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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: 
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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, not the destination. 

DJ(s): 
RayK
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Crossing Continents

In this World Music show, Gil covers the Middle East, the Mediterranean region, North Africa, Central Asia, and the Indian sub continent, including traditional and contemporary musical styles. This is not a pop music show!

Live Monday 10am-12pm
DJ(s): 
Gil Medovoy
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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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Sometimes Folk

Bill Wagman explores an eclectic range of music, including traditional folk of the British Isles and the U.S, contemporary singer/songwriters on both sides of the Atlantic, and American roots music and some of its lesser-known offshoots. Tune in for a great music mix!

Live Wednesday 10am-12pm
Replays Saturday 12-2pm
DJ(s): 
Bill Wagman
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In the Key of Folk, Aug. 6, 2025

Wed, 08/06/2025 - 12:30pm | Karen Leyse

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Folk festivals are surely a place for good vibes!  In line with that, today In the Key of Folk will feature several additional tracks from the Vancouver Folk Festival, along with some favorite oldies from Gordon Lightfoot, and more new album releases by Watchhouse, Jez Lowe, Janet Feld, and Christine Lavin. We'll end the hour with a few contra dance tracks to invigorate you for the day! Tune in today  at 2 p.m. on KDRT 95.7 FM in Davis, CA & KDRT.org online.

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Jazz After Dark, Aug. 5, 2025

Tue, 08/05/2025 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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On tonight's show:

  • Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald, Summertime
  • Major Glenn Miller & The American Band of The Allied Expeditionary Force, Caribbean Clipper
  • Dave Pike, cattin' latin
  • Count Basie and His Orchestra, Good Times Blues
  • Count Basie and His Orchestra, Blues in Hoss's Flat (feat. Waymon Reed, Jimmy Forrest & Al Grey)
  • Ella Fitzgerald & Tommy Flanagan, Night and Day
  • Marcos Valle, So Nice (Summer Samba) - Marcos Valle
  • Charlie Byrd, Favela
  • Jim Hall, Curacao Doloroso
  • The Hot Club Of San Francisco, Giselle - Waltz D'Entichement
  • Grover Washington Jr., Estate (Ess-tah-tay)
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Davisville, Aug. 4, 2025: ‘I want him (Guaraldi) to become one of our Tchaikovskys’

Mon, 08/04/2025 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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Vince Guaraldi’s music continues to have a wonderful afterlife, thanks to the successful recent releases of the Peanuts soundtracks that Guaraldi recorded before he died at 47 in 1976. Today we update the story with Derrick Bang, who wrote the book about the San Francisco jazz pianist and writes liner notes for the Peanuts soundtrack producers Jason and Sean Mendelson. Bang believes there’s likely more unreleased music to come even after the soundtracks series ends. Today on Davisville he also names an often-overlooked Guaraldi song that he says evokes a stroll in the rain as winningly as the composer’s Christmas song “Skating” evokes kids skating on a pond. We hear part of the song, “Rain, Rain Go Away,” which is nothing like the children’s nursery rhyme.

Bang underscores his belief in Guaraldi’s music and talent. “I want to do the best I can to make sure that his music lives into the 22nd century,” he says on today’s program. “I want him to become one of our Tchaikovskys.”

Illustration taken from the cover of The Charlie Brown Suite and Other Favorites CD (2003), which uses a drawing of Vince Guaraldi by Charles Schulz.

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Live in the studio: Alex Roth and poet Claudia Kiefer, Sunday, Aug. 3, at 5 p.m.

Fri, 08/01/2025 - 6:00pm | Pieter Pastoor

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We're excited to welcome back a familiar and much-loved voice to the KDRT studio — singer/songwriter Alex Roth, visiting Davis all the way from his new home in Germany. Alex has long been a beloved musician in Northern California — leading such fine bands as the West Nile Ramblers — and it's a real treat to have him back on the air with us.

