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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

Divine Intervention (1st/3rd week) – The Electric Compost Heap (2nd/4th week)

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Divine Intervention with Jess Goddésse strikes on 1st & 3rd Fridays with an unholy assortment of rock, pop, punk, psych, funk, jazz, roots, and randomness across the decades plus brand new releases. For the truly devout, Vinyl Vespers, a celebration of record-store bargain bins, plus Goddess of the Month and Critter Corner!

Live Friday 6-8pm
Replays Monday 3-5pm
DJ(s): 
Jess Goddésse, Dug Deep
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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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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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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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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 5-7pm
DJ(s): 
Tree Kilpatrick
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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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The Folk Brothers for June 22, 2022: Remembering Jim Miller

Wed, 06/22/2022 - 11:10am | Peter Schiffman

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This week's show is devoted to the music of Jim Miller, who passed on March 24 at the age of 69. Jim was a founding member of Donna The Buffalo and, most recently, Western Centuries. In a long career as a vocalist and rhythm guitarist, he collaborated with the likes of Dirk Powell, Tara Nevins, Jim Lauderdale, Richie Stearns, and Tim O'Brien. He was also a professional lepidopterist and curator/researcher at The American Museum of Natural History.  

The Folk Brothers playlist for 06/22/2022
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Jazz After Dark, June 21, 2022

Tue, 06/21/2022 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Mostly vocals on this episode of Jazz After Dark:

Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Peggy Lee, Etta Jones, Ella Fitzgerald, Vince Guaraldi Trio, Astrud Gilberto, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Chet Baker, Lena Horne, Eva Cassidy, Lizz Wright, Eriko Ishihara, and Cassandra Wilson.

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Davis Music Fest is back and KDRT broadcasts opening night live starting at 5 p.m. June 17, 2022

Thu, 06/16/2022 - 2:31pm | Diane Crumley

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The Davis Music Festival is back and celebrating its 10th year! The event runs from Friday, June 17, to Sunday, June 19, and hosts 40 bands in three days across six downtown venues. Opening night happens at Sudwerk Brewing, where KDRT will again broadcast live from the kickoff. This year Sudwerk will have two stages, and KDRT will be onsite for interviews and live audio from the north stage with The Big Poppies, Wolf Jett, and Royal Jelly Jive. The live broadcast begins at 5 p.m. Friday on 95.7 FM with audio streaming at kdrt.org. The Davis Music Fest benefits the Davis School Arts Foundation. For more information about all bands, schedules, etc., go to DavisMusicFest.com

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Davis Garden Show, June 16, 2022

Thu, 06/16/2022 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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On today's program: Tropical milkweed regulatory issues, planting for butterflies, problems with raised planters and how to feed and water them, and more.

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Jazz After Dark, June 14, 2022

Tue, 06/14/2022 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight on Jazz After Dark:

Helen Merrill with Gil Evans, Benny Carter & Oscar Peterson Trio (1952), Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum, Duke Ellington with Johnny Hodges, Art Pepper, Anita O'Day, Benny Carter (1961), Johnny Hodges, Lester Young, Count Basie and His Orchestra, and Benny Carter (1990).

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Davisville, June 13, 2022: When you love your dad but despise the war he led

Mon, 06/13/2022 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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Craig McNamara, 72, now grows walnuts near Winters, but he grew up in Washington, D.C., at the center of power. His father Robert McNamara was the U.S. defense secretary for presidents Kennedy and Johnson during the Vietnam War. In his new memoir Because Our Fathers Lied / a Memoir of Truth and Family, from Vietnam to Today, Craig writes about opposing the war, his love for his dad, loyalty to the Constitution instead of to a president, coexistence, and other aspects of his life shaped by this core conflict. We talk about his story today on Davisville.

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