A musician who popularized calypso in the 1950s, Harry Belafonte -- who died yesterday at 96 -- was so much more. He was a renowned activist for civil rights, as well as social and political justice. Above all, Harry Belafonte was a great American.
We have jazz standards tonight by Billie Holiday, Louis Prima, Artie Shaw, Julie London, Ella Fitzgerald & Buddy Bregman, Benny Carter, Johnny Hodges, Joni James, Chuck Wayne Trio, Budd Johnson with Earl "Fatha" Hines, Oscar Peterson, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Dianne Reeves, The Duke Robillard Jazz Trio, and Larry Carlton.
On this episode of Meraki Radio, Evelyn Dahl of Woodland joins us for a show with Michael Gangitano. Evelyn, 102, is a World War 2 veteran from the Midwest who ended up in Woodland after her service. Tune in to learn more about her military experience in the war, and other perspectives.
A ceilidh is a Scottish or Irish social gathering, and a great one is coming up this Friday, April 28, with Paddy on the Binge at Morgan's Mill in Woodland, from 6 to 9 p.m.
This show is organized by David Reynolds, host of KDRT's weekly Celtic Songlines.
Today's program has information about the annual commemoration of the Armenian genocide, with a report on rising flu cases.
Packages by Naneh Grigor and Harold Tollerup
Maria Contreras Tebbutt, founder and director of The Bike Campaign, joins us this week to share her vision of a future with more bikes than cars. The nonprofit's mission is to "reduce car trips to school and workplaces while increasing biking joy and safety."
The Bike Campaign, along with its counterpart, The Bike Garage, says it "was founded in 2011 to help educate people about bicycling and to encourage more people to ride their bikes. We work closely with city governments, county health departments, school districts, and community service groups."
On today's program: Downy mildew on roses, tomato time, trunk injury on apple tree, and more.
Rei Momo was David Byrne's first solo album in his career after the Talking Heads. Today on Album of the Week you can hear the record -- and hear Byrne's thoughts about it, recorded when the record was released 33 years ago.
English singer-songwriter Reg Meuross spent four years researching historical documents pertaining to Britain's slave trade of the 17th and 18th centuries. Although slave owning was outlawed, this didn't stop the wealthy -- particularly in Meuross's native southwest England -- from amassing tremendous amounts of profit, power, and influence through transporting slaves from Africa to the American colonies, with the explicit assistance of the British government and navy. The result of Meuross's efforts is a song-cycle of stories, Stolen From God, about unsung slaves caught up in the Transatlantic trade.
Team Davis, college radio, foods that fuel the teenage athlete, chatbots, sports -- Rohan Baxi, a student at Da Vinci High in Davis, has produced shows on a range of subjects so far in 2023, with a style and approach that has already won him awards. He began his program in 2020, and you can find all 69 shows he has created so far at Timeout Radio.
Here's how he describes his latest episode:
"If you pass by UC Davis’ Toomey Field on spring weekends you’ll see a team of athletes engrossed in practicing their sprints, jumps, and throws. They are the track and field members of Team Davis, the Special Olympics team for Yolo County. Hear how Special Olympics started as a backyard summer camp and grew into a global movement that changed attitudes about ability and inclusion.
