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Album of the Week

With a rotating cast of hosts and in-depth exploration of entire albums, Album of the Week brings a fantastically fun hour to the airwaves.

Live Wednesday 5-6pm

Replays Friday 11pm-Saturday 12am

DJ(s):

Sara TAPS, Danny, Matt Blake, Justin Cox, Eunah, Peter Schiffman, Wayne Hagen

Join Nancy around the campfire to hear heartfelt western music and cowboy poetry. Something deep in your soul will resonate to stories from the early wranglers, Mexican vaqueros, Hawaiian paniolos, Silver Screen buckaroos, rodeo riders, contemporary real cowboys, and all who appreciate wide open spaces, freedom, and the western lifestyle.

Live Friday 1-2pm

Replays Thursday 9-10pm

DJ(s):

Nancy Flagg

Homepage URL:

Cowboy Tracks

The Electric Compost Heap

Electric Compost Heat DJ Dug Deep hosts a dig through many sound forms—the delightful detritus of blues, soul, country, rock, reggae, jazz, funk, punk, psych, and more—concocting a rich and fertile musical humus. Dig it, Heapsters!

Live Wednesday 7-9pm

Replays Monday 3-5pm

DJ(s):

Dug Deep

The Wild Fox 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 Monday 6-7pm

DJ(s):

Frank aka Dr Doowop Fox, doowopdave

Homepage URL:

DrDoowop

Davisville

Davis is a wonderful and diverse community, full of interesting people, ideas, and happenings. On Davisville, host Bill Buchanan presents unique stories from in and around town that are relevant to the Davis community.

Live Monday 5:30-6pm

Replays Wednesday 8:30-9am, Saturday 8:30-9am

DJ(s):

Bill Buchanan

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Fugazi, The Argument - Album of the Week (9/24/15)

Thu, 09/24/2015 - 7:19am | Justin Cox

This is the best Fugazi album. A perfect mix of experimentation, loudness, melody and flow. Although I had heard of the DC-based band Fugazi and knew they were imporant, I didn't grow up listening to them. I heard this album (their last) when my straight-edge/vegan/cooler-than-everybody-else roommate bought it the day it was released during my first year of college (one month after 9/11) and threw it immediately on repeat.

I was prepping myself to dislike it because I didn't really love him a whole lot. But it knocked my socks off! I immediately dug into their catalog and found plenty to love, but this one will always be my favorite.

Listen to 95.7fm in you're in Davis or click the "Listen Now" button at the top left of this page at 5pm if you're not. Show airs on Thursday, September 24 and there will be no archived permalink to listen later.

Davisville, 9/21/15: A look at the Nishi Gateway

Mon, 09/21/2015 - 6:05pm | Bill Buchanan

Nishi Gateway location map

The $300 milion Nishi Gateway project would be a major addition to Davis. It would build research space, offices, housing for rent and for sale, and a relatively small amount of retail on what’s now vacant land southwest of downtown and next to UC Davis. Davis voters, through a citywide ballot, could vote yes or no on the project as soon as June 2016. Sustainable design, jobs, traffic, population growth, the local economy, partnerships with UC Davis--this project touches on all these recurring Davis issues. Today we discuss its ins & outs with the project's managing partner, Tim Ruff of Davis.

Jazz After Dark September 15 2015

Tue, 09/15/2015 - 7:38pm | Don Shor

Featuring Etta Jones with Houston Person. Plus: Billie Holiday * Georgie Auld & His Orchestra * Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five * Ella Fitzgerald * Buddy DeFranco * Horace Silver * Hubert Laws * Don Thompson & Pat La Barbera. Replays Saturday at 9 pm!

Spin master and SCRATCH expert DJ TROP'A visits Listening Lyrics 9/18/15

Mon, 09/14/2015 - 11:47am | Pieter Pastoor

DJ Trop’a, is a French DJ living in Davis, CA, plays HIP HOP, REGGAE, JAZZ, SOUL and BLUES using vinyl (yes, some still exists) and a computer driven mixer.

As a member of the PLS SOUND SYSTEM, a French DJ Crew based in Marseille and Aix-en-Provence (France) he meets and collaborates with DJ and musicians that enrich his musical experiences through the years 2000s.

DJ Trop’a started spinning in 2000, pushed by friends from the PLS Sound System who introduced him to the vinyl universe.

Butcher Shop 2015 - Year of the Goat

Tue, 09/08/2015 - 6:05pm | Rocket Drew

Jonathan Richman

The Butcher Shop is a free annual festival in Chico, CA, featuring music, theatre, and art from the area. This year's theme was "Year of the Goat". This show features a recording of Jonathan Richman from the festival. In other news DHS is gearing up for its fall musical Band Geeks and Acme is preparing for its fall fundraiser, Food and Fairytales. Crown the Empire also just released a new song, "Prisoners of War". This song also features some math, mysteries, and maybe-hawaiian words. This show also includes the song "Hearts" by Patrick Watson from the album "Love Songs for Robots".

playlist for 09/13/2015

Davisville, 9/7/15: Understanding the new J & Covell

Mon, 09/07/2015 - 6:05pm | Bill Buchanan

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Been through the new “Dutch intersection” at J and Covell yet? The city rebuilt this busy crossroads near the new Cannery housing development in order to slow and improve the safety of right-hand turns by cars and trucks, make bicyclists more visible, and shorten the distance that cyclists and pedestrians must cross to clear the traffic lanes. It represents the continued reshuffle of bikes, cars and foot traffic in Davis, and there’s more to come. On today’s show we talk about the intersection, how it works, feedback from its first month, and what’s next, with Robb Davis, Davis mayor pro tem and an experienced bicyclist himself.

Movie-Score Composer David Tippie Visits KDRT's Listening Lyrics 9/4/15 at 4:00PM

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 12:52pm | Pieter Pastoor

David Tippie is a 14-year-old musician from Davis, California. Don’t let his age fool you--he has something in his resume that most musicians can only dream of. Mr. Tippie wrote the music score for the movie The Unforgotten, produced by Andre Martinez. Mr. Tippie’s main instruments are guitar and piano, and most of what he plays is rock and metal. So let's hear some of the movie score and learn how a composer and movie director work together. Join us this Friday, 9/4/15, at 4:00PM.

Jazz After Dark September 01, 2015

Tue, 09/01/2015 - 7:44pm | Don Shor

Cool, bebop, and soul jazz, plus some of the great female vocalists tonight.

Ruby Mountain String Band to appear on Listening Lyrics 8/28/15 at 4:00PM

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 11:47am | Pieter Pastoor

Ever heard of "Old time Americana Fusion" want to know what it sounds like? Join us with the Ruby Mountain String Band. Once upon a time, in a town called Haiku (spelled backwards) four devotees of trad music bumped into each other in an organic food co-op; one was a cellist, one a fiddler, two played guitars, banjoes and sang. A banjo player and guitarist also favored song writing. All liked CapeBreton/scottish fiddle tunes. So, how many musicians walked into the co-op?.

Cliff Landis - Guitar, Vocals, Banjo and Fiddle, Julia Landis - Guitar, Vocals, Darin Smith - Cello, other things.

Visit them at https://www.facebook.com/rubymountainband/info?tab=page_info

Davisville, 8/24/15: Richie Furay, part 2

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 6:05pm | Bill Buchanan

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Today's show wraps up my interview with Richie Furay, who co-founded the bands Buffalo Springfield and Poco, and recently played in Sacramento with his current group, the Richie Furay Band (here's part 1 of the interview). Today he talks about his latest CD Hand in Hand, playing with Keb' Mo', his signature song "Kind Woman," and one of his Christian songs, "Through It All." He also tells the story about the band he and Gram Parsons--another major musician from the 1960s--talked about forming, as well as why they decided it wouldn't work.

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