Adam Block discusses his new CD "LIGHT". Recorded Dec 21st, 2018

Adam Block been involved with the local Sacramento music scene for 20+ years. he graduated from Berklee College of Music.  He has played throughout the East and West coasts with various bands, and briefly toured the South. His music is a blend of electric and acoustic exploration inspired by various musical styles such as blues, jazz, country, classical music, and flamenco. Today with Adam we discused his latest CD "LIGHT". 

"Divine Intervention" Strikes - 2018 Year-End Special

Divine Intervention strikes once again on KDRT, closing the year with a musical sampling of 2018's best rock/pop/related/random releases, including new sounds from Otis Gibbs, Yowler, Derek Ted, Field Medic, Th’ Losin Streaks, and Perfume Genius, as well as a few—just a few—new so-called holiday tunes. See the playist and stream the show via the program page. Happy holidays and and a healthy new year to you!

Davisville, Dec. 17, 2018: Doug Hatton is one of the Santas of Davis

Doug Hatton has appeared as Santa Claus at events in and around Davis for 22 years. On today’s Davisville he talks about the experience, what Davis kids ask for, the time a girl asked for an ATM for her room, how he manages expectations, and the enjoyment he gets from doing it all. Listening is important, he says, kids can sense if someone really wants to talk with them, and yes, his beard is real.

The Cousins appear Live at Armadillo Music for 2nd Friday ArtAbout Friday December 14, 2018

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The Cousins, kdrt, Live Dirt, pieter pastoor

For Davis 2nd Friday Artabout on Friday December 14, 2018 at 6:30PM, KDRT and Armadillo Music hosts a live broadcast featuring Sacramento’s, The Cousins. Two family members with a passion for music. They cover a variety of well known (and not so well known! Let's face it, who doesn't love a deep track from time to time?)  This is set up to be a fun evening with familiar and sing along music.

..  If you can’t join in the fun at Armadillo Music, please join us live on KDRT 95.7 FM and KDRT.org.

Davisville, Dec. 3, 2018: Robin Affrime helped build CommuniCare into a significant Yolo healthcare asset

CommuniCare, which began as the Davis Free Clinic in the 1970s, provides primary healthcare and related services to about 10 percent of Yolo County’s population. If people can’t pay, they still get care. How did a clinic that used to fit in a converted house downtown grow into a set of healthcare centers that are critically important to local healthcare? Robin Affrime is part of the answer. She was CEO of CommuniCare for 19 years until retiring this fall, after starting there as a volunteer 35 years ago. On today’s Davisville she talks about CommuniCare, what it does, how it grew, the role it plays in local healthcare, and offers her ideas on how she’d approach the perennial problem in U.S. healthcare: how to pay for it all.

Juan Miranda in the studio, recorded on Nov 30th, 2018

We covered a lot of topics with this very special guest.

Juan Miranda is a recent Ph.D. of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, with an emphasis in Performance Studies from the University of California, Davis, focusing in Spanish, Southern Cone and Latinx Literature, Cinema and Culture. He is a radio host for KDVS 90.3’s Correveydile (Every other Monday from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.), an associate editor of the peer-reviewed journal Spanish and Portuguese Review, and an activist in various non-governmental institutions. In addition, he is a writer (including the plays ¡Mama! Grandes Funerales and The Karma of Fools), actor (La Fronteriza Theatre Company; La Poltrona; The Art Theater of Davis), and a performer in the Sammy award winning musical project group Bomba Fried Rice.

Juan and Listening Lyrics encourage you to read Julio Cortazar's book, "Todos los fuegos el fuego" (All Fires the Fire) (1966) as discussed on this broadcast.

Jazz After Dark November 27 2018

Traditional and mainstream jazz, old and new, 8 pm tonight on Jazz After Dark!

Gabor Szabo, Bix Beiderbecke & Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong and the All-Stars, Sidney Bechet, Bob Scobey's Frisco Band, Billie & DeDe Pierce, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Claude Bolling Big Band, Zoot Sims, Bob Schultz & His Chicago Rhythm Kings, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.

Photo clockwise from upper left: Sidney Bechet, Billie & DeDe Pierce, Zoot Sims, Claude Bolling.