DMA and KDRT to Broadcast 17th Annual Home for the Holidays Concert on Dec. 17, 2020

Fri, 12/18/2020 - 2:09pm | Diane Crumley

A beloved local tradition  - the"Home for the Holidays" concert - continues this year streaming online.  Concert producer Bill Fairfield has brought together many returning favorite local musicians, as well as adding some new special guests to this year's video program.  Familiar guests include Joe and Hattie Craven, the DHS Madrigals, Rita Hosking duo, Misner & Smith, Alaina Rose, Kora Feder, Boot Juice, Bill Edwards, the Fairfields, Dave Nachmanoff, and Mumbo Gumbo guitarist Brian Rivers. As usual, the event is a benefit for the Davis School Arts Foundation, and viewers are encouraged to make a donation there in lieu of the usual ticket purchase.  DMA and KDRT are thrilled to serve as partners and offer the community a variety of ways to view and listen.  The event will be simulcast Thursday December 17 at 7 PM on KDRT 95.7 FM and DCTV Channel 15, and will be available for video and audio streaming at kdrt.org ( a link will be provided there the day of the show).

Jazz To The World. Listening Lyrics annual Holiday Show. Aired December 18, 2020

Thu, 12/17/2020 - 8:26pm | Pieter Pastoor

Listening Lyrics annual Holiday show this year is JAZZ TO THE WORLD Featuring Christmas and Hanakkuh selections. Listen in as Pieter and Jeanne play a unique set of tunes to go along with your egg nog.

Several local artists are included in the playlist. Including Nancy Northrup, Greg Johnson and Estelle California.

See playlist below for a complete listing of the songs played.

Listening Lyrics playlist for 12/18/2020

Jazz After Dark Features Count Basie December 15 2020

Tue, 12/15/2020 - 7:43pm | Don Shor

"I think the band can really swing when it swings easy, when it can just play along like you are cutting butter." -- Count Basie

Featuring Count Basie tonight on Jazz After Dark! Selections from 1937 to 1987: Count Basie and his Orchestra, with the Kansas City 5, with Zoot Sims, in live and studio sessions, and backing vocalists Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, and Frank Sinatra.

From his early years in Harlem and on the vaudeville circuit, to his years in Kansas City, New York City and the swing era, then his big band, post WWII smaller groups, and reformed orchestra in the 1950’s, Count Basie established a unique swing style that influenced countless musicians. He backed some of the great vocalists of the era and teamed with other jazz royalty, always sounding poised and polished.

Jazz After Dark broadcasts locally at 8 pm Tuesdays on KDRT-LP 95.7 FM in Davis, CA.

Replays Monday 11 pm.

Live-streaming at https://kdrt.org/page/listen-now

Show page here: https://kdrt.org/program/jazz-after-dark

COVID-19 Community Report Dec 15th, 2020 - Jesse Salinas, Yolo ACE

Tue, 12/15/2020 - 12:40pm | Autumn Labbe-Renault

My guest for Dec. 15 is Jesse Salinas, who serves as the Assessor/ Clerk-Recorder/Chief Election Official (ACE) for Yolo County. Jesse's purview and scope of work is broad and far reaching, but it was really the elections work---and the switch to vote by mail--that took center stage during this pandemic year.

I last spoke with Jesse back at the end of September in Episode 37, when he and his staff were ramping up for vote by mail. In this interview, Episode 45 we'll touch base about lessons learned during this time of COVID-19, voter turnout, and what voting in Yolo County could look like moving forward. 

Tune in live at noon at 95.7 FM, or listen anytime at kdrt.org.

 

Celtic Songlines Dec 15th, 2020 - In the Spirit of Solstice and Celtic Holiday Traditions

Tue, 12/15/2020 - 12:10pm | David A. Reynolds

This week's Celtic Songlines KDRT 95.7FM celebrates the mystical beauty and spirit of Solstice and Celtic holiday traditions. Tune into music from The Outside Track with Christmas from Killarney, guitarist Alex De Grassi, Steve Morse and Manuel Barrueco, introspective music from Scotland's Salt House, Sam Sweeney, Ireland's The Whileaways, Jeff Johnson & Brian Dunning with Wendy Goodwin, Scotland's The Shee and a Scottish Christmas with Bonnie Rideout, Maggie Sansome and Al Petteway (image at left by Dewitt Jones from the album cover of A Scottish Christmas) .

