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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.

 

OUR PROGRAMS

Night Train Cocktail Lounge

A saloon of songs and sounds from back then, focusing on anything recorded between the 1890s and the 1970s. All forms of jazz, blues, rock, surf, garage, punk, country, folk, film-radio-television samples, speeches, comedy, and anything grabbed from the ages and put to cylinder, wax or tape, colliding on top each other.

Night Train Cocktail Lounge is produced live at WXOX-LP FM in Louisville, KY. All local material is edited, including times and dates, making each episode an evergreen episode. All episodes are FCC compliant.

Live Wednesday 9-10pm
Homepage URL: 
Night Train Cocktail Lounge
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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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Classical Excursions

Greg LaTraille

Classical radio programs often focus on well-known light classics and ignore challenging and imaginative masterworks, especially from the rich repertoire of 20th century music, which is very diverse. This results in listeners who are unaware of many wonderful works. Excursions will present short and longer works by famous as well as less known composers, with insightful commentary by a composer with years of experience in radio, classical marketing, and music education.

Live on the first, third and occasional fifth Friday of the month.  

Live Friday 11am-1pm
Replays Sunday 9-11am
DJ(s): 
Greg LaTraille
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The Wild Fox Party

WILD FOX RADIO PARTY

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 Tuesday 10-11pm
DJ(s): 
Frank aka Dr Doowop Fox, Doo Wop Dave
Homepage URL: 
DrDoowop
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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 8-10pm
DJ(s): 
Wayne Hagen
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Songs about California, on Listening Lyrics, Jan. 28, 2022

Fri, 01/28/2022 - 4:00pm | Pieter Pastoor

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There are songs about every state in the USA . This week we listen to some about California, in several genres.

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Davis Garden Show, Jan. 27, 2022

Thu, 01/27/2022 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today we talk about:

  • Conditioning the soil for a new garden
  • Why we don't amend the soil for trees and shrubs
  • January flowers

and more!

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The Folk Brothers for Jan. 26, 2022: Transatlantic crossings

Wed, 01/26/2022 - 11:10am | Peter Schiffman

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The Folk Brothers love ballads, especially ones which have crossed the "pond" more than once. "The Golden Willow Tree," on Jake Xerxes Fussell's new album Good and Green Away, is a prime example. Originally penned in the early 1600s as "Walter Raleigh In The Lowlands,"  the warship and the title have been variously called "The Golden Vanity," "The Sweet Trinity," and "The Turkish Revelry."

This morning we also played Hannah Sander and Ben Savages' version of "(Rovin' On) A Winter's Night." They  learned their version from Doc Watson, but the ballad undoubtedy originated in England before travelling to Appalachia (and then back again to the UK!).

The Folk Brothers playlist for 01/26/2022
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Jazz After Dark January 25 2022

Tue, 01/25/2022 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight on Jazz After Dark: Quintetto Ritmico di Milano (1940s Italian jazz), Ella Fitzgerald, Chet Baker Quartet, Billy Taylor Trio and Quartet, and Yusef Lateef, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Al Hibbler, and Archie Shepp with Horace Parlan.

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Davisville, Jan. 24, 2022, updating a top UC research story: How cattle plus seaweed will help the climate

Mon, 01/24/2022 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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You might remember this story from all the attention it got in spring 2021: Research at UC Davis says that adding small amounts of a certain seaweed to cows’ diets reduces the methane they produce by up to 82 percent. This change in diet could do a lot to help the climate, because cattle and other ruminants produce about 5 percent of greenhouse gases in the United States.

The University of California says this work was one of its 10 best UC research stories for 2021. Today we update the story with UC Davis Animal Science Prof. Ermias Kebreab, who explains the research, its value in feeding people and reducing climate change, and how far along they are in bringing their work to market.

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Aretha, Beethoven, and The Music Shop, on Listening Lyrics for Jan. 21, 2022

Fri, 01/21/2022 - 4:00pm | Pieter Pastoor

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This is a show for the books. By "the books," I mean the novel called The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce. We follow the story in music, and yes, I will be comparing Aretha Franklin and Beethoven.

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Davis Garden Show, Jan. 20, 2022

Thu, 01/20/2022 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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On today's program:

  • Chilling hours and portions for fruit trees and lilacs
  • Dealing with animal and bird pests
  • Issues with seeding wildflowers

and more.

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The Folk Brothers for Jan. 19, 2022: Who connects the musical dots from The Detectorists to Worzel Gummidge?

Wed, 01/19/2022 - 11:10am | Peter Schiffman

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It's Mackenzie Crook. After The Office, Crook wrote, directed and starred in The Detectorists, the hit BBC4 series featuring a theme song by Johnny Flynn. Most recently, Crook (pictured) has revived "Worzel Gummidge" -- the scarecrow from Barbara Euphian Todd's children's books -- with music from The Unthanks.

Also on today's show, find out how Iona Fyfe rewrote Richard Thompson's "Poor Ditching Boy" in Scots Dorian, and why Jason Isbell made an album of covers by Georgian songwriters. And much more!

The Folk Brothers playlist for 01/19/2022
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Jazz After Dark, Jan. 18, 2022

Tue, 01/18/2022 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight on Jazz After Dark: first we’ll hear from Ethel Ennis, Sonny Stitt, Etta Jones, John Coltrane, and Wes Montgomery.

Then a set with Benny Carter: with Ben Webster and Barney Bigard in 1962, from a live performance in 1977, and with the American Jazz Orchestra in 1987. We’ll take it out with Zoot Sims, and Jimmy Scott.

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day on KDRT-LP

Fri, 01/14/2022 - 2:58pm | Jeff Shaw

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Jan. 17, tune into KDRT online or over the air to hear speeches from the Rev. King throughout the day: 7 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 12 p.m., 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. We hope listeners will enjoy reflecting on his powerful words.

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