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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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Twang Thang

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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 Monday 6-8pm
Replays Wednesday 9-11pm, Sunday 8-10am
DJ(s): 
DJ Dirk
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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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Sometimes Folk

Bill Wagman explores an eclectic range of music, including traditional folk of the British Isles and the U.S, contemporary singer/songwriters on both sides of the Atlantic, and American roots music and some of its lesser-known offshoots. Tune in for a great music mix!

Live Wednesday 10am-12pm
Replays Saturday 12-2pm
DJ(s): 
Bill Wagman
Homepage URL: 
Sometimes Folk
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The Golden Road

​Join Wayne Hagan and take a musical journey down the Golden Road and explore the music of the Grateful Dead, its roots, and its many offshoots. Past DJs include Alligator, Lee Maddex, and Rod Moseanko. What a long strange trip!

Live Tuesday 2-4pm
Replays Sunday 1-3pm
DJ(s): 
Wayne Hagen, Alligator, Rodriguez, Lee Maddex
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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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Album of the Week for Oct. 6, 2021: The rock musical Hair

Wed, 10/06/2021 - 4:00pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Album Of The Week uses a rotating cast of hosts to explore entire albums and bring a fantastically fun hour to the airwaves.

This week, our choice is the rock musical Hair.

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The Folk Brothers for Oct. 6, 2021: Songs of Irish emigration

Wed, 10/06/2021 - 11:10am | Peter Schiffman

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Today's show starts with a set of songs inspired by 19th and 20th century Irish emigration. First off is Tim O'Brien's tune, "The Crossing," followed by another lament about leaving for Amerikay: Karine Polwart and Dave Milligans' new rendition of "Craigie Hill." Starting in the late 1800's, Irish laborers flooded the United Kingdom, as addressed by the next two songs: Josh O'Keefe's version of "McAlpine's  Fusiliers," and Christy Moore's cover of Jimmy McCarthy's song "Missing You."

Also on today's show: new music from Martha Scanlan, Aoife O'Donovan, Dirk Powell, Tre Burt, Vincent Cross, and Frank Richard.

The Folk Brothers playlist for 10/06/2021
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Jazz After Dark October 05 2021

Tue, 10/05/2021 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight on Jazz After Dark: jazz from 1931 to 2000.  Benny Goodman and the The Mills Brothers, Sammy Kaye, Bobby Hackett and Jack Teagarden, Charlie Byrd, Boots Randolph, Benny Carter, Joe Morello, Eddie Harris, The Taylor Eigsti Trio, Miles Davis, Shirley Horn, Frank Sinatra & Chrissie Hynde, and the Harold Mabern Trio.

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Davisville, Oct. 4, 2021: Enterprise Editor Seb Oñate

Mon, 10/04/2021 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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My guest today is Seb Oñate, the editor of the Davis Enterprise. Our subjects include the appeal of hyper-local community journalism, a "rough couple of years," popular types of stories among Enterprise readers (crime and local government), nostalgia for newsprint as paid print circulation fades but online readership grows, engaging the town's college students, and working in “a town as engaged as Davis.”

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Cabin camping, a musical journey on Listening Lyrics

Fri, 10/01/2021 - 4:00pm | Pieter Pastoor

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If you have ever camped near the ocean while surrounded by tall redwood trees, then this is an hour of music you can relate to. My cabin camping experience near Manchester Beach in northern California inspired today's (Oct. 1) Listening Lyrics.

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Davis Garden Show, Sept. 30, 2021 -- Winter flowers and bulbs

Thu, 09/30/2021 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Things to plant in October, November ...

  • Leafy greens -- lettuce, kale, NOT basil -- continue to plant all winter.
  • Brassicas (where we eat the buds or heads) get planted earlier than  leafy greens (where we trim the leaves but the plant continues to grow).
  • Bulbs -- plant most bulbs now, some later. "Full sun" in winter can be under a deciduous tree, which shades that spot in the summer. PERFECT for many bulbs.
  • Winter flowers -- cheery annual flowers to plant now.
  • Perennials with winter blooms -- plant anytime, they last for years!  -- Camellias, Euryops, Gazania, Hellebore, Hardenbergia, etcetera.

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Jazz After Dark September 28 2021

Tue, 09/28/2021 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight on Jazz After Dark: swing, bossa nova, soul jazz, West Coast cool, and more. Ronnell Bright Trio, Earl "Fatha" Hines & Johnny Hodges, Phineas Newborn Jr., Cannonball Adderley with Ray Brown and Wes Montgomery, Duke Ellington, Baby Face Willette, Roland Kirk, Art Pepper, and the Bill Evans Trio featuring Stan Getz.

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Celtic Songlines, Sept. 28, 2021

Tue, 09/28/2021 - 11:00am | David A. Reynolds

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The term "Celtic" is thrown around a bit to describe a mostly traditional form of music. That said, musicians have always experimented and pushed the boundaries of music. This week on Celtic Songlines we explore music under the banner of a more recent label: Neo-traditional Celtic. Featured on the program is music from Goitse, Socks in the Frying Pan, Cúig, Kasír, Caitlín & Ciarán, Athrú, Brian Finnegan, Salt House and Annwn.

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Put another candle on the cake -- KDRT turns 17 today

Fri, 09/24/2021 - 10:48am | Diane Crumley

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This week marks the start of fall, the return of students to UC Davis, and the 17th birthday of KDRT. Our launch party was held on a warm Friday evening, Sept. 24, 2004, on the Davis Media Access backlot. It featured live music, hay bales for seats, speeches, cake, camaraderie, and excitement about having our own community radio station!

The event drew families, students, public figures, neighbors, artists, local business owners, and the many volunteers who had been working since 2000 to get this station on the air. Davis Enterprise columnist Bob Dunning was the evening's emcee, and Mayor Ruth Asmundson flipped the on switch to officially launch our broadcast.

Seventeen years later, we are proud to offer Davis locally produced radio that draws on the help and huge commitment of our 34 volunteer programmers, many of whom have been with us for a decade or more. We treasure this local resource, and look forward to the day when we can again come together with the community to celebrate in person. Until then, stay tuned to 95.7 FM, "where the grassroots grow," and stream our wide variety of shows at kdrt.org.

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Davis Garden Show, Sept. 23, 2021 -- Leucadendrons

Thu, 09/23/2021 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Do native bees, pollinators, and other beneficials NEED to have only NATIVE plants? No, for most. But yes for a few. The "Pipevine Swallowtail" butterfly needs the California pipevine for its larva to feed on (other pipevine species won't do). Monarch butterfly larva feed only on milkweed plants. But most local insects will be happy with many garden plants. Having a diversity of plant species is a good way to attract and help beneficial insects.

What is "planting with natives?" If "native" means "originally existing in the local plant community," then we are extremely limited in Davis. If "native" means "native somewhere" (that is, it's not a hybrid), then anything goes! If "native" means "naturally occuring in some political region" such as California, then native-ness has no relationship to how well something will grow in my yard -- because California contains so many different climate zones. Perhaps it would be better to look for "locally adapted" plants -- species which originated in climates like ours (such as the Mediterranean, coastal Chile, parts of Australia, southern Africa, etc.), and so will grow well in OUR climate.

Today's questions include: Should we be "pinching" broccoli? (Don doesn't.) That's bacterial Citrus Blast -- exacerbated by a few days of humid weather in August. Why Don's 32-year-old orchard is being taken out (lifespan of the trees vs. changing economics vs. climate expectations).  How farmers decide what to plant where. And what some people expect to happen to our local climate in the next 20-50 years.

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