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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.

Twang Thang features outlaw country old and new, showcasing the folks who sowed the harder-edged musical seeds for what we today call Americana, as well as the newer artists who continue the tunes and outlaw ethos forward. George Jones, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Lucinda Willimans, Steve Earle, Dwight Yoakum, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Billie Jo Shaver ... Americana music didn't just show up one day — it has deep and varied country music roots. Twang Thang explores the originators, the newcomers, and the music that happened along the way!

Live Wednesday 7-9am

Replays Wednesday 9-11pm, Sunday 8-10am

DJ(s):

DJ Dirk

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

Davis Music Connections

Davis has a very unique musical scene — from the Mondavi Center’s formal performances to the local clubs where bands and upcoming artists hone their craft. Local and visiting musicians are captured by Jim Buchanan on our Live Tracks program. On Davis Music Connections, we play past Davis bands of note, along with those who are currently touring, taking a little bit of Davis to the rest of the world.

Live Monday 3-4pm

Replays Sunday 9:30-10:30pm

DJ(s):

Ned, Connections Clyde

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

Divine Intervention (1st/3rd week) – The Electric Compost Heap (2nd/4th week)

Divine Intervention with Jess Goddésse strikes the airwaves every 1st & 3rd Friday, bringing you an unholy assortment of rock, pop, punk, psych, funk, jazz, roots, and randomness across the decades plus brand new releases. For the truly devout, Vinyl Vespers, a celebration of record-store bargain bins, plus our Goddess of the Month featured artiste!

Live Friday 6-8pm

Replays Monday 9-11pm, Sunday 4-6pm

DJ(s):

Jess Goddésse, Dug Deep

More programs ...

Jazz After Dark March 22 2022

Tue, 03/22/2022 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Mostly 1940s jazz selections tonight: swing, big band, a little bebop and more.

We’ll hear: Mildred Bailey & Red Norvo and His Orchestra, Billie Holiday, Sidney Bechet, Artie Shaw, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane, Mary Lou Williams' Girl Stars, and Erroll Garner.

From the 1950s we’ll hear Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Jimmy Scott, Stan Getz with Zoot Sims, Johnny Hodges with Duke Ellington, Sonny Stitt, and Oscar Peterson.

Davisville, March 21, 2022: Andy Jones updates us on teaching at UC Davis during the pandemic

Mon, 03/21/2022 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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It'll take awhile to fully understand what the pandemic has changed at UC Davis, but we learn more about the impact today during a return visit with longtime instructor Andy Jones. Andy, who is also an educational technologist, last appeared on Davisville a year ago, when the pandemic was about a year old. At the time, he was teaching one of the first classes to meet in person since the pandemic shut down the campus in spring 2020. Conditions have improved this past year — UC Davis will mostly stop requiring masks indoors on March 19 — but “normal” no longer means what it did. We talk about what that means, plus opportunities that have emerged from the disruption.

The meaning of pop music, on Listening Lyrics, March 18, 2022

Fri, 03/18/2022 - 4:00pm | Pieter Pastoor

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On this show we dive into pop music -- its definition, and examples of a whole bunch of current and past pop hits.

Davis Garden Show, March 17, 2022

Thu, 03/17/2022 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today we revisit some garden myths, talk about soil mycorrhizae, and more.

The Folk Brothers for March 16, 2022: Whales are folks too

Wed, 03/16/2022 - 11:10am | Peter Schiffman

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Brother Bill is back from Baja, where he spent a week petting baby blue whales ... awww. And he brought in a bunch of whale songs this morning from the likes of Tom Lewis, Country Joe McDonald, Tom Pacheco, and other fishy folkies. We also have Molly Tuttle singing about her grampa's farm, I Draw Slow singing about the coming apocalypse, and Black 47 with Finbar Furey singing about Father Mychal Judge, the first official fatality of 9/11.

The Folk Brothers playlist for 03/16/2022

Jazz After Dark March 15 2022

Tue, 03/15/2022 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight on Jazz After Dark: Harlan Leonard, Art Tatum with Benny Carter and Louis Bellson, Ruby Braff, Oscar Peterson Trio, Ella Fitzgerald, John Coltrane with Johnny Hartman, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra with Oscar Peterson, Sarah Vaughan, Art Farmer, Bobby Militello with the Brubeck family, and Perico Sambeat.

This year's Soup's On will benefit Davis Media Access -- save the date, April 21, 2022

Sat, 03/12/2022 - 2:19pm | Diane Crumley

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Since its inception in 2004, Don Saylor’s Soup’s On event has raised more than $300,000 and increased community awareness for many worthy causes in Yolo County. In 2022, its final year, Soup's On will benefit Davis Media Access and will feature the live music of MUMBO GUMBO.

Davis Garden Show, March 10, 2022

Thu, 03/10/2022 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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This week's subjects include:

When to "set out" vegetable seedlings
Reviewing 2021 veg garden results
March garden calendar

and more!

The Folk Brothers for March 9, 2022: Transatlantic sounds old and new

Wed, 03/09/2022 - 11:10am | Peter Schiffman

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On their debut album in 1968, a group of kids from the suburbs of north London covered a Richard Farina song about a city in Nevada. During the pandemic, a singer-songwriter from Edinburgh teamed up with musicians from Tucson. Sometime in between, a guitarist/mandolinist from Nashville became a founding member of a band of transatlantic musicians who play the Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow every winter. Find out who they all are on today's show.

The Folk Brothers playlist for 03/09/2022

Jazz After Dark March 08 2022

Tue, 03/08/2022 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight on Jazz After Dark, jazz from 1940 to 1992: Artie Shaw, The Delta Rhythm Boys, Joe Guy And Thelonius Monk, Nat King Cole, Milt Jackson with Ray Charles, Clark Terry, Cannonball Adderley with Bill Evans, Toots Thielemans, Ella Fitzgerald, Gabor Szabo, Eddie Harris, and Stan Getz with Kenny Barron.

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