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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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Cowboy Tracks

Join Nancy around the campfire to hear authentic Western roots music and cowboy poetry. Something deep in your soul will resonate to stories from the early wranglers, Mexican vaqueros, Old West adventurers, Silver Screen buckaroos, Western Swing bands, contemporary real cowboys, and all who appreciate wide open spaces, freedom, and the western lifestyle.

 

Live Wednesday 1-2pm
Replays Sunday 2-3pm
DJ(s): 
Nancy Flagg
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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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Democracy Now!

Amy Goodman photo

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
Homepage URL: 
Democracy Now! on the web
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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
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Davisville, Sept. 20, 2021: Amid drought and frightening wildfires, Davis is relatively fortunate

Mon, 09/20/2021 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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The prediction a few weeks ago, inspired by this year’s ravaging wildfires, that “every acre [in California] can and will burn” — does that really apply to Davis? And if the drought continues through this coming winter and spring, does Davis have the water it needs? Today we talk with Stan Gryczko, director of Public Works Utilities & Operations for the city, and Joe Tenney, Davis fire chief, about the city’s water supplies, conservation, and the fire risks facing Davis in 2021.

(Credits: Illustration by Mark Deamer; excerpt from “Song of the Sea” written and played by Randy Mahrer)

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Fox on a rooftop, a musical journey on Listening Lyrics

Fri, 09/17/2021 - 4:00pm | Pieter Pastoor

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It did happen -- a fox was spotted on a rooftop in west Davis. I heard about it and put a musical take on this, using the words "rooftop" and "fox," or a connection to it.

Take a listen on this week's (Sept. 17) Listening Lyrics.

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Davis Garden Show, Sept. 16, 2021, Brassicas -- a one-plant wonder

Thu, 09/16/2021 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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'Tis a time of CHANGE!  Weather is cooler, season is later ... For some folks, it's time to cut down the cucumber vines and plant some brassicas. For others (like Don), there are still tomatoes ripening to harvest into October. What's your plan for a winter garden? Now is a good time to plant peas, lettuce, brassicas, and other cool seaon vegetablees.  You can also plan to put "cover crops" on the portion of your summer garden that you don't plan to plant for the winter -- to keep down weeds and improve your soil.

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The Folk Brothers for Sept. 15, 2021: ISHILA and Red Meat

Wed, 09/15/2021 - 11:10am | Peter Schiffman

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In advance of their outdoor show at The Fireside Lounge in Alameda this Sunday (Sept. 19), we played tracks from the most recent albums of I See Hawks In LA and Red Meat. Also this week: new music from Graham Rorie, Sam Kelly and The Lost Boys, Kyle Ledson, and Long Haul Paul.

Stream in for the music and stay for some fun facts, such as: Why did Orcadians make up the majority of the employees of The Hudson Bay Company, and how did a Bluebird travel more than 300 mph over Coniston Water in 1967?

The Folk Brothers playlist for 09/15/2021
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Jazz After Dark September 14 2021

Tue, 09/14/2021 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight on Jazz After Dark: jazz themes from ragtime and blues. Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five, Louis Armstrong & Earl Hines, Lester Young & The Kansas City Six, Benny Goodman, Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Byrd, Eubie Blake, Ella Fitzgerald, Shorty Rogers, Dinah Washington, Dave Brubeck, Carmen McRae, Ramsey Lewis, Claude Bolling Big Band

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Celtic Songlines, Sept. 14, 2020

Tue, 09/14/2021 - 11:00am | David A. Reynolds

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This week on Celtic Songlines, the session begins with fiddlers Christian Lemaître, André Brunet, Kevin Burke and guitarist Nicolas Quémener from Live in Brittany and continues with Andy Irvine, musician/artist/whistlemaker Nick Metcalf, The Gothard Sisters, the beautiful vocals and music of Cara Dillon, Danú, Andy Irvine with Paul Brady, the Witches of Elswick, and brothers Kenneth & Angus MacKenzie. 

Tune in live on Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to noon at KDRT 95.7FM, stream at kdrt.org, or subscribe to the Celtic Songlines podcast on Apple podcasts. The program replays on KDRT each Wednesday 1-2 p.m., Thursday 6-7 p.m., and Sunday 4-5 p.m.

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Celtic Songlines, Sept. 7, 2021

Mon, 09/13/2021 - 3:00pm | David A. Reynolds

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This week's session features the UK's Moore-Ross-Rutter, Sharon Shannon with Mike McGoldrick, guitarist John Renbourn and his "Ship of Fools," Celtic Pink Floyd, The Clancy Brothers, The Chieftains, Natalie MacMaster, The Tannehill Weavers, vocalist Mary Black, Scotland's Old Blind Dogs and DeDannan.

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Davis Garden Show, Sept. 9, 2021, Houseplants and water

Thu, 09/09/2021 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today's topics:

  • Tomato problems this year
  • Water needed for growing food is more than water needed to just grow foliage
  • Almond trees
  • Nematodes -- what are they and what to do if you have them
  • House plants that are, and are not, easy to grow
  • Don recommends for new gardeners: Golden pothos (and relatives), Easy ZZ, and Snakeplant (Sanserveria)
  • Growing trees indoors
  • Ficus benjamina  = flexible about lighting, but fussy when you move it.
  • Is it too late to plant tomatos? Pepper? Pumpkins? YES, those get planted in the spring to be HARVESTED in the fall.
  • Now is the time to start planning (and planting) your winter garden! (More details next show.)
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The Folk Brothers for Sept. 8, 2021: Folk musicians strike back

Wed, 09/08/2021 - 11:10am | Peter Schiffman

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Many Folk/Americana musicians -- like those featured on today's show -- have never shied away from calling out hypocrisy and injustice. Jackson Brown has long championed the anti-war movement. Iris DeMent (pictured here) advocates for women's rights. And Jason Isbell has challenged the intolerance and ignorance of many country music fans: recently he has advocated for proof of vaccinations to attend his live perfromances. Also on today's show, new music from Spiers and Boden, Adam Holmes, The Faux Paws, and a 50-year-old classic track from Lindisfarne.

The Folk Brothers playlist for 09/08/2021
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Jazz After Dark September 07 2021

Tue, 09/07/2021 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight on Jazz After Dark: Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, Sonny Clark, Ella Fitzgerald, Ella Fitzgerald & Jimmy Jones Trio with Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, Herbie Mann & The Bill Evans Trio, Pete Fountain, Ben Webster, Eddie Jefferson, Earl "Fatha" Hines, Stan Getz, Dianne Reeves, and Harold Mabern.

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