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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.

 

OUR PROGRAMS

Davisville

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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
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Big Picture Science

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Through smart, intellectual, and engaging storytelling, Big Picture Science discusses today’s biggest scientific stories and breakthroughs by interviewing leading researchers and scientists. The program delivers the information in unorthodox yet clever ways, proving that science radio doesn’t have to be dry, even if the humor is. 

Live Wednesday 5-6pm
Replays Thursday 11pm-Friday 12am
Homepage URL: 
Big Picture Science on the Web
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Silver Nine Volt Heart

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Join your host Rodriguez as he swings the gate wide open for a cool musical trip featuring sounds from all points of the compass.  Being mindful that "everything connects to everything else," on Silver Nine Volt Heart  you will find the many colorful threads that make up the tapestry of recorded sound ... just click it on and let the music start. 

Live Tuesday 7-9am
Replays Saturday 3-5pm
DJ(s): 
Rodriguez
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E-Town

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E-Town, taped before a live audience in Boulder, Colorado, features today’s top folk and Americana artists, along with information and discussions on the environment and conservation. Host Nick Forster nimbly walks the line between musician and radio journalist, playing guitar, mandolin, or lap steel with musical guests and then switching gears to engage artists in conversation. Co-host Helen Forster lends her voice to both the spoken and musical portions of the show.

Live Saturday 10-11am
Homepage URL: 
E-Town on the Web
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The Russ Tolman Goodtime Hour

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Russ hoists anchor and sails the sonic seas near and far to discover and recover pleasingly eclectic, genre-defying musical nuggets new and old, fresh and classic. Russ will attempt to amaze with his smooth segues.

Live Thursday 9-10pm
Replays Friday 7-8am
DJ(s): 
Russ Tolman
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Brotherly Mud Performs at Armadillo Music for 2nd Friday ArtAbout May 10, 2019, 6:30PM

Wed, 05/08/2019 - 6:30pm | Pieter Pastoor

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The Davis Second Friday ArtAbout is in for a real treat at Armadillo Music (207 "F" Street, Davis, CA) this week. KDRT presents the band Brotherly Mud. These guys will charm you with their harmonies, enchant you with their music and instruments, thrill you with their stage presence and finally you will fall in love with them because all 4 are super dudes and human beings.

Brotherly Mud is as if the 60's and 70's folk tradition continued into the modern day, taking influence from today's songwriters while respecting yesterday's honesty.

With members graduating from the Berklee College of Music and the Musician's Institute, Brotherly Mud respects the art of musical creation through both an educational and deeply human lens.

Constantly working to be true to their artistic spirits, Brotherly Mud is currently touring with their original material all over the West Coast, with shows, radio interviews and the occasional secret performance.

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Sumaia Jackson on Live Dirt May 10th at 11:00AM

Wed, 05/08/2019 - 7:41am | Bill Wagman

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Sumia Jackson recently appeared at The Palms with Jayme Stone's Folklife.  She will be appearing there with her own band on Friday May 10th.  That same morning, Sumia will drop by the KDRT studios for a live dirt with me - Folk Brother Bill - at 11AM.  With a driving groove and a smooth, open sound, fiddler and tunestress Sumaia Jackson is a quintessential modern West Coast fiddler. Jackson weaves together Old-Time, Bluegrass, Swing, and Celtic traditions with an easy virtuosity and melodic elegance.

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Izaak Opatz on LIVE DIRT this Thursday May 9, 2019 at 11:30AM

Wed, 05/08/2019 - 7:40am | Pieter Pastoor

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Izaak Opatz joins us for the truly live POP UP show LIVE DIRT this Thursday May 9, 2019 at 11:30AM. Izaak will appear at the Palms Playhouse in Winters, CA  5/9/19

His songs teeter on the edge of sentimental-songwriter’y-sad-n-lonely crap. This is a very tough area for a songwriter to inhabit. Mainly because it’s so easy to get lumped in with the rest of the middle-aged losers down at the Applebee’s open mic (next to the airport). BUT IZAAK DOES IT SO WELL that you actually start making plans to visit Montana and you tell the wife you love her.

For those outside the listening area this show will be streamed live on www.kdrt.org

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Jazz After Dark May 07 2019

Tue, 05/07/2019 - 7:47pm | Don Shor

Coming up at 8 pm  tonight on Jazz After Dark! Some cool and soul jazz, featuring great duos and trios.

