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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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Praise Time with Preacher

Praise Time with Preacher

The word "gospel" is derived for the old Anglo-Saxon word meaning “good message” or “good news." Host Preacher believes gospel music is powerful, whether the listener is or is not Christian — that everyone can enjoy listening to gospel because it is uplifting and inspiring, sung with passion and belief from the artist, touching all who hear it in a good and heartfelt way. The aim of Praise Time is to help listeners find what Preacher believes lives in everyone: a good spirit that drives us to be the best we can be.

Live Tuesday 4-5pm
Replays Sunday 7-8am
DJ(s): 
Preacher
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Song of Dinosaurs

Sound of Dinosaurs

Songs of Dinosaurs presents songs from the prehistoric era: reptilian rhythms, lizard lyrics, triassic tones, and mammoth melodies with Professor A.

Live Friday 8-10pm
Replays Monday 8-10pm
DJ(s): 
Professor A
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Na Mele O Hawai'i

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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 11am-1pm
DJ(s): 
Beth Post
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Afrosonic Taxi

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DJK lives by the motto “connecting cultures with music.” Each week he invites listeners to hop in the Afrosonic Taxi for a global ride through music with African roots, showcasing artists whose hopeful, defiant sounds uplift, inspire, and make you move.

Live Thursday 10-11pm
Homepage URL: 
Afrosonic Taxi on the web
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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 Tuesday 1-2pm
Replays Friday 10-11pm
DJ(s): 
Wayne Hagen
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Davisville, July 11, 2022: Bob Cowsill, ‘Hair,’ and an enduring family of musicians

Mon, 07/11/2022 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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Today we have a summer show. It’s an appreciation of pop music as created by my guest Bob Cowsill (on right in photo) and by his siblings—together, known as the Cowsills. They had top 10 songs in the 1960s, but there’s more to their story than their hits “Hair,” or “The Rain, The Park, and Other Things.” The Cowsills perform in Sacramento on July 11 at the Crest Theatre as part of the Happy Together tour, and they have a new record due out this fall.

And, dear listener, if the songs we talk about today aren’t ones you heard as a kid or young adult, well, then as you listen, I invite you to think about the songs that helped alert you to the fun and the feeling of music. Because that’s the larger story here: the power of music. And maybe the power of a family.

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Davis Garden Show, July 7, 2022

Thu, 07/07/2022 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Reviewing the July calendar: what's blooming, what to do in your garden, what you're harvesting, and more -- plus, a short discussion of manure release curves.

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The Folk Brothers for July 6, 2022: Joan Shelley's 'Spur'

Wed, 07/06/2022 - 11:10am | Peter Schiffman

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It's not too often that alt-folk musicians are profiled in high-impact publications like The Guardian and The New York Times, but singer-songwriter Joan Shelley was, last week. The Lousiville, Kentucky, native just released her latest album, The Spur, which is garnering international attention. Also on today's show, new music from Eddie Berman, Heidi Talbot, Sharon Shannon, Kevin Morby, Bella Hardy, Vieux Farka Toure, and much more.

The Folk Brothers playlist for 07/06/2022
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Jazz After Dark, July 5, 2022

Tue, 07/05/2022 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight on Jazz After Dark, mostly West Coast cool jazz:

The Dave Brubeck Trio, Dave Brubeck Octet, Shorty Rogers, Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond, The Dave Brubeck Trio.

Ella Fitzgerald & The Jimmy Jones Trio, Milt Jackson, Paul Desmond with the  Modern Jazz Quartet, Stan Getz, Johnny Hodges, Chick Corea, and Benny Carter.

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Didar Singh: Let's talk and play music, on Listening Lyrics, July 1, 2022

Fri, 07/01/2022 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Listening Lyrics is proud to present Didar Singh Khalsa. Joining Didar is Jeff Brooks, percussion. Didar has played guitars for 52 years, but started writing, singing and recording songs only six years ago, inspired by six consecutive trips to the guitar/songwriting camp taught by the amazing Richard Thompson. He claims the muse is relentless and not even very intermittent. Let’s test that theory.

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Davis Garden Show, June 30, 2022

Thu, 06/30/2022 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today we discuss late blight of tomatoes, simple watering guidelines, cottage garden plants for our area, and more.

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The Folk Brothers for June 29, 2022: All aboard the Americana Railroad

Wed, 06/29/2022 - 11:10am | Peter Schiffman

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A new compilation explores how American roots music has always been inexplicably linked to riding its rails, with tracks from Dave Alvin, Robert Rex Waller, Jr., Dom Flemons, John Fogerty, Peter Case, and others. Also, what's Edinburgh's and Tuscon's musical connection? Hint: it's not a railroad. 

The Folk Brothers playlist for 06/29/2022
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Jazz After Dark, June 28, 2022

Tue, 06/28/2022 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight on Jazz After Dark:

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, Louis Armstrong & Billie Holiday, and Dizzy Gillespie with the Stan Getz Sextet. More from Ella Fitzgerald, then Oscar Peterson, Richard Twardzik and Russ Freeman. Herbie Mann with Beeny Weeks, Keith Hodgson, and Lee Rockey. Paul Desmond, Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Stitt, Charlie Rouse, and Milcho Leviev.

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Davisville, June 27, 2022: Top 2022 grad sees power in stats, prizes ‘small senses of joy and community’ she found in Davis

Mon, 06/27/2022 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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My first question for Amanda Portier (pictured), this year’s top graduating senior at UC Davis, was how she managed to achieve straight A’s in her classes while chairing Picnic Day for 2022 and doing everything else she did as a student here. As you might imagine, she’s been asked this question more than once the last few weeks. Insights she gained from synchronized swimming are part of the answer. On today’s Davisville we also talk about community and regional development (her degree), using statistics to influence people (she minored in statistics) in a culture that seems to pay more attention to individual expression and personal experience, and what she’ll take from Davis as she leaves.

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Davis Garden Show, June 23, 2022

Thu, 06/23/2022 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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On today's program we talk about hollyhocks and hibiscus, lavenders, weeds, and more.

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