Jazz After Dark May 28 2019

Coming up at 8 pm tonight on Jazz After Dark! Jazz across eight decades! Ella Fitzgerald, Coleman Hawkins, Peggy Lee, Major Glenn Miller, Doris Day with Les Brown, Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond, Django Reinhardt, Luiz Bonfá, Billie Holiday, Mary Lou Williams, Sonny Stitt, Bobby Hackett, Jim Hall, Pete Fountain, Oscar Peterson and Friends (Shirley Horn vocals), Ben Paterson.

Divine Intervention Strikes - May 28, 2019

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Divine Intervention strikes this week with a smattering of old-school hip-hop plus new rock/pop/experimental releases from Anton Barbeau, Interpol, TOKiMONSTA, Holly Herndon... See the playlist and stream the show via the program page. Listen up next Monday at 7pm Pacific for more Divine Intervention, only on KDRT, community radio for Davis, CA, and beyond.

Painted Wind In The Studio Interview, Recorded May 24th, 2019

"Painted Wind" with Nancy Northrup and Mel Bearns visits us with their musical gifts they love to share.

They are an Americana duo that is steeped in traditional folk, bluegrass, country and blues, with a passion for artfully crafted songs and vocal harmonies.=

Painted Wind was formed out of a trio formerly known as Hickory Hollar. Nancy and Mel found common ground across a panorama featuring many distinct artists and genres and came together with the shared passion of crafting new music, and deftly interpreting classic covers.

Divine Intervention Strikes - May 20, 2019

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Lausmann's Lousy Loggers cover art

Divine Intervention strikes this week with a special fundraiser thank-you show, featuring local music from Make No Bones, Boot Juice, and the Nickel Slots, along with some swank new releases from Black Belt Eagle Scout, The Midnight Hour, Robyn Hitchcock, Duster… and, of course, Vinyl Vespers. See the playlist and stream the show via the program page. Listen up next Monday at 7pm Pacific for more Divine Intervention, only on KDRT.

 

Davisville, May 20, 2019: Amtrak and the future of traveling by train

More than 383,000 people boarded or exited a train in Davis in fiscal 2018, mostly while using the Sacramento-Bay Area Capitol Corridor service. The Capitols are one example of how regional train travel can work, and other ideas are in play – from the high-speed line that’s getting at least partially built in the Central Valley, to Virgin Rail’s venture in Florida.

Meanwhile Amtrak, the national railroad passenger carrier, is trying to figure out where it fits in; CEO Richard Anderson has backed off his idea of replacing the middle part of the Los Angeles-Chicago train with an overnight bus, but his plans for the future of Amtrak’s 15 long-distance trains (two serve Davis) are unknown. George Chilson, a California member of the Rail Passengers Association Board of Directors, talks about these subjects, and how to solve Amtrak’s chronic problems, in a return visit today to Davisville.

Patrick Van Dyke Talks Music and Community Radio, Recorded May 17th, 2019

This show was recorded during our 2019 spring fund raising week. Please consider giving to one hell of a community radio station. DONATE HERE KDRT.org

With Patrick in the studio we talked about live music and played some local bands. Patrick also stressed the impotance of communty radio in the arts.

Patrick Van Dyke can be seen all over Northern California as he absorbs and appreciates live music. So he is my guest this week as we explore his love of music and how community radio helps so many budding artists find a voice and a platform.

We played songs from The Big Poppies, Boot Juice, The Midnight Dip, The Nickel Slots, The Polyorchids and Khruangbin.

Jazz After Dark May 14 2019

Jazz classics coming up tonight on Jazz After Dark! It’s our spring fundraiser at KDRT, so please hit the link and donate to help fund KDRT-LP, 95.7 FM in Davis CA. Tonight’s lineup: Doris Day with Les Brown, The Vince Guaraldi Quartet, Billie Hoilday, Louis Prima, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane Quartet, Chet Baker, Johnny Hodges, Charlie Byrd & Stan Getz, Dave Brubeck with Paul Desmond, Budd Johnson with Earl "Fatha" Hines, Gerry Mulligan, Dianne Reeves, Boots Randolph, Stanley Jordan.

Divine Intervention Strikes - May 13, 2019

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Divine Intervention strikes this week with a special fundraiser edition, including some new releases from Combo Chimbita, Stubbleman, Craig Finn, Drahla... plus a not-so-obscure Vinyl Vespers hit. See the playlist and stream the show via the program page. Tune in next Monday at 7p Pacific for more Divine Intervention.

 

Harry Greer Follows a Path, His Path. Recorded May 10th, 2019

Harry Greer (HG) is an artist/musician and the founder of the Davis rebel art and music collective known as BRAINMELTER.

BRAINMELTER (at brainmelter.net) is a group of Davis natives dedicated to making Davis/Yolo a haven for the arts and to changing the world through hip art and sick music. Each of the Brainmelters have a completely different style and genre, which means that there’s definitely something for everyone. Hip hop, pop punk, folk rock, cringecore, hardcore, vaporwave, it’s all of it. The whole collective adds up to some fun and colorful local counter culture.