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ABOUT US

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.

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

DJ(s):

Sam Hawk

Na Mele O Hawai'i

Join host Beth Post as she features the unique sounds of Hawaiian music — from early icons of island music to today's innovators — exploring styles, the history of the genre, and revered songs and performers.

Live Thursday 1-3pm

Replays Wednesday 10am-12pm, Saturday 11am-1pm

DJ(s):

Beth Post

Davisville

Davis has interesting people, ideas, connections, and events. On Davisville, host Bill Buchanan presents stories that have some connection to Davis. The program has won 14 Excellence in Journalism awards from the San Francisco Press Club since 2018, plus a national Hometown Media Award for excellence from the Alliance for Community Media in 2024. Contact: davisville @ dcn.org

Live Monday 5:30-6pm

Replays Saturday 8:30-9am

DJ(s):

Bill Buchanan

In the Key of Folk

In the Key of Folk with Karen Leyse offers music that will keep you humming or dancing along — perhaps both! The focus is on traditional and current folk music, Americana, and bluegrass, with Celtic, Nordic, and Spanish infusions — wherever Karen's travels and interests take her. In addition, the music of contra dance, an American Folk tradition that came with English and other settlers, will often be threaded through the hour. Don’t know it? Check it out.

Live Wednesday 2-3pm

Replays Tuesday 11am-12pm

DJ(s):

Karen Leyse

A Mix of Music

DJ Dave Reynolds takes you on a journey through the world of music.

Live Friday 1-2pm

DJ(s):

DJ Dave

More programs ...

Jazz After Dark, July 8, 2025

Tue, 07/08/2025 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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On tonight's show:

Joe Venuti's Blue Four, Raggin' The Scale
Coleman Hawkins, After You've Gone
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra, A Sailboat In the Moonlight
Artie Shaw, Diga Diga Doo
Oscar Aleman, Diga Diga Do
Oscar Aleman, Mia Casita Pequeñita
Oscar Aleman, Improvisaciones Sobre Boogie Woogie
Benny Carter, June Is Busting Out All Over
Cannonball Adderley, Love For Sale
Art Blakey, Let's Take 16 Bars
Wes Montgomery, Something Like Bags
Duke Ellington & Ella Fitzgerald, Imagine My Frustration
Dave Brubeck Quartet ft. Jim Hall, Things Ain't What They Used to Be
Charlie Byrd And The Washington Guitar Quintet, I'm A Stranger Here Myself

Davisville, July 7, 2025: SF Mime Troupe returns to Davis with its latest sharp satire

Mon, 07/07/2025 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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The San Francisco Mime Troupe wants to entertain and challenge audiences with live satire, but Michael Gene Sullivan, the writer, director and an actor for this year’s show — Disruption: A Musical Farce — says he aims for more than two-dimensional hilarity.

“I’m very much against the pie-throwing satire of ‘here’s my enemy, I set him up, create a straw man, make fun of him, set fire to him,’ ” he says on this week’s Davisville. “When I was describing the [regular working-class cop] character [in the play] to someone, they were like, ‘I don’t want this guy to be a hero.’ I said, ‘he’s not a hero, but he’s not a villain, either.’ He’s totally understandable.…” (Sullivan plays the part in the play; the photo shows him in costume)

The nonprofit can't currently afford its former big summer tours, but has kept Davis on its annual circuit. This year they’ll perform July 10 in the Brunelle theater in Davis. Tickets are free but they ask viewers to donate $20 apiece.

Divine Intervention – July 4th, 2025

Fri, 07/04/2025 - 4:00pm | Jess Goddésse

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After surviving several viral blights, far-ranging travel, and the ecstatic bliss of Davis Music Fest, Jess Goddésse returns on Independence Day with Divine Intervention, striking your discerning ears with a full slate of the latest rockin' releases. Expect nothing but new music aside from our blessedly twangy Goddess of the Month and our sinful Vinyl Vespers track. Listen up Friday, July 4th, at 6 p.m. Pacific on KDRT 95.7 FM + KDRT.org. Listen at your leisure via the website or your favorite podcast app.

