Get ready for IMPLOSION, coming your way at 5p Pacific. Join the Bevis Frond's Nick Saloman for a bevy of tunes from the likes of Banchee, the Clash, Off Side, Spirit, the MC5, Argent, and SO much more — right here on KDRT 95.7 fm | KDRT.org — grassroots radio for Davis, California, and the world!
Join KDRT this afternoon at 2 PM for another ear-pleasing hour with In the Key of Folk. Dj Karen will start off with a set of tunes suitable for waltzing, should you have the urge. We'll also feature selections by David Francey, Anya Hinkle, Alison Kraus, Maz O'Connor, and others, including a set featuring contra dance musicians. I hope that you'll join us at KDRT 95.7 fm | KDRT.org. And again, that's today at 2 PM.
On tonight’s show:
Mariam Diakite and Erich Huffaker of Orchestra Gold joined us in the studio (photo by Jeff Shaw) this week, treating us to a live song and some insights into their music.
The word "fusion" is not used in the sound of this amazing Bay Area band. But psychedelic, rock, brass and masterful guitar work does make a wonderful fusion with Malian music.
From its website: "Orchestra Gold's vibrant sound is spearheaded by the dynamic Mariam Diakite, whose raw, hypnotic vocals deliver heartfelt and thought-provoking lyrics in the highly symbolic Bambara language. While paying homage to Malian musical traditions, this fierce new sound thrives with heavy swinging rhythms, a funky fresh brass section, and cosmic guitar licks. With the January 2023 release of their third album, Medicine, this profoundly spiritual and dance-inducing ensemble continues their pursuit of spreading healing and community through the universal gift of music." Mariam also has dance moves. If you're into dancing, check it out.
It's almost time for The Russ Tolman Goodtime Hour — with musical nuggets from Iain Matthews, Nick Cave, Waylon Jennings, Waxahatchee, and more. Join Russ at 5 p.m. Pacific — today and every Friday — right here on amazing goodtime radio KDRT 95.7 fm | KDRT.org.
Today's topics: late season tomatoes, planting potatoes in fall (or not), cover crops, Lomandras and Dianellas, planting the sidewalk strip, and more.
Join Nick Saloman for this week's presentation of IMPLOSION — psychedelic sounds and more to soothe your soul, including tracks from Orphan Egg, the Outer Limits, Cal Danger, the Blue Aces, Jefferson Airplane, Lonnie Mack, and more. Tune in at 5 p.m. Pacific — right here on grassroots radio KDRT 95.7 fm | KDRT.org.
It's no secret that for many years KDRT's own Bill Wagman invited musicians from both sides of the Atlantic to give intimate concerts in his living room. They were special evenings. Today on In the Key of Folk at 2 p.m. we are playing a selection of the artists that filled Bill's home with music. You'll hearJamie Laval, Jez Lowe, Dana and Susan Robinson, Jim and Susie Malcolm, Ernest Troost, Anya Hinkle, and others. Find a comfortable chair, sit back, and join us at KDRT 95.7 fm | KDRT.org.
Tonight's show:
Each weeknight at 9, people gather in Central Park near 4th and C streets, some to receive surplus food, some to hand it out. This is the Davis Night Market (pictured), a small-budget volunteer venture created in 2019 to feed people and reduce food waste. We talked with two of its co-founders in January 2020, and the market has since grown to five nights a week. “The food is kind of the carrot to get people in. It’s more about the community,” adds Max Morgan, a volunteer since 2019. "People are in desperate need of community, as much as they need food.”
“We really have only one rule: take what you can eat,” says Joanna Sodke, a volunteer for nearly a year. “Anyone can come here and take food.” (There are limits on pizza, she says, “a very hot item.”) Donors include well-known food purveyors in Davis, plus people with extra produce from their trees and gardens. The market operates with a county permit. Sometimes a volunteer will need to talk a person through a difficult moment. Today on Davisville, Joanna and Max talk about how it all works, including why they meet at night.
