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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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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. Local and visiting musicians  are captured by Jim Buchanan on our Live Tracks program. 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.

Live Tuesday 3-4pm
Replays Wednesday 2-3pm
DJ(s): 
Ned, Connections Clyde
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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 10am-12pm
DJ(s): 
Beth Post
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The Wild Fox Party

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Tune in for a wide variety of roots music — including doo-wop, gospel, jazz, blues, rock 'n' roll, Latin, African, and hillbilly/country bluegrass — from the early 1920s to contemporary times. The Wild Fox Party focuses on vocal groups , small-group ensembles, and outstanding vocalists and instrumentalists who never or hardly ever get heard. The music provides a forum for learning about history and diverse cultures, and it does so through the exposure of music as art, highlighting points in time that will last forever via the medium of audio recordings.

Live Tuesday 10-11am
Replays Wednesday 11pm-Thursday 12am, Thursday 6-7pm
DJ(s): 
Frank aka Dr Doowop Fox, doowopdave
Homepage URL: 
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The Cerealist

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The Cerealist curates chilling broadcasts of loud + bizarre soundscapes from an ancient cave bellowing death metal from around the globe, with smoky stage lights on music from American, Swedish, and Norwegian shredders. Tune in every week for 30 brutal minutes of blast-beat heaven!

Live Saturday 11-11:30pm
DJ(s): 
The Cerealist
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That's Life

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Lois Richter’s format for That’s Life is mostly interviews. Recurring topics include Davis activities and groups; work and life choices; philosophy and theory; plus birding, cooking, art, and other passions. Lois occasionally breaks into music — from ballads to the slack key sounds of Hawaii to golden oldies rock 'n' roll — but mostly there is just talk.

To suggest a topic for discussion or a person to interview, text Lois or leave a message in the comments here.

Live Thursday 11am-12pm
Replays Saturday 7-8am
DJ(s): 
Lois Richter
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Album Of The Week (July 26th): Offa Rex's "The Queen Of Hearts"

Sun, 07/23/2017 - 11:10am | Peter Schiffman

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Portland-based The Decemberists have partnered with English singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Olivia Chaney to create an album which celebrates and reimagines 60's and 70's British folk rock.  Front man Colin Meloy had dreamed of having The Decemberists be the Albion Band/Steeleye Span/Fairport Convention to Chaney's role as Shirley Collins/Maddy Prior/Sandy Denny.   The results are stunning.  The Decemberists with Olivia Chaney will be appearing at The Mondavi Center on August 18th.   Please join me this Wednesday (July 26th at 5 PM).

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Jazz After Dark July 18 2017

Tue, 07/18/2017 - 7:52pm | Don Shor

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Hard bop, soul jazz and more tonight on Jazz After Dark

  • Helyne Stewart
  • Thelonious Monk Quintet
  • Ray Charles
  • Lou Donaldson
  • Donald Byrd
  • Roland Kirk
  • Ella Fitzgerald
  • Earl "Fatha" Hines
  • Kenny Burrell

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Divine Intervention Strikes - July 17

Mon, 07/17/2017 - 6:14pm | Jess Goddèsse

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"Special price" indeed. Yep, the image is our Vinyl Vespers feature. Other than that, the music should be a good mix of rock/pop/punk, new and old. Tune in this evening for Divine Intervention on KDRT, 7-9p PT. Yep yep yep.

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Jazz After Dark July 11 2017

Tue, 07/11/2017 - 7:35pm | Don Shor

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Spanning the decades tonight: 1940's to 2011

  • Firehouse Five Plus Two
  • Billie Holiday
  • Count Basie Octet
  • Herbie Harper Quintet
  • The Lawrence Marable Quartet Featuring James Clay
  • Lucy Ann Polk
  • Horace Parlan
  • Bud Shank Quintet
  • Ella Fitzgerald
  • Grover Washington, Jr.
  • Benjamin Herman
  • Stanley Jordan
  • The Eleventh House with Larry Coryell
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Davisville, July 10, 2017: Catching Up with Firefall Co-Founder Rick Roberts

Mon, 07/10/2017 - 7:57pm | Bill Buchanan

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Rick Roberts was about 20 when he went to Los Angeles, looking to make his name in music—and he succeeded. In 1970 he was invited to join a country/rock band with an odd name but great musical genetics, the Flying Burrito Brothers, and then in the mid-1970s he co-founded Firefall, writing several of its hits (including “You Are the Woman” and “Just Remember I Love You”) over the next half-dozen years.

