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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.

 

OUR PROGRAMS

E-Town

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E-Town, taped before a live audience in Boulder, Colorado, features today’s top folk and Americana artists, along with information and discussions on the environment and conservation. Host Nick Forster nimbly walks the line between musician and radio journalist, playing guitar, mandolin, or lap steel with musical guests and then switching gears to engage artists in conversation. Co-host Helen Forster lends her voice to both the spoken and musical portions of the show.

Live Saturday 10-11am
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The Russ Tolman Goodtime Hour

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Russ hoists anchor and sails the sonic seas near and far to discover and recover pleasingly eclectic, genre-defying musical nuggets new and old, fresh and classic. Russ will attempt to amaze with his smooth segues.

Live Thursday 9-10pm
Replays Friday 7-8am
DJ(s): 
Russ Tolman
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The Audio Ecotone

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Join Eddy Owt as he explores the rich genre diversity, cross-breeding, and hybridizing in the back waters and tributaries of the past 100 years of music: rock, jazz, pop, r&b, soul, country, ska, electronica, J-Pop/C-Pop/K-Pop, afrobeat, and much more.

"We have a tropical situation where there are thousands of 'species' of music around and they're all constantly cross-breeding and hybridizing. It's very exciting, but you can't keep up with it easily." -- Brian Eno

Live Friday 3-4pm
Replays Sunday 4-5pm
DJ(s): 
Eddy Owt
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Sonic Rehab

Join DJ Jojo Johanssen as he takes you for a 2 hour ride through his eclectic tastes. Expect the unexpected, from jazz to electronica, latin to classic rock, pop, disco, soul and much more. Ease into your week with some Sonic Rehab on Monday afternoons from 1-3pm.

Live Monday 1-3pm
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Jojo Johanssen
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Grist for the Chill

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Dave serves up a truly interesting mix of music with a focus on fingerstyle guitar and percussive groove as it relates to roots,  world fusion, jazz, funk, Latin and Brazilian music, and more.  

Live Thursday 11am-12pm
Replays Saturday 11pm-Sunday 12am
DJ(s): 
Dave Mcasey
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Jazz After Dark, May 31, 2022

Tue, 05/31/2022 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight on Jazz After Dark:

From the 1940s, we’ll hear Earl "Fatha" Hines and Johnny Hodges, The Nat King Cole Trio, Ike Quebec Quintet, Peggy Lee, and Charlie Parker and His Quintet.

From the 1960s we’ll hear Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington, Charlie Byrd and Stan Getz, Pete Fountain, Oscar Peterson, Paul Desmond, Herbie Mann and Joao Gilberto with Antonio Carlos Jobim, Eddie Jefferson, and Ella Fitzgerald and the Jimmy Jones Trio with Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, and then we’ll take it out with Stanley Jordan.

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Davisville, May 30, 2022: The weather is changing, so mind the plants

Mon, 05/30/2022 - 6:10pm | Bill Buchanan

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So here we are in Davis, starting another summer during a drought while also adjusting to larger changes in the weather. Don Shor (pictured) sees the impact of these changes from several angles, as the owner of the Redwood Barn Nursery in Davis, and as a certified nursery professional, landscape contractor, and lifelong gardener on his land near Dixon.

Local gardeners get the benefit of his advice on the weekly Davis Garden Show, which he co-hosts with Lois Richter on KDRT, and in his garden column in the Davis Enterprise. Today we extend the conversation to talk about how plants mediate heat, changes in what people are buying in Davis, why Davis is a good city for his business, and smart ways to use less water to get trees and plants through this drought.

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Big Joe Daddy in the studio, on Listening Lyrics, May 27, 2022

Fri, 05/27/2022 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Joey Wisgirda (Big Joe Daddy) has been playing trumpet since the age of 9. He has studied jazz theory and composition with jazz legend John Tchicai, and performed throughout California with a diverse range of players that includes Joe Craven and Rick Montgomery (David Grisman Quintet), Fully Fullwood (Peter Tosh), reggae superstar Alton Ellis, Hamsa Lila, and John Tchicai. He has opened for such acts as John Scofield,  Galactic, Charlie Hunter, Bassnectar, Kraddy, and Tipper.

For the past decade, Joey has extended his musical efforts into the computer realm, using  soft- and hardware synths, and tying it all together with a Morrison Digital Trumpet (MDT) to morph from jazz and funk to breakbeats and dub. His live performances on Ableton and the MDT are cutting edge.

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Davis Garden Show, May 26, 2022

Thu, 05/26/2022 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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On today's program, we talk about UC Verde buffalograss compared to other turf, killing weeds, flowers for hummingbirds, and more.

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Jazz After Dark, May 24, 2022

Tue, 05/24/2022 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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From the 1930s and '40s, we’ll hear Lester Young & The Kansas City Six, Louis Armstrong, The RCA All-Stars: Tommy Dorsey, Bunny Berigan, Fats Waller, Dick McDonough, and "Georgia" Wettling. Then Doris Day, Red Garland, and Dinah Washington, followed by a bossa nova set with Nara Leão, Charlie Rouse, and Ella Fitzgerald. From the 1970s, we’ll hear Gerry Mulligan and Earl Hines, and then take it out with Waverly Seven.

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Davis Garden Show, May 19, 2022

Thu, 05/19/2022 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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On today's program: Managing seedlings, training berries, some good grass varieties, and much more.

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The Folk Brothers for May 18, 2022: Alice DiMicele comes to Davis

Wed, 05/18/2022 - 11:10am | Peter Schiffman

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Southern Oregon-based singer-songwriter and environmentalist Alice DiMicele has a new album -- Every Seed We Plant -- and she will bring the songs to the N Street Commons Cohousing Complex this Saturday, May 21, at 6 p.m. This morning, we played Alice's song about her home state: New Jersey.

The Folk Brothers playlist for 05/18/2022
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Jazz After Dark, May 17, 2022

Tue, 05/17/2022 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight on Jazz After Dark: Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra with Bob Eberly on vocals, Count Basie with Jimmy Rushing, Frank Sinatra with Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Artie Shaw, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington with Ella Fitzgerald, Cliff Leeman, Eubie Blake, Stan Getz with Kenny Barron, James Moody, and Enrico Pieranunzi.

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Davisville, May 16, 2022: The lost town of Monticello

Mon, 05/16/2022 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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Have you heard about Monticello, the small town west of Winters? In the 1950s it was destroyed and flooded to make room for Lake Berryessa, the reservoir created by Monticello Dam. This vanished town is the subject of the current exhibit at the Winters Museum. Today’s guests talk about why Monticello existed and how it emptied, and share stories about people who lived there.

Our guests are Woody Fridae, president of the Historical Society of Winters and a former mayor of Winters, and Carol Fitzpatrick, whose family lived in Monticello. She tells an interesting story about meeting a man in his 80s who, decades earlier, had been visiting Monticello at what turned out to be a critically important moment for her family.

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Billy Larkin, Pianist/Composer, to Share His Music on Listening Lyrics, Friday June 3, 2022, at 4 p.m.

Mon, 05/16/2022 - 1:56pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Billy Larkin, who lives in Davis, is an award-winning pianist/composer/arranger who has been bringing his individual brand of musical artistry to audiences for over 40 years. He defies easy categorization and helps define true expression through the collaborative process.

From his website: "Following his studies in piano, music theory, and composition at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Billy worked in New York City as music director for cabarets, and wrote and performed music for the modern dance company Cheryl Wallace Dance Works. He went on to co-found Stone Street Foundation for the Arts in Cincinnati, which received numerous grants from the Ohio Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts for large-scale original productions featuring dance and live music.

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