Ella Fitzgerald, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Sonny Clark, Dinah Washington, Art Pepper & Conte Candoli, Gerry Mulligan & Chet Baker, George Shearing & The Montgomery Brothers, Sonny Stitt, Shirley Scott with Stanley Turrentine, Kai Winding, Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond, Mel Torme with George Shearing & Gerry Mulligan, Maria Helena Toledo & Luiz Bonfá, Luiz Bonfa with Oscar Castro Neves and Lalo Schifrin.

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

Broadcasting from 95.7 FM in Davis, CA and live streaming at https://kdrt.org/page/listen-now

Playlists and archives at https://kdrt.org/blogs/don-shor-0

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Divine Intervention Strikes - May 06, 2019

Tue, 05/07/2019 - 9:57am | Jess Goddésse

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Divine Intervention strikes this week with a quirkier-than-usual assortment of very old and very new rock/pop, including new music from A.A. Bondy, Sego, Said the Whale, and Davis' own Midnight Dip… and, of course, Vinyl Vespers. See the playlist and stream the show via the program page. Tune in next Monday at 7p Pacific for the latest Divine Intervention.

 

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Davisville, May 6, 2019: If Davis adopts this flag, Aidan Ramey says he’ll tattoo it on his skin

Mon, 05/06/2019 - 6:40pm | Bill Buchanan

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For most of the last two years, Aidan Ramey, a third-year electrical engineering student at UC Davis, has been promoting the idea of creating a flag for Davis—or a new flag, depending on how you regard what the city has now. Why? What would you use it for? Why this design, which has earned the best response among the designs presented so far? And why does this mean so much to him? We get his answers today on Davisville.

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Local guitarist Roger Kunkel sits in on the Electric Compost Heap - May 1st at 8:00pm

Wed, 05/01/2019 - 7:32pm | Dug Deep

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Davis-based guitarist Roger Kunkel visits the KDRT studio on Wednesday evening, May 1, at 8 pm PST. You know Roger from Mike Blanchard & the Californios, the Smoke Shovelers, and Thin White Rope. Join us to hear him play a few tunes and talk about his new release, Guitar Solo, now available on Bandcamp. Dig it!  

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Jazz After Dark April 30 2019

Tue, 04/30/2019 - 7:43pm | Don Shor

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Coming up tonight on Jazz After Dark! Focus on the late 1950’s, with hard bop, cool jazz, and a little bossa nova.  Etta Jones, Duke Ellington, Bobby Jaspar, Erroll Garner, Art Pepper with Sonny Redd, Art Blakey with Max Roach, Ella Fitzgerald, Gerry Mulligan, Blue Mitchell, Horace Parlan, Etta Jones & Houston Person, McCoy Tyner, George Benson.

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

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Divine Intervention Strikes - April 29, 2019

Tue, 04/30/2019 - 3:21pm | Jess Goddésse

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Divine Intervention strikes this week with a bounty of beautiful new tunes from musicians young and old, including some folks with strong local connections... John Vanderslice, Anton Barbeau, Field Medic, Robyn Hitchcock… and, of course, we worship together for a challenging Vinyl Vespers. See the full playlist and stream the show via the program page. Tune in next Monday, 7p PT, for the next live edition of Divine Intervention... only on KDRT.

 

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The Outcome in the studio this Friday May 3, 2019 at 4:00PM on Listening Lyrics

Mon, 04/29/2019 - 9:51am | Pieter Pastoor

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The areas premier band "The Outcome" joins Listening Lyrics to preview their brand new CD release.

The Outcome’s unique brand of genre-bending music combines grooving backbeats, melodic bass lines, textural atmospherics, and searing guitar leads to produce the challenging yet palatable songs that define the band’s sound. This Sacramento quartet has made their mark by striking a balance between complexity and listenability. While exerting meticulous focus of their material, Jesse, Andy, Mike, and Quinn refuse to settle or compromise their standards for songwriting. Seeing their music as a catalyst for connection, The Outcome look for ways to bring imaginative new experiences to listeners that manifest emotions and provoke intrigue.

For those outside the listening area this show will be streamed live on KDRT.

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