Listening Lyrics, July 4, 2025 -- a replay of ‘melancholy triggers’

Fri, 07/04/2025 - 3:30pm | Jim Buchanan

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Today we talk melancholy. For me, melancholy comes on with certain triggers. Let's play music around three of them: trains, hypnagogia and wind.

Sit back and get into this wonderful playlist.

July 3, 2025 - Silver Nine Volt Heart's annual 4th of July radio party

Thu, 07/03/2025 - 1:00pm | Diane Crumley

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To celebrate our nation's 249th birthday, Rodriguez is digging deep into the Rancho Moseanko archives to cherry pick a classic summer soundtrack for your Independence Day event. You can count on music that will be a perfect fit for hanging out by the pool and barbeque while spending time with family and friends.....Yolo County style! Silver Nine Volt Heart airs live each Thursday 4-6 p.m, and replays Friday 10 p.m. - midnight, and Saturday 2-4 p.m. Plenty of options to enjoy this holiday weekend.

Davis Garden Show, July 3, 2025

Thu, 07/03/2025 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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On today’s show: soils and watering, pokeweed, vine suggestions, and more.

IMPLOSION – 2 July 2025

Wed, 07/02/2025 - 5:00pm | Nick Saloman

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Nick Saloman is here with rock & roll stories and sounds, including tracks from The Yardbirds, The Jades, The Bee Gees, The Left Banke, and The Applejacks! Tune in to IMPLOSION at 8 p.m. Pacific on KDRT 95.7 FM. Stream at your leisure at KDRT.org or the podcast apps!

In the Key of Folk, July 2, 2025

Wed, 07/02/2025 - 12:00pm | Karen Leyse

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This week we have some musical jewels on In the Key of Folk. Rhiannon Giddens, who was recently touring in the region, begins the hour with a quintessential demonstration of her magnificent singing. We follow with tracks by the Spell Songs project, Laurie Lewis, Steve Tilston, Le Vent du Nord, Ivan Drever, Countercurrent, Silly Sisters and others. Older classics and others ready to become new classics. So join us live at 2 p.m. today. The show repeats at 7 a.m. Thursday and 10 a.m. Sunday. All at KDRT 95.7 (Davis) and KDRT.org!

Jazz After Dark, July 1, 2025

Tue, 07/01/2025 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Some old-fashioned jazz tonight:

Benny Goodman, Swing into Spring
Fletcher Henderson, Livery Stable Blues
Fletcher Henderson, Grand Terrace Swing
Benny Moten's Kansas City Orchestra, Moten Swing
Benny Goodman, Life Goes to a Party
Benny Goodman, Fascinating Rhythm
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, Black Beauty
Gene Krupa, Anita O'Day & Roy Eldridge, Pass The Bounce
George Lewis, Panama
Louis Armstrong, Sweethearts On Parade
Oscar Peterson & Louis Armstrong, Moon Song
Sidney Bechet - Martial Solal Quartet, Exactly LIke You
Sidney Bechet - Martial Solal Quartet, Embraceable You
New Orleans' Own The Dukes of Dixieland, When the Saints Go Marching In
New Orleans' Own The Dukes of Dixieland, Bourbon Street Parade
Louise Tobin and Peanuts Hucko, I Am Confessin'

The joy of sax! The Audio Ecotone for June 27, 2025

Fri, 06/27/2025 - 4:56pm | Eddy Owt

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On June 28, 1846, Belgian musician and inventor Adophe Sax was granted a patent for his new instrument called the saxophone. The horn was designed to project as well as a brass instrument, while retaining the harmonic feeling of a woodwind. While the horn gained some adoption in the military, ragtime and vaudville bands, it wasn't until the 1920s jazz boom that the foundation for the sax's place in popular music was established.

On the eve of the 179th anniversary of Sax's patent, The Audio Ecotone celebrates the saxophone with a wide-ranging selection of music from Charlie Parker, Albert Ayler, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Moon Hooch and a whole host of others.

(Sorry, no Yakety Sax on the playlist.)

Listen live at 3 p.m. Friday on 95.7 FM in Davis or kdrt.org. The show repeats Saturday at 6 p.m. and Tuesday at 7 a.m.

Photo shows bandleader Harry Gold playing a contrabass saxophone. (Photo: Dr. Neil Clifton / The biggest saxophone in the world )