost two truly wonderful and creative super-volunteers—friends who helped shape the heart and soul of this station. Diane Crumley and Bill Wagman were long-time members of the KDRT family, deeply committed to community radio and to showing up, week after week, with generosity, curiosity, and care. Today, I’m sharing an hour of upbeat, sing-along music—not to mark a loss, but to celebrate a life well shared. This hour is about the joy, the laughter, and the connection Diane and Bill brought into our lives. So stay with me, turn it up, sing along—and let’s celebrate them together. |
Comments
What can I say; I LOVED THIS SHOW!
Additionally, I'll let you in on a secret, this was the first time that I listened to, not one, but two complete Rap songs -- and enjoyed them. :)
Loved the show and thoroughly enjoyed Cory. Tell him what Michael J Fox once said; "I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business." He was excellent.
the October 3rd show was way too short. What a mellow and superbly classy hour that just blew by. Thanks!
Opadirkjan
Kind words from a kind brother - thank you
Underground Grandpa rocks!!
Thanks ed
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