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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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Democracy Now!

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Hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now is an award-winning syndicated news program that gives voice to perspectives rarely heard in corporate-sponsored media, including independent journalists, grassroots leaders and peace activists, artists, academics, independent analysts, and ordinary people from around the world.

Live Friday 9-10am
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Listening Lyrics

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Welcome to an hour of Listening Lyrics, right here on KDRT 95.7 FM in Davis, California.

No musical passports required. Folk can sit next to funk, jazz can dance with rock, and a singer-songwriter might end up sharing a park bench with a reggae band. Listening Lyrics is your invitation to escape the noise of the day and enter a world of elaborate sounds, unexpected discoveries, and songs that have something to say.

This is the kind of journey only commercial-free community radio can provide.

So close your eyes. Open your ears. Relax your mind. Join me, Pieter Pastoor, as we send color to your ears and wander through the vast landscape of music and lyrics—the grand meeting place of rhythm, imagination, and the remarkable human ability to create art. Whether it's a whisper, a roar, a groove, or a melody you've never heard before, it all belongs here.

Remember: Real Music. Real Community. Real Good Music.

Live Friday 4-5pm
Replays Sunday 11am-12pm
DJ(s): 
Pieter Pastoor
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Davis Garden Show

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Nursery pro Don Shor has been gardening and selling plants in Davis for more than three decades.

Join Don and co-host Lois Richter as they discuss and answer your questions on all things for the garden.

Submit a question (or a brag!) to DavisGardenShow@gmail.com 

Live Thursday 12-1pm
Replays Saturday 9-10am
DJ(s): 
Lois Richter, Don Shor
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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
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Juke In The Back

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Matt The Cat presents the soul that came before rock n’ roll: 1950s rhythm and blues. Each week, this underrated and rollicking music plays on that old Rockola Jukebox in the back.

Live Tuesday 9-10pm
Homepage URL: 
http://www.jukeintheback.org/
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Davis Garden Show, July 14, 2022

Thu, 07/14/2022 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today we talk about scrub jays and mockingbirds in your garden. Also: answering a question about difficult perennial weeds.

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The Folk Brothers for July 13, 2022: Celtic music from Galicia

Wed, 07/13/2022 - 11:10am | Peter Schiffman

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Brother Bill is back from Spain with a load of folk CD's from Galicia, including one from piper Anxo Lorenzo (pictured). And how about a Galician cover of "California Dreamin' "? Those and much more on this week's edition of The Folk Brothers.

The Folk Brothers playlist for 07/13/2022
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Jazz After Dark, July 12, 2022

Tue, 07/12/2022 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight on Jazz After Dark: mellow sax and trumpet.

Gerry Mulligan, John Coltrane, Dave Brubeck with Paul Desmond, Don Ellis, Stanley Turrentine, John Klemmer, Benny Carter, Pharoah Sanders & William Henderson, Grover Washington Jr., and Tommy Flanagan.

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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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