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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.

 

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Roots, Shoots and Leaves

Roots, Shoots and Leaves' DJ Tree has a theory of music that involves a tree. Suffice it to say that it involves a trinity — an exploration of themes and connections among recording artists — and otherwise very few boundaries. Listen for music old and new, known and unknown. And if you listen long enough, you may experience some musical enlightenment.

 

Live Tuesday 6-8pm
Replays Saturday 5-7pm
DJ(s): 
Tree Kilpatrick
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Davisville

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Davis has interesting people, ideas, connections, and events. On Davisville, host Bill Buchanan presents stories that have some connection to Davis. The program has won 17 Excellence in Journalism awards from the San Francisco Press Club since 2018, including first place in radio/podcast public affairs programs for 2025, plus a national Hometown Media Award for excellence from the Alliance for Community Media in 2024, and first place nationwide in news/public affairs programs among small stations from the Public Media Journalists Association in 2026.

Live Monday 5:30-6pm
Replays Saturday 8:30-9am
DJ(s): 
Bill Buchanan
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Afrosonic Taxi

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DJK lives by the motto “connecting cultures with music.” Each week he invites listeners to hop in the Afrosonic Taxi for a global ride through music with African roots, showcasing artists whose hopeful, defiant sounds uplift, inspire, and make you move.

Live Thursday 10-11pm
Homepage URL: 
Afrosonic Taxi on the web
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Dashboard Diaries

Hop in for a trip through ever-changing musical landscapes, from familiar highways to roads less travelled. Dashboard Diaries host Ray K loves to share hand-picked tunes spanning broad styles of music, with a nod to the real, organic disc jockey-driven radio of his youth. It's all about the journey...

Live Thursday 3-5pm
Replays Wednesday 10am-12pm, Saturday 1-3pm
DJ(s): 
RayK
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IMPLOSION

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IMPLOSION is hosted by Nick Saloman, front person of The Bevis Frond. Born and raised in London, England, Nick started buying records as a small child in the late 1950s and began going to gigs and playing in bands as a teen in the late 60s. IMPLOSION is simply an hour of Nick playing the music that he loves (psychedelia, rock, folk, beat, jazz, soul, punk, and more), with a bit of chat thrown in for good measure. Nick says: "If I like it, then there have got to be a few other people who will too.

Live Wednesday 4-5pm
Replays Sunday 7-8pm
DJ(s): 
Nick Saloman
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Davis Garden Show, April 25, 2024

Thu, 04/25/2024 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today's topics: articles about easy gardening, roses for a school garden project, watering schedules for houseplants. repairing or replacing a damaged lawn, and more.

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Jazz After Dark, April 23, 2024

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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On this episode: we’ve got some '30s jazz first, Count Basie with Jimmy Rushing, and Lester Young. Then samba and bossa nova, with Stan Getz our featured artist, working with Gary McFarland, and Antonio Carlos Jobim, and we’ll hear Paul Desmond and Walter Wanderley.

For the rest of the program, it’s Bill Evans, Pat Metheny, The Rosenberg Trio, Dianne Reeves with Fabrizio Bosso, Allen Toussaint, and Jim Hall.

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Where are they now? Hits from the past, on Listening Lyrics, April 19, 2024

Fri, 04/19/2024 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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In this hour we listen to some past one-hit (or more) wonders, and learn what happened to the singers and writers.

Check out the playlist. It is amazing how some of these songs became part of our musical heritage.

Listening Lyrics playlist for 04/19/2024
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Electric Compost Heap -- April 19, 2024

Fri, 04/19/2024 - 5:08pm | Dug Deep

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Tonight (April 19) in the Electric Compost Heap at 6 p.m. Pacific time, host Dug Deep will feature tunes from a few bands playing at this year's Davis Music Festival -- the schedule was just released and it has us pretty jacked up! I mean, just look at this lineup! Oh, and the official color of tonight's show is chartreuse! Yes indeed, hope you can tune in at KDRT.org.

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Davis Garden Show, April 18, 2024

Thu, 04/18/2024 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today's topics: tomato time, marguerite problems, low water hedge choices, fireblight on Photinia, caterpillars on passion flower vines, ornamental sages, April flowers, clivias, and  more.

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Join us for Suds & Sounds – April 24, 2024

Wed, 04/17/2024 - 3:54pm | Jess Goddésse

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KDRT 95.7fm invites YOU to the official launch of Suds & Sounds at Armadillo Music in downtown Davis on Wednesday, April 24, 4 to 6 p.m. Meet K-DiRT friends and fans, listen to the music, and pick some vinyl to spin! Beverages will be available at the Bootleg Bar. Cheers!

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Jazz After Dark, April 16, 2024

Tue, 04/16/2024 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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On tonight’s show:

  • Gene Krupa, Opus One (Anita O'Day vocals)
  • Dámaso Pérez Prado, Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White
  • Ella Fitzgerald, I Loves You Porgy
  • Chet Baker, Extra Mild
  • Helen Merrill, Night And Day
  • Benny Carter, Cherry
  • Joni James, Dream A Little Dream Of Me
  • Grover Washington, Jr., Lover Man
  • Don Ellis, 8 Nicole
  • Dorothy Donegan, These Foolish Things
  • Cal Tjader/Carmen McRae, Besame Mucho
  • Oscar Peterson with Joe Pass, A-Tisket, A-Tasket
  • Boogaloo Joe Jones, Brown Bag
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Events Outlook – daily on air, always online

Tue, 04/16/2024 - 2:57pm | Jess Goddésse

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KDRT participates in lots of events in and around Davis – and spring's busting out with opportunities to get out and about. We announce happenings on air daily via the Events Outlook – listen up at noon and 6 p.m.! We also post a full Events Outlook listing online – check it out, share it freely, submit your own event.

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Bluegrass and folk songs for front porch listening

Tue, 04/16/2024 - 11:00am | David A. Reynolds

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We have old-time and new time tunes and songs on this week's High Country Music, with Late for the Train, Town Mountain, John Hartford, Sierra Ferrell, the band Della Mae, Billy Strings, The Faux Paws, Sam Bush Jessica Malone, Ola Belle Reed and Doc Watson with Clarence Ashley.

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Davisville, April 15, 2024: Happiness in spite of the problems of the world

Mon, 04/15/2024 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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In Harboring Happiness: 101 Ways to be Happy, author Dan Brook says happiness is worth pursuing despite all the awful things happening across the globe. He bases this on research and on what he has learned during his decades as an instructor and sociologist (he earned master’s and doctorate degrees in sociology from UC Davis in the 1990s).

So how do you become happier? You probably have to work at it. His suggestions range from “getting more experiences,” and feeling gratitude, to “being around people who make you happy” and converting the fear of missing out into the joy of missing out.

“I’m happy not because I ignore the problems of the world, but in spite of them,” he says. Work to fix what’s wrong, but “being miserable does not help solve those problems.” He elaborates on his ideas during today’s Davisville.

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