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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.

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 Tuesday 11am-12pm

DJ(s):

Karen Leyse

A Mix of Music

DJ Dave Reynolds takes you on a journey through the world of music.

Live Friday 1-2pm

Replays Monday 10-11pm

DJ(s):

DJ Dave

E-Town

E-Town, taped before a live audience in Boulder, Colorado, features today’s top folk and Americana artists, along with information and discussions on the environment and conservation. Host Nick Forster nimbly walks the line between musician and radio journalist, playing guitar, mandolin, or lap steel with musical guests and then switching gears to engage artists in conversation. Co-host Helen Forster lends her voice to both the spoken and musical portions of the show.

Live Saturday 10-11am

Homepage URL:

E-Town on the web

Reggae Cruise

Reggae music from over 100 nations highlighting the global reach and how the components have contributed to its evolution with a focus on the 21st century. No dancehall.

Live Friday 11pm-Saturday 12am

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Reggae Cruise

Sounds So Sweet

Host Wayne Hagen takes a lively look at sweet sounds of jug band music, past and present.

Live Tuesday 1-2pm

Replays Friday 10-11pm

DJ(s):

Wayne Hagen

More programs ...

Latest Album of the Week presents ‘root music at its finest’

Thu, 07/20/2023 - 9:09am | kdrtradio

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Album of the Week explores a variety of music, one LP (CD, 8-track, whatever we've got) at a time. This week’s host, Frank Fox, brings you O Brother, the Story Continues, the sequel to the soundtrack for the 2002 movie O Brother Where Art Thou.

“This is roots music at its finest,” Frank says.

Frank hosts The Wild Fox Party each week on KDRT. You might also know him from Frankie and The Fabletones … which by the way if you haven’t heard them perform Heidi Bekebrede’s “The Davis Song,” well, what are you doing for the next few minutes?

Music for a heat wave, on this week's Celtic Songlines

Tue, 07/18/2023 - 6:05pm | kdrtradio

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This week's playlist forCeltic Songlines contains a few titles chosen with our current heat wave in mind: "Glass of Water" and "Sunny Spells."

In today's program you'll also hear: Téada (in photo, and arriving soon on the West Coast), Charmas, Clannad, U.K. bands Salt House and Moore-Moss-Rutter, Irish vocalist Nuala Kennedy, Ghizela Rowe with a reading of Robert Louis Stevenson's poetry, Bob & Carol Pegg, Shide & Acorn, Tommy Makem & Liam Clancy, the band Solas, and Vincey Keehan.

Jazz After Dark, July 18, 2023

Tue, 07/18/2023 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Longer sets tonight: we’ll hear Ella Fitzgerald, Cannonball Adderley, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Shirley Scott with Stanley Turrentine, Ben Webster, Earl "Fatha" Hines, and Gerry Mulligan.

Golden Road presents what might be 'the best Grateful Dead show ever'

Sun, 07/16/2023 - 5:31pm | kdrtradio

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This week on The Golden Road, the Grateful Dead on stage 45 years ago, July 8, 1978, at Red Rocks, Colorado.

Show host Wayne Hagan asks, Is this the best Grateful Dead show ever? Listen and tell us what you think.

Live Tracks goes all-vinyl for this week’s show

Fri, 07/14/2023 - 9:10am | kdrtradio

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Jim is playing vinyl tonight on Live Tracks.

The experience is “complete[ly] analog if you’re listening on July 13 to the airwaves,” he says. “If you’re listening to the replays, it got digitized so that it could get replayed for you. Still pretty darn cool.

“I’ll be going to some very famous live recordings from around the country, from the 1940s, ‘50s, and possibly even the ‘60s.” Plus Beatles history, stories, a little trivia. And lots of music. Take it away, Henry Mancini.

Davis Garden Show, July 13, 2023

Thu, 07/13/2023 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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On this week's program: High temperatures and pollination, growing peonies in the Valley, 8 common gardening mistakes, olive varieties, and more.

Folk Brothers starts this week’s show with Irish singer’s cover of ‘Angel from Montgomery’

Thu, 07/13/2023 - 8:28am | kdrtradio

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“I have a mix of things for you this morning,” says Folk Brothers host Bill Wagman at the start of his latest program. “I’m going to start off with a cover of ‘Angel from Montgomery’ sung by Jessie Buckley (pictured), an Irish singer who starred in a movie called Wild Rose. She played a young country singer in Ireland and had dreams of going to Nashville and performing on the Grand Ole Opry. … It’s a good movie.”

And a great song, starting off a great set. Let Bill take it from here.

Jazz After Dark, July 11, 2023

Tue, 07/11/2023 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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On tonight’s show: Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis & Sonny Rollins, Ella Fitzgerald, Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond, Lena Horne, Miles Davis, Sergio Mendes, Herbie Mann & The Bill Evans Trio, Budd Johnson with Earl "Fatha" Hines, Buddy Rich, Ramsey Lewis, The Crusaders, Joani Taylor & the Bob Murphy Trio, and the Gary Smulyan Quintet.

Davisville, July 10, 2023: Downtown projects propose 460 new homes, 80 new parking spaces

Mon, 07/10/2023 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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Three separate housing proposals have recently emerged that would add about 460 apartments and live/work lofts at three locations on G Street downtown, from 2nd Street near the Amtrak station north to the former Hibbert Lumber property on 5th. You can find the applicants’ plans and illustrations on the city’s projects website. One feature that immediately stands out is the idea of building most of these new homes without parking for cars.

Our guest today, Steve Streeter, has a background in planning and recently completed two terms on the Davis Planning Commission. He has no stake in any of the proposals. We talk about what’s proposed, context, why these projects are emerging now, and how the city's downtown plan and new state laws that encourage homebuilding are influencing these developments.

For all of you milestone enthusiasts: Eight songs about 600, on A Constant Grin

Mon, 07/10/2023 - 8:55am | kdrtradio

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Chris Mussen devoted the 600th episode of his program A Constant Grin to previously unknown musicians performing eight farther-afield songs, each with "600" in their name. Six hundred strokes, 600 miles, $600 short on rent ... you get the idea. It's a lot of fun.

"600 shows," he says. "It's pretty crazy, even for me, and I made all of them."

Chris includes his ruminations on 15 years of indie rock broadcasting free of charge.