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ABOUT US

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.

Davis has interesting people, ideas, connections, and events. On Davisville, host Bill Buchanan presents stories that have some connection to Davis. The program has won 14 Excellence in Journalism awards from the San Francisco Press Club since 2018, plus a national Hometown Media Award for excellence from the Alliance for Community Media in 2024. Contact: davisville @ dcn.org

Live Monday 5:30-6pm

Replays Saturday 8:30-9am

DJ(s):

Bill Buchanan

Classical Excursions

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

Crossing Continents

In this World Music show, Gil covers the Middle East, the Mediterranean region, North Africa, Central Asia, and the Indian sub continent, including traditional and contemporary musical styles. This is not a pop music show!

Live Monday 10am-12pm

DJ(s):

Gil Medovoy

In the Key of Folk

In the Key of Folk with Karen Leyse offers music that will keep you humming or dancing along — perhaps both! The focus is on traditional and current folk music, Americana, and bluegrass, with Celtic, Nordic, and Spanish infusions — wherever Karen's travels and interests take her. In addition, the music of contra dance, an American Folk tradition that came with English and other settlers, will often be threaded through the hour. Don’t know it? Check it out.

Live Wednesday 2-3pm

Replays Thursday 7-8am, Sunday 10-11am

DJ(s):

Karen Leyse

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

More programs ...

Davis Garden Show, Feb. 3, 2022

Thu, 02/03/2022 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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On today's program:

Cold weather
Citrus problems
True dwarf citrus
Design principles

and more!

The Folk Brothers for Feb. 2, 2022: Remembering Norma Waterson (1939-2012)

Wed, 02/02/2022 - 11:10am | Peter Schiffman

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The Watersons -- Norma, her sister Lal, brother Mike, cousin John Harrison, and (later) Norma's husband Martin Carthy -- defined the English trad-folk revival of the 1960s. In the '90s, Norma Martin and their daughter Eliza Carthy, morphed into Waterson:Carthy. Even in ill health, Norma was recording until a few years ago. Her contributions to -- and influence on -- English folk music cannot be overstated.

The Folk Brothers playlist for 02/02/2022

Jazz After Dark February 01 2022

Tue, 02/01/2022 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight on Jazz After Dark: Duke Ellington with Ivie Anderson on vocals, Benny Carter, Arnett Cobb , Erroll Garner, Ella Fitzgerald, Sonny Stitt, Wes Montgomery, Vince Guaraldi Trio, Don Ellis, Zoot Sims with Bob Brookmeyer, Claude Bolling Big Band, and Benny Carter and the American Jazz Orchestra.

Songs about California, on Listening Lyrics, Jan. 28, 2022

Fri, 01/28/2022 - 4:00pm | Pieter Pastoor

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There are songs about every state in the USA . This week we listen to some about California, in several genres.

Davis Garden Show, Jan. 27, 2022

Thu, 01/27/2022 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today we talk about:

Conditioning the soil for a new garden
Why we don't amend the soil for trees and shrubs
January flowers

and more!

The Folk Brothers for Jan. 26, 2022: Transatlantic crossings

Wed, 01/26/2022 - 11:10am | Peter Schiffman

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The Folk Brothers love ballads, especially ones which have crossed the "pond" more than once. "The Golden Willow Tree," on Jake Xerxes Fussell's new album Good and Green Away, is a prime example. Originally penned in the early 1600s as "Walter Raleigh In The Lowlands," the warship and the title have been variously called "The Golden Vanity," "The Sweet Trinity," and "The Turkish Revelry."

This morning we also played Hannah Sander and Ben Savages' version of "(Rovin' On) A Winter's Night." They learned their version from Doc Watson, but the ballad undoubtedy originated in England before travelling to Appalachia (and then back again to the UK!).

The Folk Brothers playlist for 01/26/2022

Jazz After Dark January 25 2022

Tue, 01/25/2022 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight on Jazz After Dark: Quintetto Ritmico di Milano (1940s Italian jazz), Ella Fitzgerald, Chet Baker Quartet, Billy Taylor Trio and Quartet, and Yusef Lateef, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Al Hibbler, and Archie Shepp with Horace Parlan.

Davisville, Jan. 24, 2022, updating a top UC research story: How cattle plus seaweed will help the climate

Mon, 01/24/2022 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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You might remember this story from all the attention it got in spring 2021: Research at UC Davis says that adding small amounts of a certain seaweed to cows’ diets reduces the methane they produce by up to 82 percent. This change in diet could do a lot to help the climate, because cattle and other ruminants produce about 5 percent of greenhouse gases in the United States.

The University of California says this work was one of its 10 best UC research stories for 2021. Today we update the story with UC Davis Animal Science Prof. Ermias Kebreab, who explains the research, its value in feeding people and reducing climate change, and how far along they are in bringing their work to market.