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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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Independent and Local

Independent and Local

Independent and Local is a music program featuring local unsigned artists and bands, including "Moments" — brief interviews with experts in the scientific, health, and artistic communities about interesting topics and current events. The main focus is music, along with a few outside-the-box ideas.

Live Monday 4-5pm
Replays Saturday 7-8am
DJ(s): 
Sam Hawk
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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
DJ(s): 
Gil Medovoy
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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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Twang Thang

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Twang Thang features outlaw country old and new, showcasing the folks who sowed the harder-edged musical seeds for what we today call Americana, as well as the newer artists who continue the tunes and outlaw ethos forward. George Jones, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Lucinda Willimans, Steve Earle, Dwight Yoakum, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Billie Jo Shaver ... Americana music didn't just show up one day — it has deep and varied country music roots. Twang Thang explores the originators, the newcomers, and the music that happened along the way!

Live Wednesday 7-9am
Replays Wednesday 9-11pm, Sunday 8-10am
DJ(s): 
DJ Dirk
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Taste, Talk and Whine: All about Wines

Taste Talk & Whine

Tune in for weekly discussions on topics related to wine making and wine enjoyment — plus occasional guests and engagement with listeners. Topics will span the spectrum from technical growing, making, and tasting to what we're drinking to the best places to find a bottle locally.

Live Tuesday 5:30-6pm
DJ(s): 
Nicole Salengo Lee, Tree Kilpatrick
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Animation Discussion (plus Music) with Zahra Baxi. Recorded March 15th, 2019

Fri, 03/15/2019 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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For the last couple of years every Friday at Davis Media Access (and right next to the KDRT studio), teens have been participating in an animation class, in a self-organised group known as the Davis Teen Animators’ Club. Their mentor is DMA's own Alex Silva-Sadder. Well, as you might have guessed, we got to know them a bit, and a few months ago I asked them to join me this Friday. So listen now to club president Zahra Baxi and Alex as they share about animation and play some of their favorite music.

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Special "Live DiRT", with Misner & Smith March 15, 2019 at 3:30PM

Fri, 03/15/2019 - 3:20pm | Pieter Pastoor

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The program "Live DiRT" is dedicated to bringing you live performances at various pop-up times to fit the schedule of the artists appearing. 

Hailing from Northern California, Misner & Smith’s music is a combination of soaring vocal harmonies, extremely tight instrumental arrangements, and story-filled, poetic songwriting, adding up to some of the most electrifying music on the scene today. The band’s sound harkens back to the bedrock of american rock & folk, but the diversity of styles and genres are one of the things that set M&S apart. They can shake the walls like a freight train and then quiet the room to a whisper in a single song. With two singers who could easily lead a band independently, Sam and Megan sing with one voice, with music that captures longing and belonging in the same moment. Close your eyes and you’ll be swept up in a sound that you’ll swear is a full band. The combination of musical dexterity and vocal prowess packs a punch that will linger with you for a long time to come.

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"Live DiRT" with Rainbow Girls - March 16, 2019 at 4:00PM

Fri, 03/15/2019 - 2:30pm | Dug Deep

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Live DiRT returns to the KDRT airwaves when Dug Deep hosts North Bay band Rainbow Girls on Saturday, March 16th at 4:00 pm.  Rainbow Girls perform original songs in a soulful, bluesy style.  Their latest album is called American Dream.  They will be playing at the Veterans Memorial Theatre with local Americana favorites Misner and Smith that evening.  More information at DavisLiveMusic.com.

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Jazz After Dark March 12 2019

Tue, 03/12/2019 - 7:25pm | Don Shor

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Coming up at 8 pm: great vocals tonight on Jazz After Dark! Plus, piano and guitar virtuosos, mellow sax, and more.  Dianne Reeves & Raul Midón, King Cole Trio, Oscar Moore, Sonny Clark, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Cannonball Adderley & Ray Brown, Ella Fitzgerald, Buddy Rich, Bud Shank & Michel Legrand, Wynton Marsalis, Pharoah Sanders & William Henderson, Emilie-Claire Barlow, Stanley Turrentine.

Photo clockwise from upper left: Dianne Reeves, Oscar Moore, Pharoah Sanders, Sonny Clark.

