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ABOUT US

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.

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

Night Train Cocktail Lounge

A saloon of songs and sounds from back then, focusing on anything recorded between the 1890s and the 1970s. All forms of jazz, blues, rock, surf, garage, punk, country, folk, film-radio-television samples, speeches, comedy, and anything grabbed from the ages and put to cylinder, wax or tape, colliding on top each other.

Night Train Cocktail Lounge is produced live at WXOX-LP FM in Louisville, KY. All local material is edited, including times and dates, making each episode an evergreen episode. All episodes are FCC compliant.

Live Wednesday 9-10pm

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Night Train Cocktail Lounge

Democracy Now!

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

Reggae Cruise

Reggae music from over 100 nations highlighting the global reach and how the components have contributed to its evolution with a focus on the 21st century. No dancehall.

Live Friday 11pm-Saturday 12am

Homepage URL:

Reggae Cruise

That California Sound!

That California Sound! Local + Regional Music from The Golden State ... From Then ... To Now features local, regional, and small touring bands throughout California while highlighting the history and culture of California musicians, venues, teachers, recording studios, promoters, festivals, and general resources that enrich our community.

Live Monday 6-8pm

Replays Thursday 7-9am

DJ(s):

JonEmery, Scott Schiller

More programs ...

Gary Chew: Third Streaming

Wed, 05/11/2016 - 2:45pm | Gary Chew

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A varied and listenable mix of music streams your way on "Gary Chew: Third Streaming" Friday at 3pm.

Gary has creations by Prokofiev, Howard Hanson and Ernest Chausson. Then from the world of film, two pieces by Thomas Newman, as used for the movie In the Bedroom and Miklos Rosza's Main Theme from Double Indemnity, that 1944 noirish delight with Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck and Edward G. Robinson.

Tailing out the hour: Oscar Peterson does "You Stepped Out Of A Dream" as only Oscar can tranfix lovers of piano jazz; the 1st movement of Calendrelli's "Concerto for Jazz Clarinet and Orchestra" will astonish your auditory system as Eddie Daniels solos; the Quartetto Italiano re-establishes the aural beauty of that final movement of Claude Debussy's "String Quarter in G Minor."

Jazz After Dark May 10, 2016

Tue, 05/10/2016 - 7:36pm | Don Shor

Great jazz from live performances tonight!

Joe Williams with The Count Basie Orchestra
Ella Fitzgerald in Japan
Ramsey Lewis
Chet Baker & Gerry Mulligan at Carnegie Hall
George Benson at Carnegie
Dave Brubeck Quartet 25th Anniversary Reunion
Mel Tormé, the Classic Concert Live
Jaki Byard and Tommy Flanagan
Toots Thielemans
The Taylor Eigsti Trio, Live at Filoli

Davisville, 5/9/16: First he was an Aggie. Then he photographed the Beatles

Tue, 05/10/2016 - 5:25pm | Bill Buchanan

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Ethan Russell was a student at UC Davis in the 1960s. Then he left for England, where he met Mick Jagger, John Lennon, and began photographing many of the biggest rock stars of the era. On May 20 he’ll speak at the Harris Center in Folsom, where he’ll present and talk about his photos and the stories behind them. We get a preview today on Davisville, including how he got this photo that became the cover of the classic Who’s Next—you’re looking at the CD version, with the campus in the background—as well as his memories of Davis.

Bob Wertzberger Joins Listening Lyrics Friday May 6, 2016 at 4:00PM

Fri, 05/06/2016 - 3:54pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Bob Wertzberger visits KDRT

Bob Wertzberger is well known in and around Davis, CA. The two main reasons are his music and his landscaping business. Bob has performed with several bands throughout his career, such as, Fun Attic, Anywhere But Iowa, Polyester Jones, Chickee Bob and B and K roadshow. He also performs solo. Bob will be appearing at the prestigious Davis Music Fest this year in June. Join us for an hour with Bob.

All Listening Lyrics shows are live on Fridays from 4-5PM (PDT) on KDRT 95.7FM. For those outside the listening area, the show will stream live online at KDRT.org. It will also be available for replays in the show archives or as an podcast on iTunes under Listening Lyrics.

Connect with Listening Lyrics on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter

3rd Streaming with Gary Chew, Fri 5/6 3p PT

Fri, 05/06/2016 - 2:26pm | Jess Goddésse

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This Friday at 3 p.m. PT on the fabulous KDRT, Gary Chew features music from two fine motion pictures: Elmer Gantry and The English Patient. Both were great films, and the music is pretty great too. Gary Chew, third streaming on KDRT 95.7 FM/KDRT.org.

