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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.

Grist for the Chill

Dave serves up a truly interesting mix of music with a focus on fingerstyle guitar and percussive groove as it relates to roots, world fusion, jazz, funk, Latin and Brazilian music, and more.

Live Thursday 11am-12pm

Replays Saturday 11pm-Sunday 12am

DJ(s):

Dave Mcasey

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Grist for the Chill

Hop in for a trip through ever-changing musical landscapes, from familiar highways to roads less travelled. Dashboard Diaries host Ray K loves to share hand-picked tunes spanning broad styles of music, with a nod to the real, organic disc jockey-driven radio of his youth. It's all about the journey...

Live Thursday 3-4pm

DJ(s):

RayK

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 6-8pm

DJ(s):

Wayne Hagen

Live Tracks

LT began broadcasting on Sept. 30, 2004, and has produced 753 original programs by October 2025. Join Jim on his quest to reach show number 777. Peace.

Live Thursday 7-9pm

Replays Saturday 9-11pm

DJ(s):

Jim Buchanan

Listening Lyrics

Welcome to an hour of LISTENING LYRICS. Right here on KDRT 95.7FM in Davis, California. Listening Lyrics is a genre free zone - we feature the artist. What makes them do their thing. Listen to the hope and satisfaction in their voices. Listen to what only commercial free community radio can bring you. Close your eyes - open your ears - relax your mind. Join host Pieter Pastoor as he sends color to your ears. Now lets enter, the mother of all that is music and lyrics and the human capability of producing art.

Live Friday 4-5pm

Replays Sunday 11am-12pm

DJ(s):

Pieter Pastoor

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Davis Garden Show, Aug. 25, 2022

Thu, 08/25/2022 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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On today's show: planting in the summer, regulated deficit irrigation of fruit trees (especially citrus), caladivas, and more.

The Folk Brothers for Aug. 24, 2022: Politics of coal

Wed, 08/24/2022 - 11:10am | Peter Schiffman

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No, we didn't play any songs about Joe Manchin. But we were inspired by the new BBC miniseries "Sherwood," which deals with the murderous aftermath of a miners' strike in the coalfields near Nottingham -- yes, that Sherwood Forest -- when the Thatcher government decided to kill the unions, in part by embedding undercover police among the striking workers.

Ballads about coal mining have long been associated with the folk tradition of northern England and the Appalachians, and we played tracks from the Ian Campbell Folk Group (pictured here) whose music was featured in "Sherwood," as well as music by Offa Rex, John McCutcheon, The Pitman Poets, and others.

The Folk Brothers playlist for 08/24/2022

Jazz After Dark, Aug. 23, 2022

Tue, 08/23/2022 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight we’ll hear from: Artie Shaw And His Orchestra, Dinah Washington, Lee Morgan, Erroll Garner, Paul Gonsalves, Stephane Grappelli, Elek Bacsik, Art Blakey, Lou Donaldson, Pat La Barbera & Don Thompson, and Butch Thompson.

Paul Smaldino of The Small Dinosaurs, live in the studio on Listening Lyrics, Aug. 19, 2022

Fri, 08/19/2022 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Paul Smaldino is the lead singer of The Small Dinosaurs, a strange band dedicated to singing songs about the little things that matter. Their first album, Household Songs, is entirely about household chores, and is available everywhere on the internet. Their second album, Dad Songs, is due out in 2023. Listen in, get to know Paul, and learn a bit about little things that matter.

Davis Garden Show, Aug. 18, 2022

Thu, 08/18/2022 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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On today's program: First fall vegetables to plant now, drought-tolerant trees for our area, problems on redbuds, transplanting a peach tree, biocontrol of cherry fruit flies, and more.

The Folk Brothers for Aug. 17, 2022: Under the covers

Wed, 08/17/2022 - 11:10am | Peter Schiffman

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Some 30 years ago, while sitting in Sudwerk listening to a young singer on a stool performing popular songs of the day, my companion -- Bill Morrissey, who had mostly done original songs at his Palms' gig earlier that evening -- turned to me and said, "When I was starting out, I did lots of covers too, but never with an Ovation guitar!"

Singer-songwriters, like Bill, often include a cover or two in their sets. A good cover song should seem fresh, almost as if the singer owned the song. On today's show, I included a few instructive examples: Joel Rafael covering Woody Guthrie, Valerie June covering John Prine, and Stan Rogers (pictured) covering Mary McCaslin.

The Folk Brothers playlist for 08/17/2022

Jazz After Dark, Aug. 16, 2022

Tue, 08/16/2022 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight on Jazz After Dark: Swing and more.

We’ll hear from Count Basie, Benny Goodman, the Glenn Miller Orchestra, Erskine Hawkins, John Kirby Sextet, Lou Donaldson, Gerry Mulligan, Ernie Wilkins And His Orchestra, Art Blakey, Ella Fitzgerald, and Dick Wellstood.

Davisville, Aug. 15, 2022: The Davis night sky can be magical in the summer

Mon, 08/15/2022 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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The night sky is one of the best parts of Davis during summer and early fall. Hot days yield to mild evenings that make it easy to spend time outdoors after sunset, and a bright moon on the horizon can feel elemental, inviting thoughts about subjects that go far beyond the daily routine.

On today’s program Vinita Domier from the Davis Astronomy Club talks about the attractions of the night sky. With the James Webb space telescope, humans can now see farther in space than ever. We also we hear from stargazers at two recent nighttime events where the club's members brought out their telescopes: one event in the Explorit Science Center parking lot, and the other at a Yolo Basin Foundation benefit held one Saturday night deep in the Yolo Bypass.

Favorite songs and the power they evoke, on Listening Lyrics, Aug. 12, 2022

Fri, 08/12/2022 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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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.