Bill Monroe, Father of Bluegrass Music, was born on September 13, 1911, so this week's show is a birthday tribute to the man who started it all. Rocky spins Monroe singing his own songs and playing his own tunes as well as other folks covering his songs and people who were once Bluegrass Boys doing their own thing too. Happy Birthday Bill! Plus the lates from Billy Strings and some sad news to report about Alison Krauss.
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Commemorating pianist Abdullah Ibrahim, who died June 2026 at age of 91. A native of Cape Town, South Africa, his unique style of jazz was infused with the folk music of his childhood. Duke Ellington arranged his early recording sessions. Early albums were released as Dollar Brand. Ibrahim recorded and performed for decades, with his last album released in 2024. Tonight we'll hear selections from the 1960s to 2014.
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Tue, 09/15/2026 - 12:54pm | Ned
“Cowboy Breakfast.” This episode of Cowboy Tracks is full of songs and spoken word creating a portrait of FOOD in the old and new west. You’re “purt near” guaranteed to come away with a powerful hankering for strong coffee and biscuits with gravy!
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What's related to what? It's complicated.
Producing the KDRT radio progam "Jazz After Dark", our own Don Shor knows a lot about jazz and its roots. Also about some of the spin-offs that have happened over time. But after talking to him today Lois came away a little dizzy.
It seems that each individual jazz player/ singer/ artist can add whatever flavor they want to their improv in the middle of a jazz performance. A little of this and a bit of that are just fine on a jazz record.
On the other hand, performers in other genres can "jazz it up" and slide their sounds over into jazz -- either by intent or by chance.
Ancestors or antecedents, some "cousins" of jazz have strong lines thru the jazz genre, while others derive from the parents of jazz. Did I mention that jazz has LOTS of parents?
Don explains all this better than I can, so listen to the show to find out more about your jazzy family tree. |
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Mon, 09/14/2026 - 10:07am | Ned
Cottie Kush joins Ned in the Jeff Shaw Studio for The Monday Morning Show to share stories from her recent three-week vacation to Tahiti.
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Today, The News Cycle is refreshing the community on updates to the new phone policy at DHS. We have a conversation with Principal Dr. Geigle. Then, Siena Campbell dives into a teacher and student perspective on the policy. Lewis Paro highlights a small business. Hosted and produced by Maya Davis. Packages by Siena Campbell and Lewis Paro. Music by Daniel Ruiz Jimenez.
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Gear up for a wild ride tonight at 6 p.m. Pacific on The Electric Compost Heap! We'll be launching a new feature, Top of the Heap, wherein we highlight a song that took things to another level, musically or otherwise. Tonight's Top of the Heap artist is Screamin' Jay Hawkins, but your gonna have to tune in to find out what song it is (Hint: It's NOT "I Put A Spell on You"). Hope you can join us on KDRT 95.7fm + KDRT.org!
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On the 25th anniverary of a day that changed the world for the worse, we also commemorate the 70th anniversary of a day which changed it for the better. And we play lots of new music.
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