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This week on Dashboard Diaries, DJ RayK fills the land yacht with hi-test, gets it running on at least seven cylinders and throws a dart at the map. It’s a random road trip with the likes of Leon Russell, Wild Belle, Van Morrison, Diana Ross, The Mermen, The Spinners … if it was released on 8-track, we’ve got it covered. Grab a road soda and crank it up!  Thursd...

Today In the Key of Folk does some reminiscing on time recently spent out in the singing peace of nature, with tracks by Rita Hosking, Laurie Lewis, Molly Tuttle, and others. Then DJ Karen moves into a mix of favorites and  a try at comparison (curious?). The hour f...

DJ Jojo Johanssen kicks off Pride Month with a delicious selection of disco's revenge, featuring tracks from Nuyorican Soul, Peckham Royalty, The Return, and more. He'll have some disco and soul snacks, as well as a Beck track that didn't make it on t...

Tonight on at 6pm Pacific on the Electric Compost Heap, DJ Dug Deep spins new tunes from Ratboys and Guided By Voices, whose latest, "Crawlspace of the Pantheon" was just released today! He'll also remember Jazz great Sonny Rollins, whom we lost recently at the age of 95. Hope you can join us at KDRT.org

This week we lost one of the last giants from the "classic" age of jazz. Sonny Rollins passed at the age of 95 on May 25, one day prior to Miles Davis' 100th birthday. Rollins not only helped define the sound of jazz tenor saxophone on such classic albums as Saxophone Colossus, Freedom Suite, and The Bridge, but he also continued to evolve and perform u...