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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

Song of Dinosaurs

Sound of Dinosaurs

Song of Dinosaurs presents songs from the prehistoric era: reptilian rhythms, lizard lyrics, triassic tones, and mammoth melodies with Professor A.

Live Friday 8-10pm
Replays Monday 8-10pm
DJ(s): 
Professor A
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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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Dashboard Diaries

Hop in for a trip through ever-changing musical landscapes, from familiar highways to roads less travelled. Dashboard Diaries host Ray K loves to share hand-picked tunes spanning broad styles of music, with a nod to the real, organic disc jockey-driven radio of his youth. It's all about the journey...

Live Thursday 3-5pm
Replays Wednesday 10am-12pm, Saturday 1-3pm
DJ(s): 
RayK
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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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Roots, Shoots and Leaves

Roots, Shoots and Leaves' DJ Tree has a theory of music that involves a tree. Suffice it to say that it involves a trinity — an exploration of themes and connections among recording artists — and otherwise very few boundaries. Listen for music old and new, known and unknown. And if you listen long enough, you may experience some musical enlightenment.

 

Live Tuesday 6-8pm
Replays Saturday 5-7pm
DJ(s): 
Tree Kilpatrick
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The Folk Brothers for June 16, 2021: Ballads and fiddlers

Wed, 06/16/2021 - 11:10am | Peter Schiffman

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This week: modern and ancient ballads from Gretchen Peters, Lau with Karine Polwart, Salt House, and Kacy and Clayton. Also some instrumental tracks featuring gorgeous fiddling from the likes of Sam Sweeny, Benedict Morris and Christian Sedelmyer (with Andrew Marlin). And new music from Eli West, Jeffrey Foucault , Amanda Anne Platt and The Honeycutters, and The Travellin' McCourys.

The Folk Brothers playlist for 06/16/2021
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Jazz After Dark June 15 2021

Tue, 06/15/2021 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight on Jazz After Dark: Jack Teagarden, Mary Lou Williams, Dizzy Gillespie, Vince Guaraldi, Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Cannonball Adderley, Claude Bolling Big Band, Gerry Mulligan, Marc Copland & Vic Juris

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Davisville, June 14, 2021: A big milestone on the path back from the pandemic

Mon, 06/14/2021 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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June 16 update: Aaron says that in the interview, when he's talking about a restaurant's need to hire employees for re-opening, he inadvertently mentioned the incorrect restaurant. He meant DeVere's Irish Pub, not Delta of Venus.

This week, California ends many of the restrictions that it imposed last year because of the Covid-19 pandemic. If you’re not entirely clear on what to expect or do now, you’re not alone. As one way to understand the changes, we talk today with Aaron Wedra, marketing coordinator for the Davis Downtown Business Association, about how this step back toward normal conditions might play out for the businesses, shops, restaurants, and their customers, in the core of Davis.

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Davis Garden Show, June 10, 2021 -- Herbaceous Fall Flowers

Thu, 06/10/2021 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Cool week ahead!  But we still have watering challenges. A few questions (about new plantings and fungus gnats) lead to several important discussions about:

  • Proper planting techniques (why planting trees ONLY with native soil is so important);
  • How roots grow (and get damaged), and how that shows up in a full-grown tree;
  • Home remedies (which have no research done on them and are NOT labelled for pesticide or herbicide use).

A large portion of the show is a discussion of each of Don Shor's 20 Favorite Summer Herbaceous Perennials. An "herbaceous perennial" is a plant that blooms every year but dies down every winter (different from a shrub, bush, or tree). These twenty bloom from the late summer into the fall.  (We only got part way thru before running out of time, so listen to the 24 June show for the rest of the story.)

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The Folk Brothers for June 9, 2021: A modern folk ballad about an Olympic swimmer

Wed, 06/09/2021 - 11:10am | Peter Schiffman

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At 17, Yusra Mardini and her sister fled Syria after their home was destroyed during the civil war. The story of their fraught voyage across the eastern Mediterranean as they were smuggled from Turkey to Greece -- as well as Yusra's participation in the 2016 Rio Olympics as part of the Refugee Olympic Team -- has been set to words and music by Irish singer-singwriter Declan O'Rourke on his new album Arrivals. Also on today's show: new tracks from Tim O'Brien, Sarah Jaroz, Lula Wiles, and Teddy Thompson. And much more!

The Folk Brothers playlist for 06/09/2021
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Jazz After Dark June 08 2021

Tue, 06/08/2021 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight on Jazz After Dark: Louis Armstrong, Ben Webster & Johnny Hodges, John Coltrane with Johnny Hartman, Count Basie & Ella Fitzgerald, Art Pepper, Louis Prima, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra with Lawrence Brown, Frank Sinatra, Earl Fatha Hines, Tony Bennett, Paul Desmond, Dave Weckl

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This Week on Listening Lyrics: Eclectic listening

Fri, 06/04/2021 - 4:00pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Eclectic.  //   noun

Definition: One who uses a method or approach that is composed of elements drawn from various sources: one who uses an eclectic method or approach.

This is the definition of this week's show -- eclectic listening.

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Davis Garden Show June 03 2021 -- Weather-related Troubles, Easy Vines, Raccoons

Thu, 06/03/2021 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Weather-related troubles:  Can X veggie take full sun?  Should we "shade" our tomato plants?  Don says "no".  There's a difference between hot sun on the foliage and the sun-scald of ripening fruit.  Can we keep our trees alive in this year's bone-dry ground?  Signs of stress to look for, and what to do to help while watering most effectively.

Easy vines to cover a fence, wall, trellis  ... including "Cup and saucer vine" (Cobaea scandens) pictured here.

"What's digging up my plants at night?  Not eating them; just digging down underneath and pushing them out."  Raccoons might be digging up the blood meal fertilizer.  What?  They're smelling the blood meal that's UNDERGROUND!!?!  Yep.  On a brighter note, Don is growing tomatoes in a gopher-infested plot -- successfully!

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The Folk Brothers for June 2, 2021: Nefesh Mountain infuses bluegrass with Jewish American spirituality

Wed, 06/02/2021 - 11:10am | Peter Schiffman

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Nefesh Mountain's Doni Zasloff and Eric Linberg say that they draw "stories that we all know from the Bible, enabling us to present a more universal song while still being true to our own heritage as Jewish Americans." Incidentally, "Nefesh" is Hebrew for "spirit" or "soul."  This morning we played a new track from them, "Where Oh Where," which features musical contributions from John Doyle, Jerry Douglas and Micheal McGoldrick.

Also today: new music from Gnoss, Bellowhead, Sarah-Jane Summers, and Juhani Silvola, plus some classic tracks from Steve Tilston and Maggie Boyle, Eric Andersen, Richard and Linda Thompson. And much more.

The Folk Brothers playlist for 06/02/2021
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Jazz After Dark June 01 2021

Tue, 06/01/2021 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight on Jazz After Dark: spanning eight decades. Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Gerald Wiggins, Ella Fitzgerald, Yusef Lateef, Stanley Turrentine, Count Basie with Zoot Sims, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Harold Mabern Trio, Jimmy Rosenberg and The Rosenberg Trio.

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