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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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Cowboy Tracks

Join Nancy around the campfire to hear authentic Western roots music and cowboy poetry. Something deep in your soul will resonate to stories from the early wranglers, Mexican vaqueros, Old West adventurers, Silver Screen buckaroos, Western Swing bands, contemporary real cowboys, and all who appreciate wide open spaces, freedom, and the western lifestyle.

 

Live Wednesday 1-2pm
Replays Sunday 2-3pm
DJ(s): 
Nancy Flagg
Homepage URL: 
Cowboy Tracks
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Sounds So Sweet

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

Live Tuesday 1-2pm
Replays Monday 10-11pm, Friday 10-11pm
DJ(s): 
Wayne Hagen
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Song of Dinosaurs

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Songs of Dinosaurs presents songs from the prehistoric era: reptilian rhythms, lizard lyrics, triassic tones, and mammoth melodies with Professor A.

Live Friday 8-10pm
Replays Sunday 8-10pm
DJ(s): 
Professor A
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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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Na Mele O Hawai'i

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Join host Beth Post as she features the unique sounds of Hawaiian music — from early icons of island music to today's innovators — exploring styles, the history of the genre, and revered songs and performers.

Live Thursday 1-3pm
Replays Wednesday 10am-12pm, Saturday 11am-1pm
DJ(s): 
Beth Post
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Davisville, March 7, 2022: How live music is returning to Davis

Mon, 03/07/2022 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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Live music is music, obviously, but it’s also culture, a reason to get together with friends, part of the economy—and this spring, as in-person performances continue to resume in Davis, it’s another marker of how the Covid pandemic is easing. Knock on wood.

Today we talk with Danny Tomasello, who’s part of the Davis Music Fest, and musicians Sam Misner and Megan Smith about the hodgepodge return of local concerts, what might have changed for keeps during the pandemic, this June’s Fest, and the need for someone to write about local music the way that Wendy Weitzel writes about local businesses and restaurants.

(The photo shows Misner and Smith onstage at Berryessa Brewing in Winters in February 2020, right before the pandemic hit.)

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Kevin Welch of Boca do Rio and the meaning of a grant, on Listening Lyrics, March 4, 2022

Fri, 03/04/2022 - 4:00pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Boca do Rio was the second band to be awarded the annual Davis Independent Music Initiative (DIMI) grant, in 2021. The committee that awarded it included the 2020 winner, Davis musician Joel Daniel of the Hoots, reported the Sacramento News and Review in July 2021: "The grant is part of an annual effort to boost Davis’s music scene by providing one local band with funding. Daniel’s hope is that it offers musicians who might otherwise seek a career in Sacramento or the Bay Area the support they need to foster their talents closer to home." Applications for the 2022 grant are due by April 1.

We wrap up this show playing a Led Zeppelin song as interpreted by the Alex Jenkins Trio. Here is an All About Jazz review of their newest album, Tri-Cycle, from 2021.

Listening Lyrics playlist for 03/04/2022
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Davis Garden Show, March 3, 2022

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

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The subjects this week include:

  • Night temperatures for seedlings
  • Types of red-leaf plums
  • Tender perennials grown as annuals
  • Planting times for different vegetables

and more.

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The Folk Brothers for March 2, 2022: Stand with Ukraine

Wed, 03/02/2022 - 11:10am | Peter Schiffman

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This morning we featured music from DakhaBrakha (pictured), a folk quartet from Kyiv. Also on today's show: new takes on traditional ballads from Joshua Burnell, Cinder Well, and Jim Ghedi, as well as a new take on "Dublin Blues" from Mipso, plus new original tracks from Ernest Troost, Justin Farren, and Jack Sharp. And more!

The Folk Brothers playlist for 03/02/2022
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Jazz After Dark March 01 2022

Tue, 03/01/2022 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight on Jazz After Dark: Count Basie & His Orchestra, Ethel Ennis, Art Tatum, Gigi Gryce, Lou Donaldson & Grant Green, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Pete Candoli, Claude Bolling Big Band, Pedro Iturralde with Donna Hightower, Ledisi & Metropole Orkest, and Billy Taylor.

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Listen in, a $10K grant for Davis musicians, plus special guest Joel Daniel, on Listening Lyrics

Fri, 02/25/2022 - 4:00pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Joel Daniel joins us this week to review the 2022 Davis Independent Music Initiative and City of Davis grant to a Davis-based musician. For more details, visit the DIMI grant page. Plus we have music from Boot Juice, Lillian Francis, Joel Daniel, Racquetbangers, Max Riley, and Stompin' Tom Connors.

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Davis Garden Show, Feb. 24, 2022

Thu, 02/24/2022 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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This picture is from 2013. On today's program we talk about:

  • Freezing weather and plant protection
  • Dealing with bedstraw weeds
  • Dormant sprays

and more!

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The Folk Brothers for Feb. 23, 2022: Talisk rocks the folk

Wed, 02/23/2022 - 11:10am | Peter Schiffman

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This multiple award-winning Scottish trio is not your grandparents' Celtic band. They bring rock 'n' roll sensibilities to their mix of concertino, fiddle, and acoustic guitar. Box player Mohsen Amini is a force of nature as he drives their instrumental tunes onwards. With the release of their second album Dawn, Talisk's first U.S. tour stops at Sacramento's Sofia Center this Saturday night, Feb. 26.

The Folk Brothers playlist for 02/23/2022
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Jazz After Dark February 22 2022

Tue, 02/22/2022 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight on Jazz After Dark: Lester Young & The Kansas City Six, Lester Young & the King Cole Trio, Helyne Stewart, Les McCann Ltd. & Lou Rawls, Gene Ammons, Stuff Smith, Ramsey Lewis Trio, Lucky Thompson, Stephane Grappelli & Barney Kessel, Stephane Grappelli, Esther Satterfield, Stanley Cowell, Les Paul, and Luiz Bonfa.

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Davisville, Feb. 21, 2022: The Capitol Corridor expects to bring more changes to Davis

Mon, 02/21/2022 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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There’s lots of news this spring from the Capitol Corridor, the Bay-to-Sacramento passenger train service. Short term, it's recovering from the pandemic, plus taking steps to counter problems that have made too many trains run late. Longer term, it's considering 1) a new central platform in Davis that would connect to an underpass from the station and from the Olive Drive side of the tracks, and 2) changes to the County Road 32 crossing east of town. And if you look ahead a few decades, the corridor anticipates faster trains and better connections from Davis to the Bay Area through the ambitious Link21 "megaregion" project. We talk about all this today with Rob Padgette, the service’s managing director.

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