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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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Silver Nine Volt Heart

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Join your host Rodriguez as he swings the gate wide open for a cool musical trip featuring sounds from all points of the compass.  Being mindful that "everything connects to everything else," on Silver Nine Volt Heart  you will find the many colorful threads that make up the tapestry of recorded sound ... just click it on and let the music start. 

Live Thursday 4-6pm
Replays Friday 10pm-Saturday 12am, Saturday 2-4pm
DJ(s): 
Rodriguez
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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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Eye on Sports

Eye On Sports is a talk radio show focused on local sports in the Sacramento/Davis area that occasionally covers National Sports. Hosts Chuck and Cody have been involved with sports both nationally and locally for more than 15 years and want to share their opinions and initiate discussion to the public through conversation and occasional outside interviews. This show will not be politically driven in anyway. The conversation will cover the results , local impact, business and psychology of sports.

Live Thursday 6-7pm
Replays Friday 8-9am
DJ(s): 
Cody Westergaard, ChuckGarcia7
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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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Davis Garden Show

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Nursery pro Don Shor has been gardening and selling plants in Davis for more than three decades.

Join Don and co-host Lois Richter as they discuss and answer your questions on all things for the garden.

Submit a question (or a brag!) to DavisGardenShow@gmail.com 

Live Thursday 12-1pm
Replays Saturday 9-10am
DJ(s): 
Lois Richter, Don Shor
Homepage URL: 
Davis Garden Show on the Web
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Davisville, 12/21/15: As a boy, he sang on 'Charlie Brown Christmas'

Mon, 12/21/2015 - 6:05pm | Bill Buchanan

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This program first aired in March 2015, but we always knew we'd broadcast it at Christmas, too.

Fifty years ago David Willat, who was 11, was one of the half-dozen children who sang in the chorus on Vince Guaraldi’s classic "A Charlie Brown Christmas." Willat also sang in the choir on another of Guaraldi’s big projects that year, the Grace Cathedral Jazz Mass. On today’s program Willat talks about both experiences with host Bill Buchanan and Peanuts/Guaraldi expert Derrick Bang, Davis author of the 2012 book Vince Guaraldi at the Piano.

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Bagpipes in the Studio 12/18/15 on Listening Lyrics

Fri, 12/18/2015 - 3:38pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Cameron Scott visits KDRT

That's correct: For our last show of 2015, it's all about bagpipes as local bagpipe celebrity Cameron Scott brings his talent to the studio. As a young lad, Cameron took up the bagpipes and even spent some time with a bagpipe band in Scotland. That band won third position in the world during the yearly championships. On top of that, Cameron is an awesome person with a great radio voice. I have been looking forward to this all year. Join us for another great hour!

All Listening Lyric shows are live on Fridays from 4:00PM to 5:00PM.(PST) on KDRT 95.7FM. For those outside the listening area, the show streams live online at KDRT.org . It will also be available for replays in the show archives or as an podcast on iTunes under LISTENING LYRICS.

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Album of the Week - Thursday 12/17/15 at 5:00PM - "Leviathan" by Mastodon

Thu, 12/17/2015 - 4:25pm | Pieter Pastoor

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With their 2004 beast, the aptly titled Leviathan, Mastodon finally find their niche as a thinking man's metal band. Blending Voivod's neuro-thrash, Therion's majestic gloom, Morbid Angel's spirit of restless and morphing liquid black melody, and EyeHateGod's Southern rock gone awry, Leviathan is nothing short of supernatural. Evincing a decade's worth of maturity gained in just two short years, Mastodon have authored a bombastic modern interpretation of Herman Melville's Moby Dick, the classic metaphor for mortality's eternal (and unwinnable) struggle with divine injustice.

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The Joy of Living on The Folk Brothers 12/16

Wed, 12/16/2015 - 9:35am | Peter Schiffman

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The Joy of Living is a new 2-CD tribute album celebrating the centenary of Ewan MacColl's birth.  MacColl – born Jimmy Miller in Salford, England – was an actor, playwright, social activist, musician, and controversial figure at the heart of the British folk revival in the 1950s and 60s. Joy of Living – produced by his sons Neill and Calum – celebrates MacColl the songwriter. Although best known for the love song “The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face” as recorded by Roberta Flack, MacColl also wrote many songs about the less-heralded members of British society: fishermen, miners, and travelling people. There are excellent tracks contributed by U.K. folk stalwarts and MacColl contemporaries including Dick Gaughan, Martin Carthy, Paul Brady, and Norma Waterson. For those in the U.S., this album also serves as introduction to luminaries of the contemporary British folk scene – Eliza Carthy, Seth Lakeman, Karine Polwart, and The Unthanks. Tune in to KDRT as The Folk Brothers feature The Joy of Living on Wednesday, Dec. 16, at 10 AM.