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Davisville, March 11, 2019: Snowbound on a train, with a ukulele

Mon, 03/11/2019 - 6:10pm | Bill Buchanan

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Today’s show is a story about a train with 183 riders that never reached its destination. The reason why it didn’t is also why this train became a national story – and it’s a story for Davisville because the train normally stops in Davis. My guest was one of the people aboard, my daughter, Megan Buchanan (I was onboard too). She’s also the young woman whose kid-entertaining ukulele playing in the lounge car was recorded by another passenger and went a little viral. No injuries were reported from this trip, the power, water and food held out, and a lot of people were helpful – but that’s not to say this was an anxiety-free sojourn in the woods. The story starts on a Sunday evening with snowflakes falling at the train station in Eugene, Ore., as the Seattle-to-L.A. Coast Starlight began what was supposed to be a 13-hour overnight trip to Davis. Instead, the train spent more than 36 hours stuck in a small mountain town.

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KDRT and Armadillo Music Hosts 2nd Friday ArtAbout feat. Brenden Tull

Fri, 03/08/2019 - 6:31pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Songwriter Brenden Tull - Music is back! This time being featured for the KDRT 95.7FM live radio broadcast as part of the 2nd Friday ArtAbout in downtown Davis on Friday at Armadillo Music, March 8 @ 6:30PM. If you're not able to stop in, join us on the radio at www.kdrt.org. 

Brenden Tull is a new face to the local music scene. Two years ago he was a nomadic busker, playing guitar on street corners across the west coast. He then spent a year working as a farmhand in Hawaii, growing taro, kava, and bananas. Recently, Tull has returned to his hometown of Davis, California and begun his music career. His songs have been described as "tangled in emotion... what I imagine clouds sing to each other before it starts raining" (Moli O. "The Glass Pianist") and his songwriting deals mostly in the contrasting imagery of beauty and meaning. Tull is currently a bartender at the Root of Happiness and full-time student at Sacramento City College, but hopes to expand his music to a level where he can focus on it full time.

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Jazz After Dark March 05 2019

Tue, 03/05/2019 - 7:44pm | Don Shor

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Coming up tonight on Jazz After Dark!

Jimmy Scott, Dennis Farnon, Richard Twardzik &  Russ Freeman, Jeri Southern & Dave Barbour's Trio, Ray Charles, Cannonball Adderley & Ray Brown, Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Raney, Ella Fitzgerald, Diane Krall & Hank Jones, Dal Richards & His Orchestra, Andre Previn with Mundell Lowe & Ray Brown, Dave Cliff, Victor Biglione.

Photo clockwise from upper left: Jeri Southern, Jimmy Scott, Andre Previn, Dal Richards.

Replays Monday 11pm, Tuesday 12 midnight, Wednesday 10-11pm.

Look for our podcast on iTunes!

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Divine Intervention Strikes - March 4, 2019

Tue, 03/05/2019 - 10:54am | Jess Goddésse

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Divine Intervention strikes this week with tons of brand-spankin'-new music across genres, including Better Oblivion Communiuty Center (Conor Oberst + Phoebe Bridgers), Ty Segall, FEELS, Xiu Xiu, Sugaray Rayford, Cochemea, and Hugh DeNeal... and, of course, Vinyl Vespers. See the playlist and stream the show via the program page.

 

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Fallon O'Neill, Author of "Geist: Prelude" Recorded Mar 1st, 2019

Fri, 03/01/2019 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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This week author Fallon O'Neill was in the studio to discuss his book, Geist Prelude. An incredible interview about this young man and his journey as an author. Of course we also played some tunes relevant to the conversation.

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Live DiRT with The Crooked Jades on Friday, March 1 from 2:30 to 3:00

Wed, 02/27/2019 - 1:29pm | Peter Schiffman

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Join The Folk Brothers - Bill and Peter - when they welcome Bay Area-based string band The Crooked Jades to the KDRT studios.  Founded in 1996, The Jades have been on a two decade mission to revitalize old-time string band music for our modern era.   The Crooked Jades are currently touring their latest album - "Empathy Moves The Water", their 7th album, but first in a decade - which features a mix of traditional as well as original ballads and tunes.  They will also be appearing at The Palms in Winters that same evening (March 1). 

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