Albert Kuvezin and Yat-Kha - "Re-Covers" - TH 5/5

Thu, 05/05/2016 - 10:52am | Jess Goddésse

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Yat-Kha is a Tuvan band (formed in Russia) led by vocalist/guitarist Albert Kuvezin. Despite the fact that this 2005 LP revolves around covers, the sound is absolutely unique, melding Tuvan-style throat singing with a rock feel. On Re-covers, Yat-Kha pays a distrinctive tribute to many influential musicans and bands, from Led Zeppelin to Joy Division, from Motorhead to Bob Marley.

KDRT's Album of the Week airs every Thursday evening at 5 p.m. PT on KDRT. This week's host is Jess Goddesse.

Album Review: Gon' Boogaloo by C.W. Stoneking

Wed, 05/04/2016 - 11:48pm | Scott Korinke

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Gon' Boogaloo

Gon' Boogaloo is the third original album from Australian blues artist C.W. Stoneking. Record in only two days, the albums sound hearkens back to the swing and blues music of the 1950s, including artists like Eddie Cochran and Buddy Holly. The production is refreshingly straightforward, refusing to complicate itself with fancy or exprimental production techniques, allowing Stoneking's gravelly voice and blues guitar to standout with none of the cluttered and overproduced sound that haunts much of contemporary music. Part of the album's appeal is the refusal to be trendy, instead being unapologetically and uncompromisingly original and old fashioned. Standout tracks on the album include the frantic and energetic "The Jungle Swing" and "Tomorrow Gon' Be Too Late," a relaxed and introspective blues tune. Overall, C.W. Stoneking continues to impress with his blues skill and sensibility, making music that will delight fans of old school blues and roots music.

Woof It Up for the Big Day of Giving - Go BigDoG! - May 3rd

Tue, 05/03/2016 - 7:49pm | Jess Goddésse

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Come howl with KDRT on Tuesday, May 3rd, 5-9P at the Sudwerk’s dock, where we’ll Woof It Up for the BigDoG—the Big Day of Giving! It’s a community event with entertainment provided by Music Only Makes Sense—the fine folks who bring us the Davis Music Festival. The evening's lineup includes DMF alumni Richie Lawrence and the Yolos, Alicia Murphy, and the Toadmortons. There's even rumor of a BigDoG-themed photo booth... :-D The Sudwerk's taps will be flowing, with a portion of proceeds benefitting KDRT and Davis Media Access. Other local non-profits will be on hand to help us celebrate, including the Pence Gallery and Cool Davis. Due to technical difficulties on the Big DoG side, to donate now, please go directly to Davis Media Access. TY!

Adam Block visits Listening Lyrics on April 29, 2016 at 4:00PM

Fri, 04/29/2016 - 3:37pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Adam Block visits KDRT

Talk about a musician’s musician, Adam Block knows his way around a guitar. KDRT is thrilled he will be in the studio this Friday. Adam has played guitar for 20 + years. After studying history and graduating from UC Davis in 2004, he continued studying guitar with Dave Lynch at Guitar Workshop and then decided to apply to Berklee College of Music in Boston. He earned a Bachelor degree in music and graduated from Berklee College in 2012. Adam has since studied and performed various styles of music: blues, jazz, rock, R&B, Funk and soul. He has also studied Senegalese music as well as different styles of African guitar playing. He has worked as a sideman in many bands on the East and West coasts, and has also led bands performing his original songs and compositions. Adam has taught guitar students of all ages, young and old and enjoys sharing his knowledge of music and the guitar with his students.

Album of the Week - Bad Books II - 4/28 5-6P

Thu, 04/28/2016 - 1:54pm | Justin Cox

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I got into Bad Books after years of listening to Kevin Devine, a Brooklyn indie/punk musician who is one of my favorite songwriters. The group is a side-project featuring Devine and members of the band Manchester Orchestra, whose singer is Andy Hull. This is the second of their two albums, and it's a great listen.

Both Kevin Devine and Manchester Orchestra have albums I like just as much (and some more) than this one, but Devine and Hull are playing a show together in SF next month, so it feels like a good time for Bad Books. Plus, it’s just a tight 11-song indie record.

Also, unlike others, it’s free of profanity, meaning I won't have to do any on-the-fly lyric censorship during the show. I’ll have my three-year-old son in the booth (it’s take-your-kid-to-work day at UC Davis) and I’m sure he’ll be trying to stir up a ruckus in there, so I’ll need to keep my attention on that.

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