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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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Davisville

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Davis has interesting people, ideas, connections, and events. On Davisville, host Bill Buchanan presents stories that have some connection to Davis. The program has won 14 Excellence in Journalism awards from the San Francisco Press Club since 2018, plus a national Hometown Media Award for excellence from the Alliance for Community Media in 2024. Contact: davisville @ dcn.org

Live Monday 5:30-6pm
Replays Saturday 8:30-9am
DJ(s): 
Bill Buchanan
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Divine Intervention (1st/3rd week) – The Electric Compost Heap (2nd/4th week)

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The Electric Compost Heap with Dug Deep fertlilizes the airwaves every 2nd & 4th Friday, digging through the delightful detritus of blues, soul, country, rock, reggae, jazz, funk, punk, psych, and more to concoct a rich, nutrient-dense musical humus. If there's a 5th Friday, Dug's here too. Dig it, Heapsters!

Live Friday 6-8pm
Replays Monday 9-11pm, Sunday 4-6pm
DJ(s): 
Jess Goddésse, Dug Deep
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The Audio Ecotone

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"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 Tuesday 7-8am, Saturday 6-7pm
DJ(s): 
Eddy Owt
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Heart to Heart

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Nothing brings greater rewards than a life filled with love and care for people and the world around us. With Heart to Heart, host "Dr. G" inspires and teaches listeners to live life richly and lightly. To ask a question on the show, call 1.530.792.1648 during the live broadcast. Check the Davis Enterprise to for guests and weekly topics.

Live Wednesday 12-1pm
DJ(s): 
Dr. Gitane
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The Golden Road

​Join Wayne Hagan and take a musical journey down the Golden Road and explore the music of the Grateful Dead, its roots, and its many offshoots. Past DJs include Alligator, Lee Maddex, and Rod Moseanko. What a long strange trip!

Live Tuesday 2-4pm
Replays Sunday 1-3pm
DJ(s): 
Wayne Hagen, Alligator, Rodriguez, Lee Maddex
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IMPLOSION – 1 January 2025

Wed, 01/01/2025 - 3:30pm | Nick Saloman

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Nick Saloman rings in 2025 with tracks from Sopwith Camel, The Mystery Trend, The Sugarbeats, The Wipers, Wimple Winch, and more! Don't miss IMPLOSION, starting at 5 p.m. Pacific on KDRT 95.7 fm | KDRT.org.

(Stream it thereafter via the web or your favorite podcast app!)

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In the Key of Folk, Jan. 1, 2025

Wed, 01/01/2025 - 12:30pm | Karen Leyse

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Here we are, in 2025, looking forward to a blank slate in the year ahead, so join us in welcoming the year with In the Key of Folk! One way to celebrate the close of the old year was with a New Year's Eve contra dance in Sacramento, so today I'll keep the mood on with some of my favorite contra dance bands, along with some tunes by David Mallett, who the folk world lost last week, something from the subject of the movie, A Complete Unknown, and a favorite soothing song of retrospection from Mary Chapin Carpenter. Hear from the Syncopaths, Genticorum and others, along with fantastic live tracks from Wild Asparagus at The Guiding Star Grange. Put your dancing shoes on: only on KDRT 95.7 fm | KDRT.org!

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Jazz After Dark, Dec. 31, 2024

Tue, 12/31/2024 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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For New Year's Eve, tonight's show includes:

  • Artie Shaw & His Orchestra, Begin the Beguine
  • Benny Goodman, Let's Dance
  • Jerry Gray, The Anvil Chorus
  • Ella Fitzgerald, Night and Day
  • Arnett Cobb, Ray Bryant, Party Time
  • Duke Ellington, Satin Doll
  • Erroll Garner, How Could You Do A Thing Like That To Me
  • Mel Tormé, Let's Face the Music and Dance
  • Peggy Lee, Fever
  • Machito with Cannonball Adderley, Congo Mulence
  • Helen Humes, Bill Bailey
  • Louis Prima & Keely Smith, All Night Long
  • Ben Webster & Johnny Hodges, Waiting on The Champagne
  • Winifred Atwell, Slaughter On 10th Ave
  • Sidney Bechet, I Get a Kick Out of You
  • Duke Ellington, Rhapsody in Blue
  • Pete Fountain, Marching 'Round the Mountain
  • Guy Lombardo, Auld Lang Syne
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Davis Garden Show, Dec. 26, 2024

Thu, 12/26/2024 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today's topics: choosing a fruit tree, poinsettias after the holidays, invasive shothole borer, and more.