Now, decades later, we talk with him about his life from the Burritos until today, including the dormant years, alcoholism, other musical ventures, a head injury he writes about in his book Lame Brain, his recovery, his persistence, and his return to performing. He shares a few stories behind his songs and talks about playing again as a solo act.

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Divine Intervention Strikes - July 10

Mon, 07/10/2017 - 3:37pm | Jess Goddèsse

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Tune in 7-9p Pacific time for another edition of Divine Intervention. In addition to a truly suberb Vinyl Vespers selection, we shall have new music from the likes Rod Melancon, Terry Anderson, R.Y.E., Lo Tom, and who knows what else.

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Banjo Bones, The Dark Side of Americana, Jul 7th, 2017

Fri, 07/07/2017 - 5:05pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Listen now - - Banjo Bones sings themes of the present in a voice of the past.  With lyrical content that spans the introspective to the esoteric, Banjo Bones combines elements of roots music into a genre defying style that borrows in equal portions from blues, jazz, country and folk.  Whiskey infused philosopher, frustrated poet, and wannabe cowboy, Banjo Bones takes listeners on a journey filled with the musical landscape equivalent to Death Valley, as told by a pallet of characters that would be perfectly at home in a Fante or Bukowski book. 

A founding member of post-punk band Samsara, based in Washington DC in the early part of the 1990s, JL Espada recorded and released a regionally successful EP (recorded in the legendary Inner Ear Studios, home of underground legends Fugazi), only to turn away from the music industry in 1996.  He eventually found his voice again through the alias Banjo Bones, and after relocating to Sacramento, CA in 2011, released several works, including the EP Failed Ambitions (2012), and the popular single Snowy Mountain (2013).  The full-length CD of new material, The Place of Dead Roads, was released March 5, 2015.  2017's Cowboy Dreams is the most recent release, a ten song collection of songs that can best be described as the soundtrack to a desert adventure.

In a music environment cluttered with overproduced, empty-minded flavor of the month music, Banjo Bones makes an honest attempt to keep the musical story-telling tradition alive. Visit Banjo Jones at www.banjobones.com. Note only songs played from the CD Cowboy Dreams are listed on the playlist

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Divine Intervention Strikes - July 3

Mon, 07/03/2017 - 3:26pm | Jess Goddèsse

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This evening on Divine Intervention, we'll listen to some sweet sounds from the bands performing at tomorrow's Fourth of July celebration (thanks to the Davis Live Music Collective). "Which bands?" you ask. None other thanCon Brio, Achilles Wheel, and Element Brass Band. "Will this be fun?" you ask. Actually, no, you don't—because you know from the line-up that the answer is a definite "Yes!" Instead, you ask if George Maharis is in one of these bands. We decline to answer that silly question, but we do hope you'll tune in for the July 4th preview, new music, and, of course, Vinyl Vespers, only on Divine Intervention, 7-9p PT, on KDRT-FM.

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Jazz After Dark June 27 2017

Tue, 06/27/2017 - 7:24pm | Don Shor

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Some boogie, some virtuoso piano, and some soul jazz tonight.

  • Sue Palmer
  • Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Fats Navarro, Red Norvo, Hank Jones
  • The Lawrence Marable Quartet featuring James Clay
  • Clark Terry
  • Ella Fitzgerald
  • Oscar Peterson
  • Lionel Hampton & Axel Zwingenberger
  • Roland Kirk
  • The Contemporary Piano Ensemble
  • The Howard Roberts Quartet
  • Brandi Disterheft
  • Jack Sheldon
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Divine Intervention Strikes - June 26

Mon, 06/26/2017 - 6:28pm | Jess Goddèsse

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Tonight on Divine Intervention, we'll listen to new rock/pop releases, sprinkle in some random genres, and worship together for a VERY SPECIAL Vinyl Vespers, which may or may  not be a rerun -- who can tell at this point? Certainly not your hostesse. Tune in 7-9p PT, only on KDRT.

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