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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

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 Friday 7-8am
DJ(s): 
Nancy Flagg
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The Audio Ecotone

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"We have a tropical situation where there are thousands of 'species' of music around and they're all constantly cross-breeding and hybridizing. It's very exciting, but you can't keep up with it easily." -- Brian Eno

Live Friday 3-4pm
Replays Tuesday 7-8am, Saturday 6-7pm
DJ(s): 
Eddy Owt
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Divine Intervention (1st/3rd week) – The Electric Compost Heap (2nd/4th week)

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Divine Intervention with Jess Goddésse strikes the airwaves every 1st & 3rd Friday, bringing you an unholy assortment of rock, pop, punk, psych, funk, jazz, roots, and randomness across the decades plus brand new releases. For the truly devout, Vinyl Vespers, a celebration of record-store bargain bins, plus our Goddess of the Month featured artiste!

Live Friday 6-8pm
Replays Monday 9-11pm, Sunday 4-6pm
DJ(s): 
Jess Goddésse, Dug Deep
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Na Mele O Hawai'i

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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 Saturday 10am-12pm
DJ(s): 
Beth Post
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That's Life

Lois Richter’s format for That’s Life is mostly interviews. Recurring topics include Davis activities and groups; work and life choices; philosophy and theory; plus birding, cooking, art, and other passions. Lois occasionally breaks into music — from ballads to the slack key sounds of Hawaii to golden oldies rock 'n' roll — but mostly there is just talk.

To suggest a topic for discussion or a person to interview, text Lois or leave a message in the comments here.

Live Tuesday 12-1pm
Replays Wednesday 5-6pm
DJ(s): 
Lois Richter
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Divine Intervention Strikes - July 17

Mon, 07/17/2017 - 6:14pm | Jess Goddésse

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"Special price" indeed. Yep, the image is our Vinyl Vespers feature. Other than that, the music should be a good mix of rock/pop/punk, new and old. Tune in this evening for Divine Intervention on KDRT, 7-9p PT. Yep yep yep.

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Jazz After Dark July 11 2017

Tue, 07/11/2017 - 7:35pm | Don Shor

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Spanning the decades tonight: 1940's to 2011

  • Firehouse Five Plus Two
  • Billie Holiday
  • Count Basie Octet
  • Herbie Harper Quintet
  • The Lawrence Marable Quartet Featuring James Clay
  • Lucy Ann Polk
  • Horace Parlan
  • Bud Shank Quintet
  • Ella Fitzgerald
  • Grover Washington, Jr.
  • Benjamin Herman
  • Stanley Jordan
  • The Eleventh House with Larry Coryell
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Davisville, July 10, 2017: Catching Up with Firefall Co-Founder Rick Roberts

Mon, 07/10/2017 - 7:57pm | Bill Buchanan

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Rick Roberts was about 20 when he went to Los Angeles, looking to make his name in music—and he succeeded. In 1970 he was invited to join a country/rock band with an odd name but great musical genetics, the Flying Burrito Brothers, and then in the mid-1970s he co-founded Firefall, writing several of its hits (including “You Are the Woman” and “Just Remember I Love You”) over the next half-dozen years.

Now, decades later, we talk with him about his life from the Burritos until today, including the dormant years, alcoholism, other musical ventures, a head injury he writes about in his book Lame Brain, his recovery, his persistence, and his return to performing. He shares a few stories behind his songs and talks about playing again as a solo act.

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Divine Intervention Strikes - July 10

Mon, 07/10/2017 - 3:37pm | Jess Goddésse

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Tune in 7-9p Pacific time for another edition of Divine Intervention. In addition to a truly suberb Vinyl Vespers selection, we shall have new music from the likes Rod Melancon, Terry Anderson, R.Y.E., Lo Tom, and who knows what else.

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Banjo Bones, The Dark Side of Americana, Jul 7th, 2017

Fri, 07/07/2017 - 5:05pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Listen now - - Banjo Bones sings themes of the present in a voice of the past.  With lyrical content that spans the introspective to the esoteric, Banjo Bones combines elements of roots music into a genre defying style that borrows in equal portions from blues, jazz, country and folk.  Whiskey infused philosopher, frustrated poet, and wannabe cowboy, Banjo Bones takes listeners on a journey filled with the musical landscape equivalent to Death Valley, as told by a pallet of characters that would be perfectly at home in a Fante or Bukowski book. 

