This week’s show is 1 of the all-timers, with hot tracks from Lacy J Dalton, Darrell Scott, Charley Crockett, Brennen Leigh, the incomparable Hayes Carll, and so many more.
The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, known for both talent and self-effacing humor, will play at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts in Davis on April 28. This week on Davisville, founder George Hinchliffe and creative producer/performer Leisa Rea talk about the music and why the orchestra came together in the first place.
“We’re a strange kind of musical juggernaut,” Rea says, “and we seem to delight people all over the world, no matter what the culture, no matter whether there’s a language barrier or not. Somehow the ukulele is the people’s instrument.”
Among other things, we talk about tuning, their choice of songs, ukes as kindling, and Hinchliffe’s friendly encounter with George Harrison of the Beatles. A typical Ukes concert, Rea and Hinchliffe say, “is a sort of white-knuckle shopping-cart dash through just about every musical genre.”
Today's program has an investigation into why the curriculum of English classes needs to introduce new books. Also today: how the school schedule could compromise students' learning, what a day living on the farm is like, and the differences between small and big colleges.
Packages by Lucas Liu, Noah Meyer, Naneh Grigor, and Alex Miyamoto
This edition of Live Tracks commemorates the party thrown when the host was 10,000 days old, 40 years ago this week.
Live Tracks didn't exist for another three decades, but its spirit was alive and well that night. Lava lamps were lit, cool recreational beverages of choice were in good supply, and this week you can hear the soundtrack.
Some songs even have the pops and crackle of well-loved vintage vinyl.
(The photo shows our host in the KDRT studio, on or about day 21,941.)
On today's program: A quick overview of weed management, fixing a thin lawn, Oklahoma redbuds and other small trees, and more.
Tonight’s show: the music of George and Ira Gershwin. First George Gershwin himself, then Benny Goodman, Helen Merrill, Mel Tormé with Marty Paich, Julie London, Miles Davis, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, the Vince Guaraldi Trio, Stan Getz, Art Pepper & Bill Perkins, Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio, Joe Pass, Dianne Reeves, and Marian McPartland with Gene Harris.
This week's program features The Whistlebinkies, Liz Carroll & John Doyle, Rachel Newton & Lauren MacColl (Heal & Harrow), Open the Door for Three, Celtic folk band Faun, Runa, Fir Arda, Connla, Dougie Maclean with Alan Roberts, Eliza Carthy & Nancy Kerr, and Scotland's Old Blind Dogs.
Tune in live on Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to noon at KDRT 95.7FM, with replays Monday 8-9 p.m. and Saturday 6-7 p.m. Or stream at kdrt.org, or subscribe to the Celtic Songlines podcast on Apple podcasts.
On today's show, I feature music from two countries. The first hour presents the folk and classical musical traditions of Algeria (North Africa) and the second hour features the folk and classical musical traditions of Uzbekistan (Central Asia).
The HUB covers the varsity soccer team that led Davis High to a huge state victory, reviews Morgan Wallen's One Thing at a Time album, and reports on the increasing number of students at UC Davis.
Packages by Lucas Liu, Sean Campbell, and Maria Anderson.
Produced by Maria Anderson and Naneh Grigor. Music by Daniel Ruiz-Jimenez.
Tonight we mix in various pieces by jazz great Wayne Shorter, who passed away last week at the age of 89. Shorter's long career included stints with Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, the Weather Report, and many other solo projects. We'll also take a first look at the lineup for the 2023 Davis Music Festival.
Tune in, drop out, and decompose.
Playlist: https://kdrt.org/program-playlist/divine-intervention-alt-welectric-comp...
