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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

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
Homepage URL: 
Democracy Now! on the Web
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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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Jazz After Dark

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Join jazz aficionado Don Shor as he explores the diverse and fascinating world of jazz. Jazz After Dark spans the gamut, from roots in boogie-woogie, blues, and ragtime through traditional and straight-ahead jazz, soul jazz, bossa nova, and more. 

Live Tuesday 8-9pm
Replays Wednesday 10-11pm
DJ(s): 
Don Shor
Homepage URL: 
Jazz After Dark on the Web (blog with playlists)
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Exploration with Michio Kaku

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An hour long radio program on science, technology, politics, and the environment. Topics covered include black holes, time travel, higher dimensions, string theory, wormholes, search for extra-terrestial life, dark matter and dark energy, the future of space travel, genetic engineering, the aging process, the future of medicine, the human body shop, artificial intelligence, the future of computers and robots, as well as topics from science fiction.

Hosted by Michio Kaku.

Live Monday 12-1pm
Homepage URL: 
http://mkaku.org/home/radio/
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Hello Davis!

Hello Davis!

Hello Davis! spotlights the people and organizations that help define the character of our town. Each week, one of the follow local community organizations hosts the program in rotation, interviewing guests connected to their work — sharing stories, highlighting their programs, and offering a closer look at how they serve Davis. 

Live Wednesday 5:30-6pm
DJ(s): 
Pieter Pastoor
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Frank Fox His Life and Doo Wop, recorded Aug 23rd, 2019

Fri, 08/23/2019 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Born on a mountain top , no no Brooklyn Brownsville East NY, raised on Jewish , African American and Latin music from the moment my ears were aware. Founder and vocal arranger for Frankie and The Fabletones, , acappella ensembles AKA, Spirit Feel, Full House, Doo Wop after Dark. Back in the 20th, hit recordings of Unchained Melody and Gloria and novelty versions of Hello Dolly and High Noon, with Vito and The Salutations. Been singing ever since i can recall, love to sing everything but especially the blues. Singing harmony instructor since 1956- in Davis since 1983, classes at Learning Exchange Experimental College Davis Art Center, currently pursuing a new career as a KDRT DJ.

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Jazz After Dark August 20 2019

Tue, 08/20/2019 - 7:33pm | Don Shor

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All jazz from 1959 tonight on Jazz After Dark. We’ll hear from the greats:  Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Nat "King" Cole, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges, Charles Mingus, Paul Desmond Quartet with Jim Hall, Cannonball Adderley Quintet & John Coltrane, Chet Baker, Gil Evans, Dave Brubeck Quartet

Photo, clockwise from upper left: Nat King Cole, Miles Davis, Gil Evans, Ella Fitzgerald.

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High Country Music Radio debut show!

Mon, 08/19/2019 - 9:49am | Jeff Shaw

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Tune into the debut show of High Country Music Radio tomorrow, Tuesday, August 20 at 11am and "leave the big city behind," as your host Rusty Nail says.   

Starting tomorrow, every Tuesday at 11am consider it your time to tap your feet to "music born from the mountains, plains, rivers and deserts"  - check out the show page here to listen to the archive if you can't make the debut:   https://kdrt.org/program/high-country-music-radio

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Listening Lyrics for Aug 16th, 2019

Fri, 08/16/2019 - 6:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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We are back - enough of the reruns as Jeanne and I were on vacation.

We came back a couple of days early and had a rerun scheduled but coundn't resist going into the studio. It felt good.

So we played some music from acts we missed - stuff we saw on the road - and some extra tidbits - check out the playlist.

Listening Lyrics playlist for 08/16/2019
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Jazz After Dark August 13 2019

Tue, 08/13/2019 - 7:52pm | Don Shor

Coming up tonight on Jazz After Dark!

