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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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In the Key of Folk

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
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Democracy Now!

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Hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now is an award-winning syndicated news program that gives voice to perspectives rarely heard in corporate-sponsored media, including independent journalists, grassroots leaders and peace activists, artists, academics, independent analysts, and ordinary people from around the world.

Live Friday 9-10am
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Democracy Now!

Amy Goodman photo

Hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now is an award-winning syndicated news program that gives voice to perspectives rarely heard in corporate-sponsored media, including independent journalists, grassroots leaders and peace activists, artists, academics, independent analysts, and ordinary people from around the world.

Live Friday 9-10am
Homepage URL: 
Democracy Now! on the web
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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
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Cowboy Tracks
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Education Beat

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KDRT is proud to air EdSource’s program Education Beat: Getting to the heart of California schools. From EdSource: "Join us each week as we cover everything from preschool to college, bringing you the personal stories behind the headlines.   We want you to hear the voices that are too often drowned out in the broader conversation: parents, teachers, and the students themselves."

Live Monday 5:10-5:30pm
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Bapu, ballads and ballots: Bapu Vaitla on music that inspires, Listening Lyrics, Oct. 28, 2022

Fri, 10/28/2022 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Bapu Vaitla, running to represent district 1 on the Davis City Council, talks about music and share tracks that inspire and galvanize all our efforts towards building a better world today on Listening Lyrics.

From his campaign website: “Bapu Vaitla was born in rural India and spent his childhood in Chicago and Los Angeles. He came to UC Davis for his undergraduate studies, where he forged strong bonds with the social and environmental justice community in town, learning about the power of science to change the world.

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The 15th annual Constant Grin Halloween special

Fri, 10/28/2022 - 2:30pm | Chris Mussen

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Thirty minutes of spooky surf rock, macabre metal, ghoulish gothic country, frightening folk, and eerie electronica ... oh my!

A Constant Grin playlist for 10/28/2022
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Live Tracks, Oct. 27, 2022: Songs, stories, and outreach from beyond

Thu, 10/27/2022 - 9:10pm | Jim Buchanan

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We all know what's lurking just ahead ... and tonight's Live Tracks has tales and tunes to match the calendar, including Beat the Reaper, a tale from Heidi, and a visit from the Ghost of Halloween Future.

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Davis Garden Show, Oct. 27, 2022

Thu, 10/27/2022 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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On today's program: November garden activities, growing hibiscus for tea, onions, asparagus, rhubarb, houseplant issues, and more.

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The Folk Brothers for Oct. 26, 2022: Folk Songs of Black British Experience

Wed, 10/26/2022 - 11:10am | Peter Schiffman

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Angeline Morrison, daughter of a Jamacian father and Scottish mother, has just released a landmark album, The Sorrow Songs: Folk Songs of Black British Experience. Each track features the story of an African -- mainly brought to Britain enslaved in the 18th century -- whose life stories were poignantly resurrected through Morrison's extensive research.

This morning, we played "Black John" about John Ystumilyn, who was brought to a Welsh estate as a boy in the early 1800s and subsequently became a freeman and a respected horticulturist.

The Folk Brothers playlist for 10/26/2022
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Jazz After Dark, Oct. 25, 2022

Tue, 10/25/2022 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight we'll hear from: Art Pepper, Frank Morgan, Gigi Gryce, Chico Hamilton, Louis Armstrong with Oscar Peterson, Stan Getz, Bill Evans, Boogaloo Joe Jones, Mel Tormé, Helen Merrill, and Lee Konitz & the Brazilian Band.

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Davisville, Oct. 24, 2022: A new way to deal with all the surplus stuff in Davis

Mon, 10/24/2022 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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Old rooftop TV antennas can become shovel handles. Discarded bedframes can be feedstock. Owners of balky vacuum cleaners can learn how to maintain them, instead of trash them. Boomers with a house full of unwanted possessions can get advice on handing them off to new uses. Community Mercantile, a new nonprofit store stocked with re-used items that offers this kind of serious recycling to the town, has its grand opening this Sunday, Oct. 30. Today on Davisville, we talk with co-founders Larry Fisher and Stephanie Koop about what they’re doing, and why.

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A Constant Grin for Oct. 21, 2022

Fri, 10/21/2022 - 2:30pm | Chris Mussen

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My buddy said the disquieting noir hairstyle detached the final dramatic dirigible

A Constant Grin playlist for 10/21/2022
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Davis Garden Show, Oct. 20, 2022

Thu, 10/20/2022 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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On today's program: Caladiums and other summer bulbs, peat moss issues, native shrubs for screening, and more.

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Jazz After Dark, Oct. 18, 2022

Tue, 10/18/2022 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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We have six extended sets tonight:

  • Lionel Hampton Jam Session -- Blues
  • Herbie Hancock -- Watermelon Man
  • Charlie Byrd -- Blues Sonata: Scherzo for an Old Shoe
  • Al Jarreau -- Burst In With the Dawn
  • Chet Baker -- Stella By Starlight
  • Abdullah Ibrahim -- Blues For A Hip King
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