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KDRT 95.7 FM is grassroots radio from Davis, CA, airing an eclectic mix of music and public-affairs programming. A project of nonprofit Davis Media Access, KDRT streams worldwide via KDRT.org.

 

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Jazz After Dark

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Join jazz aficionado Don Shor as he explores the diverse and fascinating world of jazz. Jazz After Dark spans the gamut, from roots in boogie-woogie, blues, and ragtime through traditional and straight-ahead jazz, soul jazz, bossa nova, and more. 

Live Tuesday 8-9pm
Replays Thursday 10-11pm
DJ(s): 
Don Shor
Homepage URL: 
Jazz After Dark on the Web (blog with playlists)
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10 Years Forgotten

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10 Years Forgotten with your host JonEmery focuses on modern classics and indie standards from 2000–2010, the decade lost in the shuffle due to the Dawn of the Digital Age. TYF also explores the history of record stores in the Sacramento Valley – including why some are still open today –  along with the future of physical and digital music locally, regionally, and beyond.

Live Wednesday 3-5pm
DJ(s): 
JonEmery
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That California Sound!

That California Sound!

That California Sound! Local + Regional  Music from The Golden State ... From Then ... To Now  features local, regional, and small touring bands throughout California while highlighting the history and culture of California musicians, venues, teachers, recording studios, promoters, festivals, and general resources that enrich our community.

Live Monday 6-8pm
DJ(s): 
JonEmery, Scott Schiller
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Listening Lyrics

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Welcome to an hour of LISTENING LYRICS. Right here on KDRT 95.7FM in Davis, California. Listening Lyrics is a genre free zone - we feature the artist. What makes them do their thing. Listen to the hope and satisfaction in their voices. Listen to what only commercial free community radio can bring you. Close your eyes - open your ears - relax your mind. Join host Pieter Pastoor as he sends color to your ears. Now lets enter, the mother of all that is music and lyrics and the human capability of producing art.
Live Friday 4-5pm
Replays Tuesday 10-11pm, Sunday 12-1pm
DJ(s): 
Pieter Pastoor
Homepage URL: 
Listening Lyrics on Facebook
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Song of Dinosaurs

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Songs of Dinosaurs presents songs from the prehistoric era: reptilian rhythms, lizard lyrics, triassic tones, and mammoth melodies with Professor A.

Live Friday 8-10pm
Replays Sunday 7:30-9:30pm
DJ(s): 
Professor A
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Divine Intervention – March 15, 2024

Fri, 03/15/2024 - 12:08pm | Jess Goddésse

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Divine Intervention hits the airwaves at 6p Pacific, Friday, March 15. Tune in for rock and randomness, including the latest tracks from Barbara Manning, The Bevis Frond, Bolis Pupul, Chelsea Wolfe, Th' Losin Streaks, and more. We'll also have some songs from our Goddess of the Month and observe Vinyl Vespers — you won't actually need your clogging shoes, though by all means, if you're so inclined. ;-)

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Davis Garden Show, March 14, 2024

Thu, 03/14/2024 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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On today's show: pruning an espaliered apple, pathogens in wood chips, exploring the genus Prunus, scrub jays and other birds, city compost questions, and more.

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IMPLOSION – 13 March 2024

Wed, 03/13/2024 - 11:00am | Nick Saloman

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IMPLOSION is coming at you with the amazing sounds of the original Knack (U.K.), the Penny Peeps, Electric Bird, and more. Join your phenomenal host Nick Saloman at 5p Pacific, right here on your favorite station — KDRT 95.7 FM | KDRT.org!

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Jazz After Dark, March 12, 2024

Tue, 03/12/2024 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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It’s mostly blues, funk, and soul jazz tonight.

  • Dave Brubeck Quintet, Alan Dawson’s drum solo from Take Five
  • Art Tatum, Blues In C
  • Lou Donaldson, Grits And Gravy
  • Benny Carter, Cotton Tail
  • Horace Silver, The Skunky Funky Blues
  • Horace Silver Quintet, The Preacher
  • James Rivers, Smokey the Funky Soprano
  • Chico O'Farrill, Guaguasi
  • Benny Golson Funky Quintet, Blues March
  • Houston Person, Please Send Me Someone to Love
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Electric Compost Heap for March 8, 2024

Fri, 03/08/2024 - 5:47pm | Dug Deep

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Tonight (March 8) at 6 p.m. Pacific, the Electric Compost Heap celebrates the impending green explosion we refer to as spring! We'll feature music from a slew of artists who are headed our way soon, including Lael Neale at Davis Odd Fellows Hall on March 17 (thanks Davis Live Music Collective ), Reverend Horton Heat and Dale Watson at Harlow's on March 18, and @Mike Clark and the Sugar Sounds , who will be at Sudwerk Brewing Co. on March 23! Lots of other musical compostables as well, and the official color of tonight's show is green!

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Weird stories and music, on Listening Lyrics, March 8, 2024

Fri, 03/08/2024 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Unfortunately my guest for today couldn't make it. Fortunately I put together a show with some weird but true stories, complemented by my awesome ability to pick some tunes to highlight the weirdness.

Check it out.

Listening Lyrics playlist for 03/08/2024
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March 7, 2024 -- Dug Deep interviews 'Open Country' filmmakers Jesse and Glenda Drew

Thu, 03/07/2024 - 1:39pm | Dug Deep

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Local filmmakers Glenda and Jesse Drew join Dug Deep in the KDRT studio to discuss their film Open Country, a documentary about the history and politics of country music. It features interviews with Billy Bragg, Hazel Dickens, Jon Langford and Pete Seeger, to name just a few. The movie will be screened at Odd Fellows Hall, 2nd and D streets in downtown Davis, on Sunday, March 10 at 6 p.m. This screening is a benefit for KDRT with tickets available here. More information at OpenCountryFilm.com

LIsten to the interview here.

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Davis Garden Show, March 7, 2024

Thu, 03/07/2024 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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On today's show: a fallen oak, things eating seedlings, slug and snail predators, and much more.

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IMPLOSION – 6 March 2024

Wed, 03/06/2024 - 10:51am | Nick Saloman

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Wednesday, 5p Pacific, tune in for IMPLOSION with your host Nick Saloman. Hear groovy tunes from Mighty Baby, the Soft Boys, the Candy Dates, the Zakary Thaks, and so many more on KDRT 95.7 FM | KDRT.org!

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Jazz After Dark, March 5, 2024

Tue, 03/05/2024 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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On tonight’s show:

  • Erroll Garner, All of Me
  • Artie Shaw, Too Marvelous for Words
  • Earl Bostic, Always
  • Duke Ellington/Johnny Hodges, Sentimental Lady
  • Ella Fitzgerald, Sweet Georgia Brown
  • Paul Gonsalves & Enrique Villegas - i can't get started
  • Dave Brubeck and Gerry Mulligan, Unfinished Woman
  • Boogaloo Joe Jones, Jamaica Farewell
  • Dianne Reeves, I Concentrate On You
  • Jim Hall, Two's Blues
  • Charlie Byrd And The Washington Guitar Quintet, Correnteza
  • David Benoit, Charlie Brown Theme
  • Biréli Lagrène, Come Fly with Me
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