 

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Album review: Pray for Rain, by Pure Bathing Culture

Sun, 12/13/2015 - 9:52pm | Scott Korinke

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Pray for Rain is indie dream-pop group Pure Bathing Culture's second LP, following their 2013 debut album, Moon Tides. Pray for Rain is full of danceable beats and shimmering, rythymic guitars, which--combined with lead singer Sarah Versprille's dreamy and lofty vocals--creates a trancelike, even hypnotic sonic atmosphere. The album sounds consistently upbeat and rarely ventures far from its dream-pop structure, but its lyrics on tracks like "The Tower" and "Darling, Save Us" are thematically hefty, contemplating mortality and the fleeting nature of life. Other standout songs include title track "Pray for Rain," probably the most energetic track sung nearly entirely with rhetorical questions, and the thoughtful and laid back "In the Night, In the Peaceful Night," an excellent ending to a fine album. Pray for Rain is perfect for dream-pop fans--it's an enjoyable, relaxing, blissful album that will help you unwind from the hustle and bustle of everyday life.

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Civilization Phaze IV Dec 13th, 2015

Sun, 12/13/2015 - 11:05am | Eunah

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Its a VERY busy time of the year, so spend an hour with Eunah Cho and her show to listen to some very special laid back grooves. As only Eunah can do she explains the music to make it come alive. Today's "theme": WINTER sounds (with a heavy electronic & Icelandic spin...but also some Max Richter-Vivaldi & Tim Hecker) !

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KDRT LIVE Broadcast from Armadillo Music on 12/11/15 at 6:30PM

Fri, 12/11/2015 - 6:01pm | Pieter Pastoor

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andrew Castro new EP RED HEARTS

Andrew Castro will perform at Armadillo Music on Friday, December 11th, at 6:30 p.m. The KDRT crew will be on hand to interview Andrew and broadcast his appearance. Andrew's new EP Red Hearts released on December 4th and broke the Top 100 in sales nationally on iTunes. A talented, passionate, and prolific performer, Andrew is sure to entertain both the in-house and radio audience. This performance is free and open to all ages in conjunction with the Downtown Davis 2nd Friday ArtAbout.

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HEAVY EP24 - Return of the SikTh - 12/11/15

Fri, 12/11/2015 - 12:05pm | Dmitry Shemetov...

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LISTEN NOW as we celebrate SikTh's first new release in 9 years, Opacities.

  • SikTh - Wait For Something Wild
  • SikTh - Can't We All Dream?
  • SikTh - When Will The Forest Speak?
  • SikTh - Each Other And Themselves
  • SikTh - Summer Rain
  • Protest the Hero - Yellow Teeth
  • Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage
  • Skyharbor - Evolution
  • In Colour - Listen For The Rain
  • Sikth - Tokyo Lights
  • Sikth - Walking Shadows
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Album of the Week - Robyn Hitchcock "I Often Dream of Trains" - TH 12/10

Thu, 12/10/2015 - 12:37pm | Jess Goddésse

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This week's featured album is I Often Dream of Trains by British singer-songwriter Robyn Hitchcock. Robyn started out in the 1970s with the Soft Boys before going solo in the early 1980s. He's known for quirky, haunting poetic lyrics that in early days drew comparisons to the style of Syd Barrett. 
 
I Often Dream of Trains is his third solo album, released in 1984. It's an all acoustic effort, with Robyn's lyrics and vocals at the front, backing himself on electric and acoustic guitars and piano. 
 
Today, Robyn remains an active recording and touring artist, with no less than 20 studio albums under his belt. His most recent release, The Man Upstairs, came out in 2014. Check out the man and his music at robynhitchcock.com.
 
KDRT's Album of the Week airs every Thursday evening at 5 p.m. PT. This week's host is Jess Goddesse.
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Dave Nachmanoff on The Folk Brothers, December 9th

Wed, 12/09/2015 - 9:40am | Peter Schiffman

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Davis resident Dave Nachmanoff is an award-winning singer-songwriter and renowned guitarist. He tours nationally and internationally as a solo act, as well as valued accompanist to Al Stewart. Over the many years he has resided in Davis, Dave has been a generous supporter of this community. In a rare local appearance, Dave will do a benefit concert on December 12th for Yolo Food Truck, which is raising the funds to purchase a new refrigerated truck. Dave will join the Folk Brothers live in the KDRT studio between 10 and 11 AM on Wednesday, Dec. 9th.   He’ll bring his guitar, play some songs, talk about his storied musical career, and tell us why we heard him singing in Starbucks across North America last month. Please join us!

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