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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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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 Tuesday 10-11pm, Sunday 12-1pm
DJ(s): 
Pieter Pastoor
Homepage URL: 
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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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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
Homepage URL: 
Sometimes Folk
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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
Homepage URL: 
Cowboy Tracks
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The Wild Fox Party

WILD FOX RADIO PARTY

Tune in for a wide variety of roots music — including doo-wop, gospel, jazz, blues, rock 'n' roll, Latin, African, and hillbilly/country bluegrass — from the early 1920s to contemporary times. The Wild Fox Party focuses on vocal groups , small-group ensembles, and outstanding vocalists and instrumentalists who never or hardly ever get heard. The music provides a forum for learning about history and diverse cultures, and it does so through the exposure of music as art, highlighting points in time that will last forever via the medium of audio recordings.

Live Tuesday 10-11am
Replays Wednesday 11pm-Thursday 12am
DJ(s): 
Frank aka Dr Doowop Fox, Doo Wop Dave
Homepage URL: 
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Album of the Week - Jonathan Segel's "Edgy Not Antsy"

Thu, 07/21/2016 - 11:25am | Dug Deep

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Jonathan Segel spent a good deal of his childhood in Davis and is best known for being the violin player in Camper Van Beethoven, but he holds a master's degree in music composition and has a LONG list of collaborations and solo material, much of which is truly exceptional. Tonight we will highlight his 2003 solo release Edgy Not Antsy. It's at different times trippy, minimalist, dreamy, poppy, flourishing, and experimental—and always lots of fun. The songwriting is largly observational, and the subject matter ranges from alienation ("Losing Touch") to "Civil Disobediance" to mindless consumerism ("World of Suckers") with lots of wry humor tossed in. Tune in at 5 pm PT tonight. Dug Deep hosts.

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Jazz After Dark July 19, 2016

Tue, 07/19/2016 - 7:52pm | Don Shor

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Soul jazz, bebop, hard bop, a bit of pop, and some bossa nova! Rebroadcasts Thursdays at 11 pm, and Saturdays at 9 pm. 

  • Ivie Anderson with Duke Ellington
  • Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
  • Duke Ellington with Mahalia Jackson
  • Lou Levy
  • Hideo Shiraki
  • Joe Morello
  • Kenny Burrell
  • Cannonball Adderley
  • Roland Kirk
  • Roland Kirk
  • Ella Fitzgerald
  • Jim Hall
  • Ron McCroby
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Gary Chew: Third Streaming

Wed, 07/13/2016 - 1:07pm | Gary Chew

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This Friday (7-15-16) at 3 PM, Gary opens this hour of music with a piece that recognizes one of the principal means of converyance in the City of Davis.  He'll also spin a tune performed by jazz alto sax player, Paul Desmond that takes note of the current weather we've been having.  Two famous Brits, deeply into composing, are offered for your listening pleasure, too; on of them named Finzi; the other ... McCartney.  Film music this week features pieces by Alex North.  And another film composer who came before North also has a spot on Third Streaming this week; an Erich Wolfgang Korngold work gets fiddled in fine style and technique by Gil Shaham.  Your ears need to hear this program.  It's called, Gary Chew: Third Streaming. 

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Jazz After Dark July 12, 2016

Tue, 07/12/2016 - 7:20pm | Don Shor

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Jazz with a 60s theme: familiar melodies by some legendary perfomers.

  • Backwoods Jazz Quartet  
  • Dinah Washington  
  • Ramsey Lewis Trio  
  • Paul Desmond  
  • Illinois Jacquet  
  • Frank Sinatra  
  • Gabor Szabo  
  • Gerry Mulligan  
  • Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie and His Orchestra  
  • Billy Taylor & Gerry Mulligan  
  • Jorge Pardo
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Davisville, July 11, 2016: Managing the Last Record Store in Town

Tue, 07/12/2016 - 12:55pm | Bill Buchanan

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Paul Wilbur manages Armadillo Music downtown. Not too many years ago it would have been one of several record stores in our college town, but the big shift to downloads and streaming has decimated the ranks of traditional record shops. On today’s show Paul (shown here holding a Ramones LP at KDRT) talks about how they make the store work, why people still buy CDs and vinyl, types of music that sell well in Davis, and why the Scorpions are his favorite band. “Music makes us feel good,” he says. “Any bad day [for me] can be instantly corrected if I just put on Love at First Sting.”

