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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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A Mix of Music

DJ Dave Reynolds takes you on a journey through the world of music.  

Live Friday 1-2pm
Replays Monday 10-11pm
DJ(s): 
DJ Dave
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Blue Light Central

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Every week, the big blue train we call the Blue Light Central rumbles out of the station for an hour-long ride through a landscape of blues, classic R&B, soul, gospel, zydeco, and low-down boogie. Mark Drnek is your ticket agent, porter, engineer, brakeman, and conductor on a weekly excursion through the vast music landscape.

Live Thursday 9-10pm
Homepage URL: 
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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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The News Cycle

The Davis Senior High School's Blue Devil Hub produces this weekly show for the Davis community. The show dives into issues relevant to students and residents. In addition to KDRT, you can find the show at bluedevilhub.com.

Live Monday 5-5:30pm
DJ(s): 
DHS Journalism Class
Homepage URL: 
Davis Hub
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Silver Nine Volt Heart

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Join your host Rodriguez as he swings the gate wide open for a cool musical trip featuring sounds from all points of the compass.  Being mindful that "everything connects to everything else," on Silver Nine Volt Heart  you will find the many colorful threads that make up the tapestry of recorded sound ... just click it on and let the music start. 

Live Tuesday 7-9am
Replays Saturday 3-5pm
DJ(s): 
Rodriguez
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Album Review: I Was on the Moon, by Owen Plant

Sun, 09/18/2016 - 9:36pm | Scott Korinke

I Was on the Moon, Owen Plant

I Was on the Moon

I Was on the Moon is the 7th release by Owen Plant, a folk-pop artist from Georgia with a 15 year career. The folk side of Plant takes center stage on his latest release, a melancholy set of laidback, introspective folk songs. The tunes are emotional but not distraught, optimistic but not exuberant, exhibiting small-town charm alongside radio friendly melodies. Overall, the album offers melancholy vibes to put the listener into a peaceful state of mind. The best track on the album is probably "Riverside," a song about finding peace and happiness by living the simple life "down by the riverside," as the chorus sings. "Unfettered Untied" is another fun and upbeat standout, while the slow, deliberate yet thoroughly enjoyable track "Ride With Me" allows Plant to display his considerable vocal talents. The final track on the album is a surreal, mysterious, and nearly pyschadelic take on Bill Withers' classic song "Ain't No Sunshine." For fans of folk artists such as Ben Harper and Amos Lee, I Was on the Moon is definitely an enjoyable and reccommendable listen.

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Jazz After Dark September 13, 2016

Tue, 09/13/2016 - 7:37pm | Don Shor

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A mellow hour: cool jazz, bossa nova, some boogie woogie, and a couple of ballads.

  • Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
  • Ella Fitzgerald
  • Oscar Pettiford
  • Erroll Garner
  • Stan Getz
  • Gerry Mulligan
  • Paul Desmond
  • Mongo Santamaria
  • Pat Metheny
  • Piano Connection & Marcs Boogie
  • Piano Connection
  • Stanley Turrentine
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Get Involved: Attend Our Next Orientation, Sept 14

Tue, 09/13/2016 - 7:58am | Eunah

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Are you curious about community media? Interested in getting involved at KDRT-FM Grassroots Radio or Davis Community Television? You're in luck, because you're invited to our next orientation. Each and every month, we hold orientation meetings to answer your questions about broadcast and behind-the-scenes opportunities and internships at Davis Media Access, the home of KDRT and DCTV. So mark your calendars for Autust 17, 2016, and plan to attend! The fun starts at 6:30 p.m. To RSVP, visit DavisMedia.org.

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Album of the Week - The Hi-Nobles' "Shake"

Thu, 09/08/2016 - 4:40pm | Jess Goddésse

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This week's AotW is The Hi-Nobles album Shake, released on Zaentz Record in 2009. This is the first and only offering from the Nobles, a San Francisco band containing no less than Scotty Holderby of Mordred and Greg Ingraham of The Avengers. Tune in at 5 pm PT on Thursday, September 8, for music Verbicide astutely described as "Sixties-styled, organ-fueled, fuzzed-out garage soul that couldn’t get any more R&B stuffed into it even with a shoehorn." Jess Goddesse is your hostesse.

