This week on High Country Music Radio you'll find a Shady Grove with Jerry Garcia & David Grisman. Also on the program playlist are Mandolin Orange, Dirk Powell with John Hermann and Tim O'Brien, Maybelle Carter with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Kate Wolf, Brit Taylor, Kristin Scott Benson, Nora Brown, Tony Rice, The Faux Paws, Sierra Hull and Misner & Smith.
If you vote in Davis, this November you’ll be asked to decide Measure Q, a proposal to raise the sales tax in the city to 9.25 percent, up 1 point from now or an extra $1 for every taxable $100 you spend. The increase requires a simple majority to pass. The money would go to general city expenses, broadly defined.
On today’s Davisville, Davis City Council members Will Arnold and Donna Neville talk about the proposal, priorities, and other areas where the city is trying to boost economic development that would bring in more tax revenue.
And this is unusual — every Yolo city this fall is asking its voters to increase their sales taxes by 1 point. Winters, the smallest city in the county, would raise $1.2 million from its increase. Woodland would receive $16.5 million, West Sacramento $20 million, and Davis, the largest city, would collect $11 million. The numbers illustrate the relative sizes of the county's retail markets.
Tonight at 6p pst on the Electric Compost Heap on KDRT 95.7FM , host Dug Deep features a pile of new and recently released tunes by some Compost Heap faves, including Chris Cain, Milly, and The Bug Club, who have a new single out this week and a new album on Sub Pop Records out next month, entitled, ON THE INTRICATE INNER WORKINGS OF THE SYSTEM BY MEANS OF POPULAR MUSIC OR THE CONTEMPLATION OF PRETTY FACES, TINNED BUBBLES AND STRIFE. Hope you can join us tonight on KDRT.org!
Rumi Shimada is a perfect description of a singer-songwriter. He plays his songs primarily on a guitar and keyboard, with a vocal delivery that creates a perfect package of an up-and-coming musician. He can focus on his craft and block out both the outside world and internal distractions -- a skill apparent today in today's broadcast, when technical difficulties didn't alter his delivery. Rumi's enthusiam for creating music, for helping and promoting others in their musical journey, and for life in general, is contagious.
At 3 p.m. Pacific today on KDRT 95.7FM, Dug Deep will interview San Francisco Mime Troupe playwright/actor/director Michael Gene Sullivan live in the KDRT studio! We'll talk about the latest Mime Troupe show, American Dreams, and how it came to be. The Mime Troupe performs American Dreams at 7 tonight at the Richard Brunelle Performance Hall on the Davis High School campus. More info at SFMT.org
On today's show: flowers and vegetables in summer heat, Amaryllis belladonna, early plantings of cool season vegetables, straw and other mulches for the garden.
Summertime sounds tonight:
As a full-time musician, producer Rowan McGuire offers very observant comments about music and the business of music on today's Listening Lyrics. He also sings three new songs live in the studio.
From his website: "McGuire is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter whose music deals predominantly with his experiences living in Northern California. Throughout his music, he paves his own road— a road full of grit and innovation. His songs orbit themes of love, loss, acceptance, loneliness, and transition. Every word conveys depth, resonance, and relatability, securing his songs a spot in each individual listener’s complex life."
You won't want to miss Divine Intervention, coming your way Friday, 6 p.m. Pacific, with the heavenly sounds of Mary Timony, Ty Segal, Atarashii Gakko!, Tech N9ne, Hermanos Gutierrez, the Bevis Frond, Barbara Manning, Guided by Voices, and more — plus our Goddess of the Month *and* Vinyl Vespers — only on KDRT 95.7 fm | KDRT.org!
Today's topics: heat wave issues, helping native bees, why some trees aren't fruiting this year, July flowers, hibiscus in colder climates, and more.