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IMPLOSION – 25 December 2024

Wed, 12/25/2024 - 3:30pm | Nick Saloman

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Ho ho ho! St. Nick of Psych is coming down your chimney at 5 p.m. Pacific with IMPLOSION, featuring tunes from the Calico Wall, the Eire Apparent, Group 1850, ELP, and — yes — Canned Heat & the Chipmunks! It's a joyous yule indeed on KDRT 95.7 fm | KDRT.org.

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Jazz After Dark, Dec. 24, 2024

Tue, 12/24/2024 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Seasonal and holiday jazz and more tonight: 

  • Ella Fitzgerald, Holiday In Harlem (feat. Chick Webb and His Orchestra)
  • Louis Armstrong, Cool Yule (feat. The Commanders)
  • Ella Fitzgerald, Good Morning Blues
  • Ramsey Lewis Trio, Merry Christmas Baby
  • Ramsey Lewis Trio, Christmas Blues
  • Sonny Rollins, God Bless The Child (Jim Hall guitar)
  • Jimmy Smith, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
  • Vince Guaraldi Trio, Greensleeves
  • Don Ellis, 8 Nicole
  • Art Pepper, Winter Moon
  • Toshiko Akiyoshi, Winter Wonderland
  • Birelli Lagrene, Acoustic Moments
  • Jimmy Smith, Silent Night jazzed
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Davisville, Dec. 23, 2024: A long-ago play and the empathetic power of teaching ‘or maybe’

Mon, 12/23/2024 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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The December holidays are the weekend of the year, when normal routines loosen up. Today’s Davisville arrives in that spirit — no civic issues today. Instead I reconnect with a friend I hadn’t talked with in decades, Teresa Ozoa. She and I were two of the 13 cast members in our high school’s production of 12 Angry Jurors, a play where most of the 12 believe the accused is guilty, and one juror strongly dissents. Onstage, we were putting on a show. Offstage, many of us were facing big changes and trying to figure out where we were headed.

Teresa became a teacher, lawyer, and then teacher again. In the first half of today's show she talks about teaching empathy and how she adapted Google’s genius hour for her high school students; in the second half we remember the play, including the pre-rehearsal exercise when we all went to dinner in character -- a dozen teenagers, acting out conflict.

You’ll hear some background noises in this recording, plus an inquisitive cat. The music at the end comes from "Universal Mind Decoder," later part of the song "Change is Now," by the Byrds. I annoyed friends in high school by talking up the band as much as I did. I still love their music.

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A Solstice Compost Heap yule love! – Dec. 20, 2024

Fri, 12/20/2024 - 5:40pm | Dug Deep

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Tonight at 6 pm pst on the Electric Compost Heap, Dug Deep will be spinning tunes that deal with the cold, the dark, and the festive! Yes, on the cold eve of Winter Solstice, we'll keep you warm and bright with just the right mix of tunes, and not too much Christmas music, we promise. But we will hear something from Putney Dandridge, oh yes we will! Hope yule join us tonight on KDRT.org!

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Rumi Shimada with Aidan Marr, live on Listening Lyrics, Dec. 20, 2024

Fri, 12/20/2024 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Rumi Shimada, a musician, composer, and lyricist from Northern California, continues to demonstrate his dedication to the craft with his latest EP release, Groping Around for the Light Switch.

In the studio today, Rumi is accompanied by percussionist Aidan Marr on the cajon. Their live performances, enriched by several additional tunes, brought depth and vibrancy to an hour of immersive music, showcasing two talented artists in their element.

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The Russ Tolman Goodtime Hour – Dec. 20, 2024

Fri, 12/20/2024 - 4:00pm | Russ Tolman

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Coming up at 5 p.m. Pacific, Russ Tolman welcomes singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and local legend Anton Barbeau to the KDRT airwaves. Don't miss this edition of The Russ Tolman Goodtime Hour here on grassroots radio KDRT 95.7 fm | KDRT.org!

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