A founding member of post-punk band Samsara, based in Washington DC in the early part of the 1990s, JL Espada recorded and released a regionally successful EP (recorded in the legendary Inner Ear Studios, home of underground legends Fugazi), only to turn away from the music industry in 1996.  He eventually found his voice again through the alias Banjo Bones, and after relocating to Sacramento, CA in 2011, released several works, including the EP Failed Ambitions (2012), and the popular single Snowy Mountain (2013).  The full-length CD of new material, The Place of Dead Roads, was released March 5, 2015.  2017's Cowboy Dreams is the most recent release, a ten song collection of songs that can best be described as the soundtrack to a desert adventure.

In a music environment cluttered with overproduced, empty-minded flavor of the month music, Banjo Bones makes an honest attempt to keep the musical story-telling tradition alive. Visit Banjo Jones at www.banjobones.com. Note only songs played from the CD Cowboy Dreams are listed on the playlist

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Divine Intervention Strikes - July 3

Mon, 07/03/2017 - 3:26pm | Jess Goddésse

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This evening on Divine Intervention, we'll listen to some sweet sounds from the bands performing at tomorrow's Fourth of July celebration (thanks to the Davis Live Music Collective). "Which bands?" you ask. None other thanCon Brio, Achilles Wheel, and Element Brass Band. "Will this be fun?" you ask. Actually, no, you don't—because you know from the line-up that the answer is a definite "Yes!" Instead, you ask if George Maharis is in one of these bands. We decline to answer that silly question, but we do hope you'll tune in for the July 4th preview, new music, and, of course, Vinyl Vespers, only on Divine Intervention, 7-9p PT, on KDRT-FM.

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Jazz After Dark June 27 2017

Tue, 06/27/2017 - 7:24pm | Don Shor

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Some boogie, some virtuoso piano, and some soul jazz tonight.

  • Sue Palmer
  • Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Fats Navarro, Red Norvo, Hank Jones
  • The Lawrence Marable Quartet featuring James Clay
  • Clark Terry
  • Ella Fitzgerald
  • Oscar Peterson
  • Lionel Hampton & Axel Zwingenberger
  • Roland Kirk
  • The Contemporary Piano Ensemble
  • The Howard Roberts Quartet
  • Brandi Disterheft
  • Jack Sheldon
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Divine Intervention Strikes - June 26

Mon, 06/26/2017 - 6:28pm | Jess Goddésse

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Tonight on Divine Intervention, we'll listen to new rock/pop releases, sprinkle in some random genres, and worship together for a VERY SPECIAL Vinyl Vespers, which may or may  not be a rerun -- who can tell at this point? Certainly not your hostesse. Tune in 7-9p PT, only on KDRT.

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Album of the Week - NEW Garrett Pierce - June 22

Thu, 06/22/2017 - 4:43pm | Jess Goddésse

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The East Bay Express expresses it best: "Garrett pens songs that are literary in style with well-worked lyrics and a voice that soars over dark, ethereal melodies...ranging from raving pop to solemn folk, from Shins-like exuberance to Mark Kozalek's charismatic sadness." Dusk is no exception. Tune in Thursday, June 22, 5-6p, for Album of the Week on KDRT. Jess Goddesse hosts.

 
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Jazz After Dark June 20 2017

Tue, 06/20/2017 - 7:55pm | Don Shor

Bossa nova and jazz samba tonight!

  • Eliane Elias
  • Vince Guaraldi Trio
  • Charlie Byrd & Stan Getz
  • Sam Lazar
  • Dave Pike
  • Stan Getz & Luiz Bonfá
  • Kenny Burrell Octet
  • Rahsaan Roland Kirk
  • Clark Terry & Chico O'Farrill
  • Boots Randolph
  • Ella Fitzgerald
  • Gerry Mulligan & Jane Duboc
  • Fabrizio Bosso with Strings
  • Jazz Nuances
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