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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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Live Tracks

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 LT began broadcasting on Sept. 30, 2004, and has produced 759 original programs by March 2026.  Join me on my quest to reach show number 777.  Peace.

Live Thursday 7-9pm
Replays Saturday 9-11pm
DJ(s): 
Jim Buchanan
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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
Homepage URL: 
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Crossing Continents

In this World Music show, Gil covers the Middle East, the Mediterranean region, North Africa, Central Asia, and the Indian sub continent, including traditional and contemporary musical styles. This is not a pop music show!

Live Monday 10am-12pm
Replays Sunday 12-2pm
DJ(s): 
Gil Medovoy
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Sonic Rehab

Join DJ Jojo Johanssen as he takes you for a two-hour ride through his eclectic tastes. Expect the unexpected, from jazz to electronica, latin to classic rock, pop, disco, soul, and much more. Ease into your week with some Sonic Rehab on Monday afternoons from 1-3 p.m. pacific time. Find the Sonic Rehab archive here: https://archive.org/details/@andrew_hird! Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Drop Jojo a line at djjojo530@hotmail.com

Live Monday 1-3pm
Replays Wednesday 7-9am, Sunday 5-7pm
DJ(s): 
Jojo Johanssen
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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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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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Opera singer Eric Jordan shares his story on Listening Lyrics, June 10, 2022

Fri, 06/10/2022 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Eric Jordan grew up in Davis, and while he was in high school he fell in love with the opera. The world ended up being his stage. Performing around the country and the world, he ended up with the Metropolitan Opera in New York. In New York he suffered a massive stroke which eventually ended his career as an opera singer.

While performing in opera productions, he also had an alter ego (as The Opera Cowboy) and performed country music, especially Johnny Cash songs.

In this episode of Listening Lyrics, Eric joins us as we listen to some of his story and music, both in opera and as the Opera Cowboy.

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Davis Garden Show, June 9, 2022

Thu, 06/09/2022 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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This week: Tomato leaf diseases, energy sources and sinks in plants, summer dormancy of some plants, and more.

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Jazz After Dark, June 7, 2022

Tue, 06/07/2022 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight on Jazz After Dark:

Peggy Lee with Benny Goodman Orchestra and solo, Sidney Bechet and His Blue Note Jazzmen, Kenny Burrell Octet, Eddie Lockjaw Davis with Paul Gonsalves, Claude Bolling Big Band, Bill Evans, Toots Thielemans, Stan Getz with Kenny Barron, Dianne Reeves, Albert Tootie Heath, and Shirley Horn.

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Billy Larkin, pianist/composer, on Listening Lyrics, June 3, 2022

Fri, 06/03/2022 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Billy Larkin, who lives in Davis, is an award-winning pianist/composer/arranger who has been bringing his individual brand of musical artistry to audiences for over 40 years. He defies easy categorization and helps define true expression through the collaborative process.

From his website: "Following his studies in piano, music theory, and composition at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Billy worked in New York City as music director for cabarets, and wrote and performed music for the modern dance company Cheryl Wallace Dance Works. He went on to co-found Stone Street Foundation for the Arts in Cincinnati, which received numerous grants from the Ohio Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts for large-scale original productions featuring dance and live music.

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Davis Garden Show, June 2, 2022

Thu, 06/02/2022 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today's topics: Late spring flowers including Alstroemerias (Peruvian lily), managing new pests, special advice on watering lawns under drought restrictions, the City of Davis weed information page, how to water newly planted trees, and more.

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The Folk Brothers for June 1, 2022: Folks Against Gun Violence

Wed, 06/01/2022 - 11:10am | Peter Schiffman

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Prior to the 2018 midterm elections, Marc Erelli penned a song about America's problem with guns. With help from Lori McKenna, Roseanne Cash, Sheryl Crow, Josh Ritter and Anais Mitchell, Erelli released "By Degrees," with all proceeds benefitting Gabby Giffords' gun violence prevention organization. This morning, we dedicated two sets of music to this issue, with tracks also from Josh O'Keefe, Cheryl Wheeler, Steve Earle and Warren Zevon.

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Jazz After Dark, May 31, 2022

Tue, 05/31/2022 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight on Jazz After Dark:

From the 1940s, we’ll hear Earl "Fatha" Hines and Johnny Hodges, The Nat King Cole Trio, Ike Quebec Quintet, Peggy Lee, and Charlie Parker and His Quintet.

From the 1960s we’ll hear Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington, Charlie Byrd and Stan Getz, Pete Fountain, Oscar Peterson, Paul Desmond, Herbie Mann and Joao Gilberto with Antonio Carlos Jobim, Eddie Jefferson, and Ella Fitzgerald and the Jimmy Jones Trio with Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, and then we’ll take it out with Stanley Jordan.

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