Adding to the excitement, Alex is bringing along a special guest from Germany: poet Claudia Kiefer. Born in Stendal, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Claudia trained and worked as an economist and business analyst. She is an active member of the Heidelberg poets’ collective "Kamina" and has collaborated with the Literaturvilla Herrenhof (part of the Querfälltein festival) for readings and events. Many of her earlier works — both poetry and prose — were featured in anthologies, including the Friedrich Hölderlin anthology Ins Offene, published by Wunderhorn in 2020. Claudia's poetry often focuses on nature as a gateway to human emotion and inner life. She evokes the ordinary — clouds, birds, plants — but filters them through a poetic sensibility infused with a sense of subtle enchantment.

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'Children of Sanchez' sets the tone this week on Listening Lyrics, Aug. 1, 2025

Fri, 08/01/2025 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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I usually say, never start a summary with an apology. But today, I’ll make an exception. I want to apologize for not properly introducing this week’s show at the beginning of the program.

That said, this week’s episode took a powerful turn. Ray Keck joined me for an hour of reflection on the tragic consequences of war—especially its toll on innocent children. The conversation was sparked by the news of Chuck Mangione’s passing. Listening to his album Children of Sanchez led us into this moving hour of reflection through music.

Here's the playlist.

Listening Lyrics playlist for 08/01/2025
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Divine Intervention – Aug. 1, 2025

Fri, 08/01/2025 - 4:00pm | Jess Goddésse

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It's almost time for Divine Intervention, bringing you the latest releases from the Albinos, the Darts, Frankie & the Witch Fingers, Muck & the Mires, Turtle Skull ... fantastic classics from our Goddess of the Month, Fontella Bass ... a questionable Vinyl Vesper track ... plus sweet sounds to round out the show. Join Jess Goddésse at 6 p.m. Pacific here on KDRT 95.7 fm + KDRT.org + those podcast apps!

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Davis Garden Show, July 31, 2025

Thu, 07/31/2025 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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On today’s show: managing  an aging hedge, tomatilloes, oleander followup, Rudbeckia Goldsturm, and more.

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In the Key of Folk, July 30, 2025

Wed, 07/30/2025 - 1:30pm | Karen Leyse

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Summertime is Festival Time, and today In the Key of Folk brings you a program just about straight from the Vancouver B.C. Folk Festival. We're starting off with a good-bye to Tom Lehrer. Then we're moving into festival land with tracks from the Nordic group, Víík, along with the Rumbaristas and Locarno, followed by such well-known singer-songwriters as Jake Xerces Fussell, Kris Drever, Watchhouse, and more singer-songwriters from the U.S. & Canada. So join us for some new voices from the happily independent Canadian provinces! 2 p.m. Wednesday on KDRT 95.7 FM in Davis, CA & KDRT.org online. 

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Jazz After Dark, July 29, 2025

Tue, 07/29/2025 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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On tonight's show:

  • Benny Carter, Sweet Georgia Brown
  • Artie Shaw, What Is This Thing Called Love?
  • Ella Fitzgerald, In a Mellow Tone
  • Miles Davis, Doxy
  • Billie Holiday, Embraceable You
  • Eddie Harris, Exodus
  • Gerry Mulligan & The Concert Jazz Band, Body and Soul
  • Kenny Burrell Octet, If I Should Lose You
  • Count Basie, Makin' Whoopee
  • Frank Sinatra, I've Got You Under My Skin
  • Eddie Lockjaw Davis with Paul Gonsalves, If I Should Lose You
  • Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Bye Bye Blackbird
  • Dianne Reeves, The Nearness of You / Misty
  • Ximo Tebar, St. Thomas
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Electric Compost Heap -- July 25, 2025

Fri, 07/25/2025 - 8:09pm | Dug Deep

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Tonight in the Electric Compost Heap, we say Happy Birthday and pay tribute to American artist George Clinton who just turned 84 years old earlier this week! Oh, yeah, it's more P-Funk than you can handle! We'll also say goodbye to Ozzy Osbourne who just left us. Wait, can that be done in one 2-hour radio show? Anything is possible with the electrical magic of Radio Compost! Hope you can join us at KDRT.org!

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