"We have a tropical situation where there are thousands of 'species' of music around and they're all constantly cross-breeding and hybridizing. It's very exciting, but you can't keep up with it easily." -- Brian Eno
Ecotones are zones of transition between different habitats and often have a vibrant diversity of species. The Audio Ecotone explores the rich species diversity, cross-breeding, and hybridizing of music of the past 100 years: rock, jazz, pop, r&b, soul, country, ska, electronica, J-Pop/C-Pop/K-Pop, afrobeat, and many more from the 1920s to the 2020s.
Podcast
Liberty? (Jul 4th, 2025)Fri, 07/04/2025 - 4:10pm | Eddy Owt |
The Joy of Sax! (Jun 27th, 2025)Fri, 06/27/2025 - 4:10pm | Eddy OwtOn June 28, 1846, Belgian musician and inventor Adophe Sax was granted a patent for his new instrument called the saxophone. The horn was designed to project as well as a brass instrument while retaining the harmonic feeling of a woodwind. While the horn gained some adoption in the military, ragtime and vaudville bands, it wasn't until the 1920s jazz boom that the foundation for the sax's place in popular music was established. On the eve of the 179th anniversary of Sax's patent, The Audio Ecotone celebrates the saxophone with a wide-ranging selection of music from Charlie Parker, Albert Ayler, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Moon Hooch and a whole host of others. Sorry, no Yakety Sax on the playlist. |
DMF Preview! (Jun 20th, 2025)Fri, 06/20/2025 - 4:10pm | Eddy Owt |
No Kings! (Jun 13th, 2025)Fri, 06/13/2025 - 4:10pm | Eddy Owt |
Pride! (Jun 6th, 2025)Fri, 06/06/2025 - 4:10pm | Eddy Owt |
Motor City Reptiles! (May 30th, 2025)Fri, 05/30/2025 - 4:10pm | Eddy Owt |
Bees! (May 23rd, 2025)Fri, 05/23/2025 - 4:10pm | Eddy Owt |
New Music! (May 16th, 2025)Fri, 05/16/2025 - 4:10pm | Eddy Owt |
Tommy! (May 9th, 2025)Fri, 05/09/2025 - 4:10pm | Eddy OwtOn this special Spring FUNdraiser edition of The Audio Ecotone, special guest Tommy Dunbar, co-founder and guitarist of Bay Area power pop icons The Rubinoos joined me LIVE in the studio to spin some of his favorite 45s and talk music. The full interview lasted 90 minutes, but the station recorder only picked up the final 60 minutes of our talk. We hope to post the full interview soon. As we wrap up our fundraising week, please keep in mind that it's never too late to support our efforts to bring you programming such as this that you won't hear anywhere else. Please visit https://kdrt.org/donate, show us a little support and get some great swag!
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May Day! (May 2nd, 2025)Fri, 05/02/2025 - 4:10pm | Eddy OwtInternational Workers' Day (aka "May Day") is celebrated annually around the world on May 1 to honor laborers and recognize the continuing struggle for working class rights. Everywhere, that is, except for the United States and Canada, who hold their "Labo(u)r Day" celebrations on the first weekend of September. Whatever. The change of date is ironic since the holiday initially commemorated the May 1, 1886 protests in the United States for an eight-hour workday, which resulted in the Haymarket massacre in Chicago on May 4, 1886. This week, we commemorate May Day with music from Billy Bragg and Wilco, Tom Waits, Phil Ochs, Fantastic Negrito, Merle Haggard, The Love Me Nots, Chumbawamba and the wonderfully named Flame N'Peach and the Liberated Waffles. |
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