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San Diego Bluegrass Band Prairie Sky Performs In The KPBS Studio

By Maureen Cavanaugh / KPBS Midday Edition Co-Host, Kurt Kohnen

Published September 5, 2019 at 11:15 AM PDT

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The bluegrass band Prairie Sky performs in the KPBS studio, August 20, 2019.

In the final installment of Midday Edition's first summer music series we hear from one of San Diego's finest bluegrass bands. Prairie Sky stopped by the KPBS studio to perform and talk about Appalachian music.

Palm trees, surfboards and Mexican food don’t exactly conjure up images of Appalachia and dueling banjos, but if you look hard enough, you can find a thriving bluegrass music scene right here in our backyard.

As part of the Midday Edition summer music series, Dwight Worden, Avery Ellisman, Ramona Ault and Jeff Smith, members of the bluegrass band, Prairie Sky stopped by the KPBS studio to perform and talk about Appalachian music.

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Prairie Sky will perform on Sunday, Sept. 15 at the Train Song Festival in Poway.

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Maureen Cavanaugh has been a familiar voice for KPBS listeners for more than 15 years, serving in a variety of capacities including announcer, host, and producer. As host of KPBS Midday Edition, Maureen has interviewed a wide range of notables, such as comedienne Sandra Bernhardt, actor John Lequizamo, author Chuck Palahniuk, composer Marvin Hamlisch, artist Robert Irwin, and designer Zandra Rhodes. But of all the interviews Maureen has conducted, her most special was with His Holiness, the Dalai Lama. Before joining KPBS in 1997, she worked as a news anchor for KSDO and KOGO News Radio in San Diego. While working for commercial radio stations in San Diego and in Salt Lake City, Utah, Maureen reported on both hard news and lifestyle features. Maureen has received three "Golden Mike" awards from the Radio and TV News Association of Southern California for economic reporting and breaking news. She has also received a "Best of Show" and “Best Radio Newscast” awards from the San Diego Press Club and the "Flo" Award from Public Radio Program Directors Association for Best Public Radio Announcer in a large market. Maureen is a native of Queens, New York, but after more than 20 years in San Diego she feels she qualifies as a real Southern Californian.

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