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Album Review: Yours, Dreamily, by The Arcs

Mon, 07/11/2016 - 10:37am | Scott Korinke

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Yours, Dreamily

Yours, Dreamily, the first full-length release from Dan Auerbach's side project The Arcs, finds Auerbach dabbling with Spanish Rock on several dreamy jams full of expirementation. The album kicks of with lead single Outta My Mind, by far the most mainstream tune on the album, with its lyrics conveying Auerbach's life story in the midst of repeating guitar solos. However, the album immediately branches off, replacing guitar solos with fuzzy, dreamlike guitar chords and expiremental melodies far from the mainstream. Much of the lyrics, especially on "Pistol Made of Bones," are full of elaborate imagery that adds to the mysterious vibe. The album clearly has a Latin and Spanish influence, from the album cover to the lyrics. Standout tracks include "The Arc," with sounds most reminiscent of the Black Keys, and "Searching the Blue," the last track and the best example of a psychadelic slow jam on the album. Overall, Yours, Dreamily, is another win for Dan Auerbach, who is slowly but surely cementing himself as a 21st century rock icon.

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The Big Poppies on Listening lyrics Jul 8th, 2016

Fri, 07/08/2016 - 5:05pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Both Winters, CA and Davis, CA are home to some very fine musicians. When you combine the talent of these two towns a powerhouse of music springs forth. Meet THE BIG POPPIES. The Big Poppies are a four piece blues rock band from Davis, CA. All of their original songs pull from a wide variety of genres that make each song different and interesting. While inspired by Jazz, Funk, Folk, and Classic Rock, The Big Poppies unify their sound with groove and jams and powerful vocals. Listen in as the Big Poppies talk about their new CD and play some live tunes for us. Follow The Big Poppies on their Bandcamp page.

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Jazz After Dark July 05, 2016

Tue, 07/05/2016 - 7:52pm | Don Shor

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Spanning the decades with jazz! Selections from the 30s, the 60s, and the 90s.

  • Benny Goodman 
  • The Mills Brothers & Ella Fitzgerald
  • Billie Holiday 
  • Peggy Lee 
  • Django Reinhardt 
  • Modern Jazz Quartet
  • Mundell Lowe And His All Stars 
  • Sam Lazar  *  Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd 
  • Vince Guaraldi 
  • Chico Hamilton 
  • Eva Cassidy 
  • Lew Tabackin
  • Dianne Reeves 
  • Toots Thielemans
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Jazz After Dark June 28, 2016

Tue, 06/28/2016 - 7:14pm | Don Shor

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An hour of upbeat jazz for a summer evening!

  • Major Glenn Miller & The American Band Of The Allied Expeditionary Force
  • Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
  • Frank Sinatra; Tommy Dorsey; Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
  • Jimmy Hamilton
  • Ahmad Jamal
  • Ella Fitzgerald
  • Keely Smith; Louis Prima
  • Ben Webster & Johnny Hodges
  • Big Miller; Bob Florence Big Band
  • Big Miller; Bob Florence Big Band
  • Cannonball Adderley
  • Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
  • Jo Jones
  • Bria Skonberg; Dal Richards; Jamie Croil
  • Chet Baker
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Davisville, June 27, 2016: Kindling a Startup Culture That Would Make Sense for Davis

Mon, 06/27/2016 - 6:05pm | Bill Buchanan

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Kari Rundquist is the new chief executive of Davis Roots, a 4-year-old nonprofit that helps fledgling companies get started in Davis—it's a Silicon Valley kind of ambition, except based here. The idea is that if these companies emerge and grow in Davis, they will add jobs, opportunity, money, and variety to the local economy. 

"We have an opportunity to create commerce for entrepreneurs, and for innovation, and for economic development, sort of on our own terms," she says. The opportunity is often based on research that emerges from UC Davis. "So much of the science coming out of the university is really inspiring, altruistic kinds of science," she adds, "[and] is very aligned with our kind of community values." On today’s program she talks about the possibilities ahead.

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