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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.

 

OUR PROGRAMS

Classical Excursions

Greg LaTraille

Classical radio programs often focus on well-known light classics and ignore challenging and imaginative masterworks, especially from the rich repertoire of 20th century music, which is very diverse. This results in listeners who are unaware of many wonderful works. Excursions will present short and longer works by famous as well as less known composers, with insightful commentary by a composer with years of experience in radio, classical marketing, and music education.

Live Friday 11am-1pm
DJ(s): 
Greg LaTraille
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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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That's Life

Lois Richter’s format for That’s Life is mostly interviews. Recurring topics include Davis activities and groups; work and life choices; philosophy and theory; plus birding, cooking, art, and other passions. Lois occasionally breaks into music — from ballads to the slack key sounds of Hawaii to golden oldies rock 'n' roll — but mostly there is just talk.

To suggest a topic for discussion or a person to interview, text Lois or leave a message in the comments here.

Live Tuesday 12-1pm
Replays Wednesday 5-6pm
DJ(s): 
Lois Richter
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Roots, Shoots and Leaves

Roots, Shoots and Leaves' DJ Tree has a theory of music that involves a tree. Suffice it to say that it involves a trinity — an exploration of themes and connections among recording artists — and otherwise very few boundaries. Listen for music old and new, known and unknown. And if you listen long enough, you may experience some musical enlightenment. 

Live Tuesday 6-8pm
Replays Saturday 7-9pm
DJ(s): 
Tree Kilpatrick
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Sounds So Sweet

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Host Wayne Hagen takes a lively look at sweet sounds of jug band music, past and present.

Live Tuesday 1-2pm
Replays Sunday 11am-12pm
DJ(s): 
Wayne Hagen
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ELectric Compost Heap, Feb. 9, 2024

Fri, 02/09/2024 - 4:51pm | Dug Deep

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Tonight (Feb. 9) at 6 p.m. on the Electric Compost Heap, DJ Dug Deep remembers Wayne Kramer and Mojo Nixon, two iconoclastic artists who both left us recently. Don't know if they ever met one another, but our guess is they would have got along great! Lots of other musical compost tonight, hope you can join us at KDRT.org.

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Davis Garden Show, Feb. 8, 2024

Thu, 02/08/2024 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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On today's program, we talk about glowing petunias, soil too wet to plant, okay to amend soil and more about soil structure, suckers on citrus and other fruit trees, time to plant seeds, and more.

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IMPLOSION -- 7 February 2024

Wed, 02/07/2024 - 4:05pm | Nick Saloman

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Are you ready for IMPLOSION? Tune in at 5 p.m. Pacific, Feb. 7, for music from Sid Ramin, Electric Flag, Chocolate Watchband, Dick Shawn(!), Sammy(!!), and much more. Join host Nick Saloman on KDRT 95.7 | KDRT.org for a special themed show this eve!

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Jazz After Dark, Feb. 6, 2024

Tue, 02/06/2024 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Jazz classics tonight:

  • Benny Goodman, Stardust
  • Fats Waller, The Joint Is Jumpin'
  • Ella Fitzgerald, Stairway To The Stars
  • Billie Holiday ,  God Bless the Child
  • Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker, Shaw 'Nuff
  • Charlie Parker, Lover Man
  • Count Basie, One O'Clock Jump
  • Don Shirley, Water Boy
  • Dave Brubeck Trio, Body and Soul
  • Duke Ellington, Jimmy Blanton, Pitter Panther Patter
  • Oliver Nelson, Stolen Moments
  • Cannonball Adderley, Sabbath Prayer
  • Ella Fitzgerald, It's All Right With Me
  • Horace Silver, Song for My Father
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Davisville, Feb. 5, 2024: The Artery at 50, Cuteware, and painting Putah Creek

Mon, 02/05/2024 - 6:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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The Artery co-op/gallery/store turns 50 this year. Most of its downtown Davis neighbors from the 1970s are gone, so how has the Artery lasted? Heidi Bekebrede and Adele Shaw, two of its members, list several reasons on today’s Davisville, and some might surprise you — they include the hours (most art galleries don’t open daily), the variety (most don’t display so many artists), members who work in the shop, turnover that brings in new artists, fresh displays, and a town with lots of people interested in the arts. The train station a block away helps too.

We also talk about the store’s name, how they find members, the other meaning of “cute” in Bekebrede’s Cuteware, the way Putah Creek inspires Shaw’s paintings, and how managing a 32-machine laundromat in San Francisco introduced Shaw to first- and second-hand stories of her neighborhood from many decades before.

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Divine Intervention – Feb. 2, 2024

Fri, 02/02/2024 - 3:50pm | Jess Goddésse

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Punxsutawney Phil predicts an explosion of new music this evening on Divine Intervention. Join hostesse Jess Goddesse at 6 p.m. Pacific as we attempt to spin the latest from Barbara Manning, Bill Ryder-Jones, Charming Disaster, Eliza McLamb, FRIDA KILL, Hot Garbage, J Mascis, King Dream, PACKS, Sleater-Kinney, Sprints, Ty Segall ... phew ... only on KDRT 95.7 FM | KDRT.org!

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Davis Garden Show, Feb. 1, 2024

Thu, 02/01/2024 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today we discuss pruning in wet weather, Australian plants and other winter bloomers, what’s blooming now, toxicity of sweet peas and sweet potatoes, allelopathy, and more.

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Jan. 31, 2024 -- S. F. Sorrow by the Pretty Things on Album of the Week

Wed, 01/31/2024 - 1:43pm | Jess Goddésse

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Dug Deep hosts Album of the Week and he'll be spinning the British psych classic, S. F. Sorrow, by The Pretty Things. It's noted for being the first "concept record," having been conceived of and recorded in 1967-68 and released in 1968, well before the Who's Tommy. No comparison between the two pieces, really, but I'm gonna guess you haven't heard S. F. Sorrow much. Hope you can tune in and join us on Wednesday afternoon.

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IMPLOSION -- 31 Jan., 2024

Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:00am | Nick Saloman

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Don't miss this week's edition of IMPLOSION with your host Nick Saloman. Hear only the grooviest tunes from The Propositions, The Moving Fingers, The Records ... 5 p.m. Pacific Wednesday on KDRT | KDRT.org!

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Jazz After Dark, Jan. 30, 2024

Tue, 01/30/2024 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Classics tonight on Jazz After Dark:

Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, I'm Alabama Bound

Teddy Wilson, How High the Moon

Art Tatum, Makin' Whoopee

Winifred Atwell, Boogie in the Groove

Winifred Atwell, The Charleston

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You?

Les McCann, The Truth

Les McCann Ltd. & Lou Rawls, (They Call It) Stormy Monday

Ray Charles, Birth of the Blues

Vince Guaraldi & Bola Sete, Star Song

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