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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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IMPLOSION

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IMPLOSION is hosted by Nick Saloman, front person of The Bevis Frond. Born and raised in London, England, Nick began buying records as a small child in the late 1950s, then moved on to going to gigs and playing in bands as a teenager in the late ’60s. IMPLOSION is simply an hour of Nick playing the music he loves – psychedelia, rock, folk, beat, jazz, soul, punk, and more – with a bit of chat thrown in for good measure.

Live Thursday 4-5pm
Replays Sunday 7-8pm
DJ(s): 
Nick Saloman
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Classical Excursions

Greg LaTraille

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 on the first, third and occasional fifth Friday of the month.  

Live Friday 11am-1pm
Replays Sunday 11am-1pm
DJ(s): 
Greg LaTraille
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Taste, Talk and Whine: All about Wines

Taste Talk & Whine

Tune in for weekly discussions on topics related to wine making and wine enjoyment — plus occasional guests and engagement with listeners. Topics will span the spectrum from technical growing, making, and tasting to what we're drinking to the best places to find a bottle locally.

Live Tuesday 5:30-6pm
DJ(s): 
Nicole Salengo Lee, Tree Kilpatrick
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Listening Lyrics

Listening Lyrics, Kurt.org, community radio

Welcome to an hour of Listening Lyrics, right here on KDRT 95.7 FM in Davis, California.

No musical passports required. Folk can sit next to funk, jazz can dance with rock, and a singer-songwriter might end up sharing a park bench with a reggae band. Listening Lyrics is your invitation to escape the noise of the day and enter a world of elaborate sounds, unexpected discoveries, and songs that have something to say.

This is the kind of journey only commercial-free community radio can provide.

So close your eyes. Open your ears. Relax your mind. Join me, Pieter Pastoor, as we send color to your ears and wander through the vast landscape of music and lyrics—the grand meeting place of rhythm, imagination, and the remarkable human ability to create art. Whether it's a whisper, a roar, a groove, or a melody you've never heard before, it all belongs here.

Remember: Real Music. Real Community. Real Good Music.

Live Friday 4-5pm
Replays Sunday 10-11am
DJ(s): 
Pieter Pastoor
Homepage URL: 
Listening Lyrics on Facebook
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Exploration with Michio Kaku

Dr. Kaku

An hour long radio program on science, technology, politics, and the environment. Topics covered include black holes, time travel, higher dimensions, string theory, wormholes, search for extra-terrestial life, dark matter and dark energy, the future of space travel, genetic engineering, the aging process, the future of medicine, the human body shop, artificial intelligence, the future of computers and robots, as well as topics from science fiction. Hosted by Michio Kaku.

Live Thursday 11pm-Friday 12am
Homepage URL: 
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Davisville, Nov. 27, 2023: The strikes, best and worst movies, and what’s ahead

Mon, 11/27/2023 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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Get yourself settled and turn off your phone, we're raising the curtain on our latest year-end movie show with Davis film critic Derrick Bang. We talk about the effects of this year's writers’ and actors’ strikes, streaming, some of the best and worst movies of 2023, and films he’s looking forward to — or not — during the next several weeks.

Derrick writes for the Davis Enterprise and his blog Derrick Bang on Film (the photo shows Derrick lurking behind a laptop displaying his blog).

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Grassroots gratitude from KDRT: Thank you all!

Sun, 11/26/2023 - 10:29pm | Diane Crumley

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updated Dec. 10

THANK YOU for supporting your local grassroots radio by donating to KDRT! Our DJs enjoyed visiting their colleagues' shows during on-air fundraising, and seeing many of you at the variety of live music events during the past two weeks.  We're thrilled that your generosity so far has brought us to within 85 percent of our $7,000 goal. If it's slipped your mind, no worries, there's still time to donate.

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Davis Garden Show, Nov. 23, 2023

Thu, 11/23/2023 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today's topics: new USDA zones, why you don’t like cilantro, November color in the garden from toyons and grapes, Liquidambars, lacewings on Tilias, saving tomato seeds, and a Thanksgiving essay.

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Kelly Edwards dives into 'Goats Head Soup' by the Rolling Stones, on Album of the Week, Nov. 22, 2023

Wed, 11/22/2023 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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This week host Pieter Pastoor is joined by Kelly Edwards to explore the Rolling Stones' 1973 release Goats Head Soup. Listen in as Kelly shares his thoughts on this record. After playing the entire album, we share a classic Jamaican goats head soup recipe. Much of the album was recorded in Jamaica.

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This week on Celtic Songlines: The Shee, Salt House, Gerry O'Connor and a lot more

Wed, 11/22/2023 - 9:13am | kdrtradio

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This week's Celtic Songlines features fiddler Gerry O'Connor, Cherish the Ladies, Ian MacInnes, from Scotland The Shee (pictured), Ashley Davis, Anúna with Michael McGlynn, Martin Hayes with The Common Ground Ensemble, from the UK the band Salt House, The Furrow Collective, Runa and the trio Molloy, Brady & Peoples.

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Jazz After Dark, Nov. 21, 2023

Tue, 11/21/2023 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Swing and more tonight: Benny Goodman & His Orchestra, Count Basie, Chick Webb (featuring Ella Fitzgerald), Frank Sinatra with Harry James and his Orchestra, Artie Shaw & His Orchestra, The Mills Brothers, Mel Tormé, Rosemary Clooney and Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Johnny Hodges, Anita O'Day, Annie Ross & Gerry Mulligan, Dee Dee Bridgewater, and Cassandra Wilson.

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Liane Moody and the many facets of STEAC, on Imagining Yolo Davis, Nov. 17, 2023

Fri, 11/17/2023 - 6:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Today we sit down with Liane Moody, the executive director of the Short Term Emergency Aid Committee, who explains the three areas -- rent, food and bills -- where this Davis nonprofit helps our neighbors who need short-term assistance. This wonderful organization could not function without its many volunteers.

For example, here's more about its Food Project, whose mission is to help STEAC's food pantry "have a steady, reliable source of non-perishable food year-round by collecting food from community members every other month. While food drives are an invaluable and critical source of food, they provide only about 30 to 40% of our needs, and we often run short between these events."

Imagining Yolo Davis playlist for 11/17/2023
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Davis Garden Show, Nov. 16, 2023

Thu, 11/16/2023 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Lots of topics today: El Niño update, fall color trees, rootstocks, pruning hydrangeas, annuals for hot sunny borders, struggling crapemyrtles, gardeners and age, lindens, natives resistant to crown rot, and more.

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Live DiRT – Jake Mann

Wed, 11/15/2023 - 6:59pm | Dug Deep

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DJ Dug Deep hosts formerly Davis-based singer-songwriter-guitarist Jake Mann live on the air. Jake's new release is Outta Mind A While on Crossbill Records. You can find it on Bandcamp.

 

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Jazz After Dark, Nov. 14, 2023

Tue, 11/14/2023 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight’s show: Eubie Blake, Charlie Christian, Glenn Miller, Coleman Hawkins, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan, Louise Tobin with Peanuts Hucko, Stan Getz, Herbie Mann, Claude Bolling, Allen Toussaint, Dianne Reeves, and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.

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