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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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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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Davisville

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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
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The Wild Fox Party

WILD FOX RADIO PARTY

Tune in for a wide variety of roots music — including doo-wop, gospel, jazz, blues, rock 'n' roll, Latin, African, and hillbilly/country bluegrass — from the early 1920s to contemporary times. The Wild Fox Party focuses on vocal groups , small-group ensembles, and outstanding vocalists and instrumentalists who never or hardly ever get heard. The music provides a forum for learning about history and diverse cultures, and it does so through the exposure of music as art, highlighting points in time that will last forever via the medium of audio recordings.

Live Tuesday 10-11am
Replays Wednesday 11pm-Thursday 12am
DJ(s): 
Frank aka Dr Doowop Fox, Doo Wop Dave
Homepage URL: 
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Praise Time with Preacher

Praise Time with Preacher

The word "gospel" is derived for the old Anglo-Saxon word meaning “good message” or “good news." Host Preacher believes gospel music is powerful, whether the listener is or is not Christian — that everyone can enjoy listening to gospel because it is uplifting and inspiring, sung with passion and belief from the artist, touching all who hear it in a good and heartfelt way. The aim of Praise Time is to help listeners find what Preacher believes lives in everyone: a good spirit that drives us to be the best we can be.

Live Tuesday 4-5pm
Replays Thursday 11pm-Friday 12am, Sunday 7-8am
DJ(s): 
Preacher
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Replay of Guillaume Pastoor and the bossa nova, on Listening Lyrics, from April 5, 2024

Fri, 07/05/2024 - 5:00pm | admin

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Guillaume Pastoor joins us this week to share with us his "affair" with the music genre bossa nova. Guillaume carefully selected songs to show us how different singers around the world interpet the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim.

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Davis Garden Show, July 4, 2024

Thu, 07/04/2024 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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On today's show: tomato disorders and disorderly tomatoes, sun and heat injury on fruit, and more.

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IMPLOSION – 3 July 2024

Wed, 07/03/2024 - 11:25am | Nick Saloman

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Oh, yes, it's hot — and you need the cool sounds of IMPLOSION, coming your way at 5 p.m. Pacific. Join your host Nick Saloman of the Bevis Frond for a solid sampling of psychedelic sounds and more — right here on your grassroots radio station, KDRT 95.7 fm!

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Silver Nine Volt Heart hosts its annual Independence Day extravaganza at 4-6 pm July 4th

Tue, 07/02/2024 - 11:11pm | Diane Crumley

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DJ Rodriguez loves to contribute to our holiday soundtracks and has crafted another 4th of July Special for you to enjoy at your celebration with family, friends, and freaks! Tune in Thursday July 4, 4-6 p.m. as Rodriguez cracks open his red, white and blue archives for a spirited 2-hour salute to honor our nation's birthday ....KDRT style!

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Jazz After Dark, July 2, 2024

Tue, 07/02/2024 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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On tonight's show:

  • Billie Holiday, You're My Thrill
  • Stan Getz & J. J. Johnson with the Oscar Peterson Trio, My Funny Valentine
  • Sidney Bechet, Struttin' With Some Barbecue
  • Sidney Bechet, American Rhythm
  • Duke Ellington, Solitude
  • John Coltrane, After The Rain
  • Boots Randolph, Body and Soul
  • Billy Taylor, Capricious
  • Eddie Jefferson, A Crazy Romance (The Preacher)
  • Ella Fitzgerald & The Jimmy Jones Trio, It's Only a Paper Moon
  • Paul Gonsalves & Enrique Villegas, 05 - a. gone with the wind - b. tenderly - c. ramona
  • Dorothy Donegan, Makin' Whoopee I
  • Ramsey Lewis, Baby What You Want Me To Do
  • Helen Merrill, Anyplace I hang my hat is home
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Old time mountain music for your radio, this week on High Country Music

Tue, 07/02/2024 - 11:00am | David A. Reynolds

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Going back in time is this week's theme with selections from the film Cold Mountain with Jack White. Also featured is Tim Erikson, Dirk Powell, The Crooked Jades, Rising Appalachia, The Wood Brotheres, Three Tall Pines, Doc Watson, Clarence Ashley, gourd banjo with Adam Hurt, Elizabeth Cotton and Jake Blount.

High Country Music Radio playlist for 07/02/2024
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Davisville, July 1, 2024: Guaraldi time is here, 2nd edition

Mon, 07/01/2024 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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“Vince is always pulling splinters from his fingers, driven in when he claws at the wooden baseboard, behind the keys,” wrote Bay Area music critic Ralph Gleason, as quoted in Davis author Derrick Bang’s newly revised book Vince Guaraldi at the Piano. The splinters came from Guaraldi’s intense playing, Bang says, nearly nonstop performing, and the worn quality of the pianos he played in clubs.

Guaraldi, the Bay Area jazz musician known most for his Peanuts soundtracks and the song “Cast Your Fate to the Wind,” died in 1976 but is arguably more popular than ever, Bang says. Two recent signs: This month's latest archival release of music from a Peanuts special, It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown, and Bang’s updated book, which he will talk about 6:30 p.m. July 11 at the Avid Reader in Davis. On today’s Davisville we learn more about the music, new stories Bang heard while updating his book, and the baffling review Guaraldi received from the California Aggie the last time he played in Davis.

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Replay of Favorite songs and the power they evoke, from Listening Lyrics, Aug. 12, 2022

Fri, 06/28/2024 - 11:24am | admin

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Asking someone to select their top 20 songs is difficult, and picking just one is impossible. But that's what we have today: one favorite song from each of several people, along with the reasons it's their favorite. I left the genres open.

Music is a mystery that touches us on so many levels at so many different times. It can make us happy, sad, or melancholy. Or maybe we're drawn to the music itself, or to the lyrics; or for many of us a song offers a look back in time that allows us to relive a past moment.

On today's show, we play songs chosen by Karin Pastoor Husebosch, Carol Hess, Rod Rodriguez, Preacher, Ed Branam, John Caroll, Jeanne Pastoor, and me, Pieter Pastoor. Listen to the stories and be moved by the power of music.

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Davis Garden Show, June 27, 2024

Thu, 06/27/2024 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today's topics: gardenias in pots, mildew and other tree diseases, July flowers for hot sun, lace bug on toyon, and more.

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Join us for Suds & Sounds – June 26!

Tue, 06/25/2024 - 7:07pm | Jess Goddésse

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Please join KDRT for Suds & Sounds at Armadillo Music, 207 F St. in downtown Davis, on Wednesday, June 26, 4 to 6 p.m. Meet K-DiRT friends and fans, grab a sticker & a new T-shirt, pick some vinyl to spin...! Beverages will be available at the Bootleg Bar. This gathering repeats every month on the last Wednesday — mark you calendars!

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