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ABOUT US

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.

The Cerealist curates chilling broadcasts of loud + bizarre soundscapes from an ancient cave bellowing death metal from around the globe, with smoky stage lights on music from American, Swedish, and Norwegian shredders. Tune in every week for 30 brutal minutes of blast-beat heaven!

Live Wednesday 7:30-8pm

DJ(s):

The Cerealist

Classical Excursions

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 Friday 11am-1pm

DJ(s):

Greg LaTraille

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

Roots, Shoots and Leaves

Roots, Shoots and Leaves' DJ Tree has a theory of music that involves a tree. Suffice it to say that it involves a trinity — an exploration of themes and connections among recording artists — and otherwise very few boundaries. Listen for music old and new, known and unknown. And if you listen long enough, you may experience some musical enlightenment.

Live Tuesday 6-8pm

Replays Saturday 7-9pm

DJ(s):

Tree Kilpatrick

Twang Thang

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 Wednesday 7-9am

Replays Wednesday 9-11pm, Sunday 8-10am

DJ(s):

DJ Dirk

More programs ...

Davis Garden Show, August 19, 2021, More Questions

Thu, 08/19/2021 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Lots of listener questions!

some common invasive plants,

pruning a peach,

fruit problems with Honeycrisp apple,

low water suggestions for a front yard,

amaryllis bulbs, caladiums [shown], and more.

The Folk Brothers for Aug. 18, 2021: Remembering Nanci Griffith

Wed, 08/18/2021 - 11:10am | Peter Schiffman

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She was a brilliant songwriter and song interpreter who helped define the Americana genre. Steeped in the traditional folk tradition of her parents' generation -- by artists like Odetta, Malvina Reynolds, and Pete Seeger -- her artistic vision was strongly influenced by "outlaw" Texas singer-songwriters like Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, and Jerry Jeff Walker. Her songwriting and vocal collaborations were far-reaching. On today's show we merely scratched the surface of her work with tracks from the Chieftains, John Prine, Tom Russell, and Eric Taylor.

The Folk Brothers playlist for 08/18/2021

Jazz After Dark August 17 2021

Tue, 08/17/2021 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight on Jazz After Dark! Ella Fitzgerald, Dave Brubeck, Erroll Garner, Jimmy Hamilton, Gene Ammons, Oscar Peterson Trio, Mel Tormé, Benny Carter, Tony Bennett, Danny Grissett.

Soccer, money and music, on Listening Lyrics

Fri, 08/13/2021 - 4:00pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Let's have music talk about soccer and money ... an eclectic mix of music, on today's Listening Lyrics (Aug. 13).

Live Tracks, Aug. 12, 2021: Remembering Gary Lee Yoder, by talking with musicians who played with him

Thu, 08/12/2021 - 9:10pm | Jim Buchanan

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In tonight's special program, Live Tracks host Jim Buchanan is joined by Davisville host Bill Buchanan to play music from Gary Lee Yoder's career, and to talk with musicians who played with Gary at different stages of his life: blues great Joe Louis Walker, Jim Keylor (Oxford Circle), Dehner Patten (Oxford Circle, Kak), Chris Lockheed (Kak), Alec Palao (record producer), Dean Sylvester (Davis musician), and René Martucci & Richard Urbino (Davis musicians in Cold Shot and According to Bazooka).

The poster for a concert in Davis is courtesy of Joe Louis Walker, who's shown in the far left side of the image. Oxford Circle members Gary Yoder and Jim Keylor are on the far right. For more information, see this earlier KDRT blog post.

Davis Garden Show, August 12, 2021: Questions

Thu, 08/12/2021 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Lots of listener questions today!

Wide-ranging answers keep returning to common themes: beneficial insects -vs- applying poisons, hosing things off -vs- applying poisons, saving bees and other beneficial insects -vs- applying imidacloprid (a neo-nicinoid systemic poison that makes flowers poisonous to pollinators), thwarting phytophthora by watering deeper but less often, and conserving water in this drought year.

Specific discussions about:

plants for a dry front landscape [with LOTS of ideas!];

Colocasia ["elephant ears"] and taro root [for poi] CAN grow here!;

what ethylene gas is and what it does (ripening bananas and apples, strenghtening tree trunks) [including Don's suggestion for some kids' science fair projects!];

spider mites, predatious mites [which are small and red but are not chiggers!], and other beneficial insects;

'What causes leaf burn on maples?'; and

more about phytophthora [a word which traslates as "plant death"].

The Folk Brothers for Aug. 11, 2021: Remembering Gary Lee Yoder

Wed, 08/11/2021 - 11:10am | Peter Schiffman

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Although best known for his work with '60s psychedelic rock bands Oxford Circle and Blue Cheer, Davisite Gary Lee Yoder knew his way around folk-rock and Americana music. On today's show, we played some rare covers and original tracks from a live performance at the Davis Odd Fellows Hall in May, 2015, recorded by KDRT's own engineering genius and Live Tracks host, Jim Buchanan. Also: new music from Ciaran Cooney, Staran, Band Of Burns, Richard Thompson, and Mark Stuart.

The Folk Brothers playlist for 08/11/2021

Jazz After Dark August 10 2021

Tue, 08/10/2021 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight on jazz After Dark! Billie Hoilday, Georgie Auld & His Orchestra, Benny Carter, Gene Ammons. A New Orleans set with Louis Armstrong, New Orleans' Own The Dukes of Dixieland, The 6 & 7/8ths String Band, Percy Humphrey's Crescent City Joymakers, Sweet Emma & Her Dixieland Boys. Bossa Nova by, João Gilberto & Milton Banana, Luiz Bonfá, Nara Leão. Then we’ll take it out with Pharoah Sanders & William Henderson

Davisville, Aug. 9, 2021: A bid to end hunger in Yolo County by 2026

Mon, 08/09/2021 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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About 30 to 40 percent of food in the United States is wasted, for reasons that range from spoilage and overproduction to unsold inventory and bad planning. A new California law, SB 1383, requires major changes in how we dispose of surplus food, with waste redirected to compost and edible food to the hungry. Michael Bisch, executive director of the Yolo Food Bank, believes the changes spurred by the law -- and conditions in Yolo County -- mean Yolo will be “pretty darn close to a fully food-secure county within three years, five years tops.” On today's Davisville, he explains why this breakthrough is now possible, plus how to pay for and achieve it.

Davis musician Gary Lee Yoder, RIP: In Oxford Circle, Kak and Blue Cheer, he was part of the 1960s San Francisco Sound

Mon, 08/09/2021 - 9:36am | Bill Buchanan

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Updated Aug. 13 with link to Live Tracks that featured short talks with musicians who played with Gary, plus information about Davis Music Connections program on Aug. 17

We’re sorry to report this news: Gary Lee Yoder, whose Davis band Oxford Circle became part of the San Francisco Sound in the 1960s, died on Saturday, Aug. 7. He was born in 1946.

Gary lived in Davis most of his life, and continued to perform in town after returning to Davis following his time in the Bay Area.

He was also a member of the Davis High School Hall of Fame as a player on the school’s undefeated varsity boys basketball team of 1961-62.

After Oxford Circle broke up, he and band co-leader Dehner Patten formed Kak. The group played fewer than a dozen concerts but recorded a self-titled LP for Epic in 1969, renamed Kak-Ola when released in expanded form on CD. Many listeners consider it to be an obscure gem from the psychedelic era. A live recording of Oxford Circle was released on CD.

After Kak, Gary recorded solo material, and became a later member of Blue Cheer.

At least three KDRT program hosts plan to play some of Gary’s music: