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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.

 

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E-Town

eTown KDRT

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
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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
DJ(s): 
Lois Richter
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NextGen Talks

NextGen Talks  is a youth-driven program that offers a fresh perspective on state politics, featuring interviews with city officials and state leaders. Hosted by Jazmin Garcia, a high school junior with extensive experience in local government, the program highlights issues that matter most to young people, such as public safety, housing, and education. By focusing on the local actions that shape the future for youth, NextGen Talks aims to bridge the gap between young citizens and their city leaders, fostering a more engaged and informed community.

Live Friday 5-5:30pm
DJ(s): 
Jazmin Garcia
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Independent and Local

Independent and Local

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
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Listening Lyrics

Listening Lyrics, Pieter Pastoor, KDRT
Welcome to an hour of LISTENING LYRICS. Right here on KDRT 95.7FM in Davis, California. Listening Lyrics is a genre free zone - we feature the artist. What makes them do their thing. Listen to the hope and satisfaction in their voices. Listen to what only commercial free community radio can bring you. Close your eyes - open your ears - relax your mind. Join host Pieter Pastoor as he sends color to your ears. Now lets enter, the mother of all that is music and lyrics and the human capability of producing art.
Live Friday 4-5pm
Replays Sunday 11am-12pm
DJ(s): 
Pieter Pastoor
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The Big Poppies on stage at Armadillo Music for 2nd Friday ArtAbout, June 9

Fri, 06/09/2017 - 6:16pm | Pieter Pastoor

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The Big Poppies, KDRT,

The BIG POPPIES appear at Armadillo Music for the KDRT  Second Friday ArtAbout, June 9at 6:30PM.The show will be broadcast live. Bio-dishing out grooves all along the west coast, The Big Poppies and their punch-pop blues have enthralled listeners and fans for years. Hailing from Yolo County, TBP deliver crunchy guitar riffs, sizzling solos, rumbling beats, moving your soul with tunes unique yet familiar. The Big Poppies are Ryan McBride,vocals/harmonica/guitar; Max Van Dyke, vocals/lead guitar; Ari Schwartz, bass/backing vocals; and Carlos Figueroa, drums. This show will stream live on KDRT for those outside the listening area. Locals, come on down!

 

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Is it Cowboy or is it Country?

Tue, 06/06/2017 - 10:06pm | Nancy Flagg

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Guitar closeup, photo by Nancy Flagg

Country and western music used to be played on the same radio stations, but they're not the same music styles. Can you tell the difference between Cowboy songs and Country songs? Nancy offers her "4 Markers of a Cowboy Song". She and Doug will play various songs and use the markers to  categorize tunes by their genre. But, regardless of the genre, it's all great music on this show!

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Jazz After Dark June 06 2017

Tue, 06/06/2017 - 7:15pm | Don Shor

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Jazz roots: New Orleans, boogie, blues, and more tonight.

  • Louis Armstrong
  • Sidney Bechet with Trixie Smith
  • Ella Fitzgerald & Chick Webb and His Orchestra
  • Meade Lux Lewis
  • Benny Carter & His Orchestra
  • Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
  • Jimmy Witherspoon
  • Pete Fountain
  • Bobby Hackett
  • Barney Bigard & Claude Luter
  • McCoy Tyner
  • Heritage Hall Jazz Band
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Davisville, June 4, 2017: The Summer of Love, Plus Pin A Go Go Outgrows its Local Home

Mon, 06/05/2017 - 6:25pm | Bill Buchanan

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Fifty years ago, the Summer of Love made San Francisco an international focus of pop culture, and people are still talking about the ripples. Today we join the conversation by talking with Gary Lee Yoder, a Davis guitarist/singer/songwriter who lived both here and in San Franciso in 1967. We discuss the Davis band Oxford Circle (he was a member), sitting next to Jann Wenner as Wenner typed up the first issue of Rolling Stone, and events that summer in Davis ... including a concert in Central Park where Yoder called the bluff of a police officer who said the band was playing too loud. In the show's second segment, we interview Steve Faith of Davis during this year’s Pin A Go Go pinball festival, which has grown too big to stick around at its longtime home at the Dixon May Fairgrounds. (This photo shows Davis' Sycamore Lane in 1967.)

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Divine Intervention Strikes - Jun 5

Mon, 06/05/2017 - 6:05pm | Jess Goddésse

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David McCallum cover photo

Tune in for another edition of Divine Intervention, emanating live from Davis, California, on this warm spring day. We'll have new rock/pop, probably some funky soul, and maybe even a little swinging country or jazz. No promises, except for a just-ducky Vinyl Vespers track from the pictured artist. Tune in 7-9p PT, only on KDRT 95.7fm.

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The Rayos - an intimate discussion - Jun 2nd, 2017

Fri, 06/02/2017 - 5:05pm | Pieter Pastoor

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What a great hour - community radio delivers an outstanding interview - listen now.

Oz Fritz writes about Saul and Elena as follows. "Saul Rayo's music reflects a rich active life of multitudinous experience and discovery.  Rayo observes nature, his own and the world around him, then writes and receives songs that stimulates and nourishes the creative soul.  Not so much food for thought as it is food for being.  Genuine, insightful, drawn from a life well lived.  Personally experienced, you can feel it not only in the melodies and lyrics he writes, but as it plays through his fingers in unique rhythm guitar grooves and syncopations that carries a tune like Atlas carries the World, only you can dance to it.

Listening Lyrics playlist for 06/02/2017
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Top Western Song of the Year(s)

Wed, 05/31/2017 - 12:33pm | Nancy Flagg

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Dutch Oven Cooking, photo by Nancy Flagg

We'll be serving up a hot plate of tunes that were named Song of the Year by the Western Music Association, from 2011 to 2016, as well as other tasty music morsels.

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Album of the Week: Caustic Love by Paolo Nutini (Thu 6/1 at 5PM)

Wed, 05/31/2017 - 10:36am | Eunah

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I've been listening to Paolo Nutini ever since I first got the FREE iTunes download from his debut album in 2006. This is a lot longer than usual for me to stick with an artist (uninterrupted), especially as most of my musical tastes have transformed significantly over time. What helped keep my interest in his music was that Nutini ALSO transformed over time. 

His first album (These Streets) was, for all intents and purposes, a mellow folk/pop album. It's nice, easy listening. 

Caustic Love was released on Atlantic Records in 2014 - this time he was exploring something different. This album is much more rooted in R&B and soul, with clear influences from artists like Marvin Gaye and Janis Joplin. The vocals aren't as balls-to-the-wall as some of the great soul singers but it's a different, gentler vocal style with the kind of raspy Joplin-esque quality that I really love.

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Jazz After Dark May 30 2017

Tue, 05/30/2017 - 7:29pm | Don Shor

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Jazz standards by great artists tonight!

  • Billie Holiday
  • Artie Shaw
  • Erroll Garner
  • Duke Ellington
  • Claude Williamson Trio
  • Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
  • Jack McDuff
  • Ella Fitzgerald
  • Dave Pike
  • Vince Guaraldi & Bola Sete
  • Howard Roberts
  • Dianne Reeves
  • Elek Bacsik
  • The Duke Robillard Jazz Trio
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"That's Life" ft. Autumn Labbe-Renault (Thu 6/1)

Tue, 05/30/2017 - 2:57pm | Eunah

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Tune into "That's Life" this week for an interview with Autumn Labbe-Renault. Topics of discussion will include Autumn's Etsy store as well as an update on what's new with KDRT, DMA and DCTV. The show airs Thursday at 1pm.

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