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Gary Chew: Third Streaming (Friday 9/9)

Thu, 09/08/2016 - 8:04am | Eunah

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Be ready for musical fun when the genius of Mozart is tampered with a bit on Third Streaming with Gary Chew this week on K-dirt. It starts Friday at 3 PM on 95.7, and streaming online at the KDRT website (podcasts too). A lesser known but terrific singer named Meredith D'Ambrosio will sing her very own words set to a memorable melody by Dave Brubeck. Again, Gary shows his bias for Brazilian music and gives you a taste of the music of 20th century American composer William Schuman. Yes, it's more stuff that can only be considered music to your ears. Check the KDRT website for air times and days of the week. You won’t be sorry.
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Jazz After Dark September 06, 2016

Tue, 09/06/2016 - 7:36pm | Don Shor

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An hour of upbeat jazz tonight! Cuban, drum soloes, bossa nova, vocals by Ella, and much more.

  • Frank Sinatra
  • Pérez Prado & His Orchestra
  • Candoli Brothers
  • Hideo Shiraki
  • Annie Ross
  • Willie Bobo
  • Ella Fitzgerald
  • Gabor Szabo
  • Stan Getz
  • Lionel Hampton & Axel Zwingenberger
  • The Rosenberg Trio
  • Dal Richards & His Orchestra
  • Harvey Mason   
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Michael Musial visits Listening Lyrics Friday September 9, 2016

Tue, 09/06/2016 - 2:49pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Michael Musial visits KDRT

This week a local treasure visits Listening Lyrics. Michail Musial.

Although a classically trained pianist, and piano technician by trade, Michael's primary musical interest is playing guitar. His style is American Primitive, a genre pioneered by the guitarist John Fahey. He can be heard playing American Primitive covers, original arrangements of cover songs and a few original instrumentals as well. Originally from Pennsylvania, Michael moved to California in 2003 and currently lives in Vacaville, CA. Listen in as we learn about his passion, his music and his life. If your out of the listening area go to www.kdrt.org - the show is streamed live.

 

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Davisville, Sept. 5, 2016: The Byrds and After with Gene Parsons (part 2)

Mon, 09/05/2016 - 6:05pm | Bill Buchanan

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Today we conclude our interview with Gene Parsons, 72, who was part of The Byrds from 1968 to 1972 and performs with David Hayes in Davis this Saturday, Sept. 10 (here's part 1 of the interview). We hear more about his songs, The Byrds, the note-bending Stringbender device he invented in the 1960s, a steam engine he built in his shop, new music he’s recording with Hayes and the Mendocino Quartet, a long-ago trick in a Yucca Valley bar & grill that tapped his skills with an acetylene torch, and what's coming next. “We have a few other performances that are on the books. We don’t do a lot. We’re kind of basically semi-retired in the music biz,” he says. “We’re kind of just letting it unfold.”

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Album of the Week - A Divina Comédia ou Ando Meio Desligado by Os Mutantes - Sep 1

Thu, 09/01/2016 - 4:53pm | Dug Deep

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Dug Deep hosts this week's edition of Album of the Week, featuring A Divina Comédia ou Ando Meio Desligado, the third album by Brazilian rock band Os Mutantes. The album was originally released in 1970. The title translates to The Divine Comedy or I Am a Bit Disconnected. "I am a bit disconnected" in this sense means "I feel a little spaced out." The album as a whole is characterized by a mix of psychedelic and religious imagery. Os Mutantes were influenced by a blend of 60s rock -- the Ventures to the Beatles, whose Sgt. Pepper expanded their understaning of what recorded music could achieve. Os Mutantes were subversive, fun, poetic, melodic, playful, noisy, and much more. They also became a part of the Tropicalia movement in Brazil, along with Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa, and Tom Ze. Tune in Sep 1 at 5 pm PT for a strange musical journey on Album of the Week.  

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Jazz After Dark August 30, 2016

Tue, 08/30/2016 - 7:44pm | Don Shor

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Kansas City jazz: from blues to swing to bebop and more.

  • Count Basie
  • Georgie Auld And His Orchestra
  • Coleman Hawkins And His Orchestra
  • Ben Webster
  • Charlie Parker
  • Oscar Peterson with Lester Young
  • Ben Webster & Johnny Hodges
  • Count Basie & Ella Fitzgerald
  • Earl "Fatha" Hines, Jimmy Rushing, Budd Johnson, Bill Pemberton & Oliver Jackson
  • Bobby Watson
  • Jo Jones
  • Jim Hall & Pat Metheny
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