In the Key of Folk, Sept. 11, 2024

Wed, 09/11/2024 - 1:00pm | Karen Leyse

Tune in at 2 p.m. today to listen to In the Key of Folk. We'll start off with a topical song by Scottish singer-songwriter Karine Polwart, followed by music featuring Sarah Jarosz, Rita Hosking, Richard Thompson, Tom Rozum, Steve Tilston and Maggie Boyle, Wild Asparagus, Patty Griffin and more. We'll also play a set by the dynamic Spanish-Celtic-American group, Atlantic Folk Trio, with Galen Fraser, Maria San Miguel, and Jésus Enrique Cuaddrado, so join us on your FM radio at 95.7 if you are local, and if you are farther from Davis, listen now or later at KDRT.org. Hope to see you then!

Jazz After Dark, Sept. 10, 2024

Tue, 09/10/2024 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

On tonight’s show:

  • Duke Ellington, It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
  • Count Basie (Jimmy Rushing vocals), You Can Depend On Me
  • Gene Krupa, Anita O'Day & Roy Eldridge, Ball Of Fire
  • Erskine Hawkins, Tippin' In
  • Gia Maione, Louis Prima, Sam Butera & The Witnesses, When a Man Loves a Woman
  • Miles Davis Quartet, When I Fall In Love
  • Gigi Gryce Octet, Purple Shades
  • Art Pepper, You're Driving Me Crazy
  • Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Lullaby Of The Leaves
  • Jimmy Witherspoon, Trouble In Mind
  • Ella Fitzgerald, Them There Eyes (Live Chicago Opera House)
  • Kenny Burrell, Wavy Gravy
  • Pete Fountain, Bye Bye, Bill Bailey
  • Horace Silver, Sighin' and Cryin'
  • The Taylor Eigsti Trio, They Can't Take That Away From Me

Davisville, Sept. 9, 2024: Watching wildlife in Davis, plus listening to a voice from a previous pandemic

Mon, 09/09/2024 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

Late summer offers a few particular attractions in Davis. The heat fades a bit, if only because the days are shorter, and evenings outdoors are mild. It’s an inviting season to look at the full moon if it’s up, and to think about another year passing. And swat some mosquitoes.

Here on Davisville, early September is a natural time to talk with someone who has spent a lot of time outdoors: Jean Jackman of Davis. She writes the “At the Pond” column in the Davis Enterprise, has taken some serious bike rides, and a quarter-century ago recorded local people talking about Davis history ("Down Home Tales of Davis"). We talk about a variety of things today, starting with the wildlife and birds she writes about in Davis. Later we hear Jean's recording of Jane Van Sant, who lived in downtown Davis, died 18 years ago at 94, and tells us in her own voice what Davis lived through during the flu epidemic of 1917-18.

The photo shows the full moon of August 2022 over north Davis.

Inner Nature in the studio on Listening Lyrics, Sept. 6, 2024

Fri, 09/06/2024 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

This week Casey Groat and James Murphy spend some time free-form bantering with me, creating one sweet hour of radio.

Inner Nature (FKA Fashionista Boyfriend) is the work of Casey Groat from Sacramento. Having started as just a kid with an interest in making noises with the computer, the project has matured into themes such as love and loss, as well as experimenting with sampling and songs with meaning and purpose. Artists such as Washed Out, Toro Y Moi, Small Black and Neon Indian are a big influence on the sound. The live act is a three-piece featuring Casey, James Murphy (Ancient Astronaut, Saint Solitaire, Ihabial) and Austin Mooney.

Listening Lyrics playlist for 09/06/2024

Divine Intervention – Sept. 6, 2024

Fri, 09/06/2024 - 5:00pm | Jess Goddésse

Listen up for Divine Intervention at 6 p.m. Pacific as your hostèsse Jess Goddèsse blesses you with a bounty of new sounds — including the latest from perennial favorites the Bug Club and Ty Segal; Bay Area bands Duster, Fake Fruit, and Smokers; and long-time legends the Fastbacks and Melt-Banana — all this blended with some should-be favorites, a few tunes from September's Goddess of the Month, and a questionable track in observance of Vinyl Vespers — only on your grooviest grassroots station, KDRT 95.7 fm | KDRT.org!

The Russ Tolman Goodtime Hour – Sept. 6, 2024

Fri, 09/06/2024 - 4:00pm | Russ Tolman

This week on The Russ Tolman Goodtime Hour, Peter Holsapple joins Russ to talk about the dB's — their history, reissues, reunion shows — PLUS the Continental Drifters — the book, 2-CD tribute, and best-of. Featuring shoutouts to Chris Stamey, Vicki Peterson, Kristian Hoffman, Mark Walton, Robert Mache, Paul Rock, Dave Provost, Kevin Jarvis, Tim Lee, Susan Cowsill, Danny McGough, and more — join us 5 p.m. Pacific on KDRT 95.7 fm | KDRT.org (or via all fine podcasting places).

In the Key of Folk

Wed, 09/04/2024 - 12:30pm | Karen Leyse

This afternoon at 2 p.m., In the Key of Folk will be featuring fiddlers from Celtic, Spanish, and Scandinavian genres in conjunction with performances here in Sacramento this week.  We'll feature a couple of pieces from the recent first album, Dots of Light, by San Miguel Fraser, a duo from Valladolid, Spain, comprised of Galen Fraser and his wife, Maria San Miguel, who will be performing in Sacramento this Friday. They'll be followed by a series of pieces featuring sisters Natalie and Brittany Haas, and Swedish fiddler Lena Jonsson, who gave a great show at the Sofia on Labor Day. Your hostess Karen will also be featuring pieces by the members of The Figments, a band that is a subset of the unique and marvellous contra dance band, Elixir.

Jazz After Dark, Sept. 3, 2024

Tue, 09/03/2024 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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New Orleans jazz and more tonight:

  • Louis Armstrong, Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans
  • Pete Johnson And Albert Ammons, Boogie Woogie Man
  • Will Bradley, Basin Street Boogie
  • Tommy Dorsey, Swing Low, Swing Chariot
  • Ella Fitzgerald with Sy Oliver, Basin Street Blues
  • Artie Shaw, Imagination
  • Woody Herman Sextet, Princess M
  • Jim Robinson's New Orleans Band, Ice Cream
  • Pete Fountain, Lazy River
  • Louis Armstrong, Bourbon Street Parade
  • Billie & DeDe Pierce, Algiers Hoodoo Blues
  • Percy Humphrey's Crescent City Joymakers, Rip 'Em Up, Joe, and We Shall Walk Through the Streets of the City
  • New Orleans' Own The Dukes of Dixieland, Just a Little While to Stay Here
  • Piano Connection, Hit That Nail
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