8 pm Tuesday at 95.7 FM, KDRT-LP in Davis CA

Live streaming at https://kdrt.org/page/listen-now

Nat King Cole, Don Ewell / Sidney Bechet, Johnny Smith, Ben Webster & Johnny Hodges, Billie Holiday, Benny Carter & Oscar Peterson Trio, Benny Carter, Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Dave Brubeck & Gerry Mulligan, Claude Bolling Big Band, Nancy Wilson & The Great Jazz Trio

Archives and playists here:

https://kdrt.org/blogs/don-shor-0

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Davisville, Aug. 12, 2019: One year later with Councilmember Dan Carson

Mon, 08/12/2019 - 6:10pm | Bill Buchanan

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Dan Carson has completed his first year on the Davis City Council, and today on Davisville we get his take on several of the public questions the council has faced -- paid parking downtown, muni broadband, new rental housing projects, the ballot measure to indefinitely extend the extra 1-cent city sales tax, and the prospect that the state’s response to California's housing shortage might compel Davis to add thousands of new homes over time.

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Jazz After Dark August 06 2019

Tue, 08/06/2019 - 7:34pm | Don Shor

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Coming up tonight on Jazz After Dark: cool jazz artists from 1954 – 2007.

Vince Guaraldi & Bola Sete, Roy Haynes & Kenny Clarke, Kai Winding, J.J. Johnson, John Lewis, Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker, Gil Evans, Miles Davis, Stan Getz & Luiz Bonfá, Al Haig, Mel Tormé, Dave Brubeck Quartet ft. Jim Hall.

Live Tuesday 8-9pm. Replays Monday 11pm, Tuesday 12 midnight, Wednesday 10 pm.

Live-streaming at https://kdrt.org/page/listen-now

Check us out on iTunes, PlayerFM (https://player.fm/featured/jazz), and other podcast sites!

Blog with playlists at https://kdrt.org/blogs/don-shor-0

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Woodstock 50th Anniversary Featured Aug. 14 and 15 with 7 Hours of Live Recordings from Back to the Garden

Sat, 08/03/2019 - 3:41pm | Diane Crumley

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This August 15th  marks the 50th anniversary of the legendary 1969 Woodstock Music Festival, that included many of the most influential musicians of the sixties era.  Longtime KDRT programmers Wayne, Rodriguez, and Jim are pre-empting their regular programs this week to bring you 7 hours of live recordings selected from "Woodstock – Back to the Garden – 50th Anniversary Experience" - a 10 CD collection, including all 32 Woodstock bands. KDRT's special programing continues Thursday, August 15th, from 5-9pm with Rodriguez and Jim "Live Tracks" Buchanan. From 5-7pm, Rodriguez will feature selections from mid-concert bands such as Mountain, Grateful Dead, CCR, Janis, The Who, Jefferson Airplane and Joe Cocker.  At 7-9pm, Jim will continue with Country Joe and The Fish, The Band, Johnny Winter, CSN&Y, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, and Jimi Hendrix.  BONUS: Each Sunday in August, DJ Alligator will dedicate The Golden Road show 4-6 pm to live Woodstock recordings as well.

 

 

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Jazz After Dark July 30 2019

Tue, 07/30/2019 - 7:15pm | Don Shor

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Coming up at 8 pm on Jazz After Dark: the soulful sounds of Houston Person and Etta Jones, together and with others, from albums spanning 1960 to 2008. Plus a little Cannonball Adderley with Milt Jackson.

Live Tuesday 8-9 pm. Replays Monday 11 pm, Tuesday 12 midnight, Wednesday 10 pm.

Live-streaming at https://kdrt.org/page/listen-now

Blog with playlists at https://kdrt.org/blogs/don-shor-0

Check us out on iTunes, PlayerFM, and other podcast sites!

https://player.fm/featured/jazz

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Davisville, July 29, 2019: Going back to high school, sort of

Mon, 07/29/2019 - 6:10pm | Bill Buchanan

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High school’s an interesting time. You’re exiting childhood, not yet an adult, you’re trying to figure out who you are, while fitting in, while going your own way, and your classmates are suddenly attractive in ways they weren’t just a few years before. And you’re trying to set yourself up for college or a job, while under pressure to achieve. Whatever high school means to you, when it’s done … you move on. Until enough years have passed and you hear from a classmate that your class is having a reunion! Want to come?

On today’s Davisville, my guests are reunion organizers from two Davis High School classes that are having significant anniversaries this fall and summer: Cindy Cooper Evans (left) from the Class of 1969, and Margaret Bridge from the Class of 1999. We talk about the reunions, what they enjoy about them, how classmates and their attitudes toward the high school years change as they get older, and what advice they’d have for their high school selves.

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