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KDRT is low-power grassroots radio located in Davis, California, airing an eclectic mix of music and public affairs programming, and building community by promoting dialogue, encouraging artistic expression, and acting as a forum for people who typically lack media access. Noncommercial radio KDRT 95.7 FM is a project of Davis Media Access (DMA.)  DMA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. Our mission reflects our values: localism, social equality, public participation, media literacy, diversity, and, of course, community media. Read more...

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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 Wednesday 6-7pm
Replays Tuesday 11pm-Wednesday 12am, Sunday 2-3pm
DJ(s): 
Wayne Hagen
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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 12-2pm
DJ(s): 
Tree Kilpatrick
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Davis Music Connections

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Davis has a very unique musical scene- from the Mondavi Center’s formal performances to the local clubs where bands and upcoming artists hone their craft. Up-and-coming local artists are covered by Listening Lyrics with Pieter Pastoor. The local and visiting musicians  are captured by Jim Buchanan on Live Tracks. On Davis Music Connections, we play past Davis bands of note, along with those who are currently touring, taking a little bit of Davis to the rest of the world. We also bring you a taste of world-reknowned artists who have appeared or will appear at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, especially the jazz performers due to Clyde's lifelong love of jazz and Latin music.  Also, we play whatever we want.

Live Tuesday 3-4pm
Replays Tuesday 10-11pm, Thursday 10-11am, Friday 4-5pm
DJ(s): 
Ned, Connections Clyde
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Na Mele O Hawai'i

Na Mele O Hawai'i program KDRT Davis California

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 Saturday 10am-12pm
DJ(s): 
Beth Post
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Song of Dinosaurs

Sound of Dinosaurs

Songs from the prehistoric era; reptilian rhythms, lizard lyrics, triassic tones, & mammoth melodies with Professor A

Live Friday 8-10pm
Replays Sunday 7:30-9:30pm
DJ(s): 
Professor A
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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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Davis Garden Show, Oct. 13, 2022

Thu, 10/13/2022 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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On today's program: Flowers we plant now, how to water new and establishing trees, and much more.

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Jazz After Dark, Oct. 11, 2022

Tue, 10/11/2022 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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On tonight’s broadcast, swing era and the 1950s: Cab Calloway, Fats Waller with Jack Teagarden & Eddie Condon, Louis Armstrong, Quintette du Hot Club de France, Sammy Price And His Bluesicians, Ella Fitzgerald, Shorty Rogers, Oscar Peterson, Illinois Jacquet, Ernie Wilkins And His Orchestra, Bobby Hackett, and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis.

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Davisville, Oct. 10, 2022: The ‘Ghost of the Woodland Opera House’

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

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It’s 1909, and the Golden Fleece Traveling Players have arrived at the Woodland Opera House to present a melodrama, Daughter of the West. But strange accidents disrupt preparations for the performance — and the ghost of William Porter, who has haunted the Opera House since dying there in a fire in 1892, takes credit for the trouble when he appears to one of the company’s players.

This is a partial synopsis of the WOH’s current play, Ghost of the Woodland Opera House, and here’s the Halloween angle — some of the story is true. Today on Davisville we talk with Matthew Abergel and Bob Cooner, the co-authors of the play, which Matthew is also directing.

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