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Summer Music Series
The KPBS Midday Edition Summer Music Series features in-studio performances and interviews with San Diego musicians representing a cross-section of the region's diverse music scene.
San Diego Bluegrass Band Prairie Sky Performs In The KPBS Studio
- Sept. 5
- By Kurt Kohnen, Maureen Cavanaugh
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.
Bi-National Band La Diabla Combines Traditional Cumbia Music With Spirit Of Tijuana
- Aug. 29
- By Jade Hindmon, Kurt Kohnen
The band La Diabla brings its bi-national dance party wherever it goes. As part of the Midday Edition Summer Music Series, musicians Ivan Rodriguez, Adrian Rodriguez and Jose Bolanos stopped by the KPBS studio to share their influences and some history about cumbia music.
Euphoria Brass Band Brings West Coast Second Line Jazz To KPBS
- Aug. 22
- By Jade Hindmon, Kurt Kohnen
As part of the Midday Edition Summer music series San Diego's Euphoria Brass Band stopped by KPBS to share their special brand of funky west coast “second line” jazz and talk about how they started.
Family Rockabilly Band The Sea Monks Perform In The KPBS Studio
- Aug. 15
- By Kurt Kohnen, Maureen Cavanaugh
San Diego family band The Sea Monks perform their coastal country tunes in the KPBS studio.
Rebecca Jade And The Cold Fact Perform Songs From Their New Album 'Running Out Of Time'
- Aug. 8
- By Jade Hindmon, Kurt Kohnen
The San Diego band Rebecca Jade and the Cold Fact have a funk infused-soul sound that hearkens back to the 70s Motown and Stax-record era.
The Parker Meridien Announces New Album And Performs In The KPBS Studio
- Aug. 1
- By Kurt Kohnen, Maureen Cavanaugh
The San Diego band, the Parker Meridien, performs as part of the KPBS Midday Edition Summer Music Series.