Tune into KDRT 95.7FM Tuesday from 11:00 a.m to Noon (PT) with replay Wednesday evening from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. or stream @kdrt.org. You can also listen anytime by subscribing to Celtic Songlines on iTunes.

KDRT Fall On-Air Fundraising Week Starts December 15 - We Are Rooting for the Home Team

Fri, 12/11/2020 - 1:43pm | Diane Crumley

As this unusual year comes to an end, we are particularly grateful to ALL our listeners, supporters, volunteers, and extended community. We have rallied together to adjust to social-distancing, and yet remain connected through our uniquely Davis local programming.  We invite you to tune in to KDRT 95.7 FM or stream via kdrt.org to enjoy some special holiday cheer that our DJs are happy to share with you Dec. 15 – 21, 2020.  As an extra special holiday treat, we are thrilled to be airing the 17th annual Home for the Holidays concert, Thursday Dec. 17 at 7PM and an encore presentation on Winter Solstice, Monday December 21, also at 7 PM. Link here for additional information.

Your Community Radio Station Needs Your Help: KDRT, 'Where The Grass Roots Grow'

Thu, 12/10/2020 - 5:37pm | Pieter Pastoor

Community radio in Davis is in its annual drive to keep your radio station on the air. Jeanne and I discuss the programs on KDRT while we play the music of the following fine local artists: Katgruvs, Bootjuice, Midnight Dip, Bad Mother Nature, Miss Lonely Hearts, Philharmonik, Jessica Malone, Nickel Slots, The Big Poppies, Element Brass Band, Big Sticky Mess, and Roger Kunkel. There are so many many more, but we only have an hour -- keep listening to our weekly show and I'm sure we will please you. 

Thank you.

Jazz After Dark Dec. 08 2020 Celebrates Dave Brubeck

Tue, 12/08/2020 - 6:52pm | Don Shor

8 pm tonight on Jazz After Dark: Happy birthday to Dave Brubeck!

December 6 2020 was the 100th anniversary of his birth. To celebrate this giant of 20th century jazz, we’ll hear selections from 1954 to 2005.

From the 1950s, a performance from his college tours. Live concerts in Japan and Mexico from the 1960’s. Backing vocalists Carmen McRae (in a classic version of Take Five) and Jimmy Rushing. Gerry Mulligan’s Unfinished Woman, one of the highlights of the band’s reunion concert in 1975, and then a gentle solo from 2005.

Jazz After Dark broadcasts locally at 8 pm Tuesdays on KDRT-LP 95.7 FM in Davis, CA.

Replays Monday 11 pm.

Live-streaming at https://kdrt.org/page/listen-now

Show page here: https://kdrt.org/program/jazz-after-dark

Look for us on iTunes (you can listen to the live broadcast via their Radio link; just search for KDRT) or your favorite podcast site.

https://player.fm/featured/jazz

COVID-19 Community Report Dec. 8th, 2020 - Episode 44 with Davis Mayor Gloria Partida

Tue, 12/08/2020 - 12:40pm | Autumn Labbe-Renault

Dec. 8 marks nearly nine full months since the first shelter-in-place order back in March, and also Episode 44 of the "COVID-19 Community Report" on KDRT.  I've interviewed more than 70 people during this time, documenting the effects of the pandemic on communities, institutions, and individuals across Yolo County. Today we'll catch up with Davis Mayor Gloria Partida.

Municipalities have their own particular burdens to bear during this pandemic, from loss of sales tax and other revenue generated at the local level, to loss of income from state and federal governments. And yet, the work of running the City goes on. We'll hear about recent developments in Davis, from Commission appointments to police accountability, and learn more about a forthcoming Community Conversation on Public Safety Recommendations scheduled for Dec. 14.

Live Tuesdays at noon on KDRT 95.7FM and kdrt.org

Davisville, Dec. 7, 2020: Byrds co-founder Chris Hillman has stories to tell in ‘Time Between’

Mon, 12/07/2020 - 6:10pm | Bill Buchanan

Chris Hillman co-founded the Byrds, the Flying Burrito Brothers, and the Desert Rose Band. He helped create iconic recordings like “Eight Miles High,” The Gilded Palace of Sin and Sweetheart of the Rodeo, and his latest record, Bidin’ My Time in 2017, was produced by Tom Petty. One of his earliest steady paying gigs, in 1964, was in a concocted band whose ersatz hillbilly songs included a tune about a mule. The music was “horrible,” he says. But great adventures were about to begin. Now 76, Hillman has collected some of his stories and experiences in his new book Time Between, and talks about a few of them today on Davisville.

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