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KPBS Midday EditionA decades-old San Diego community choir shares the history, trauma, encouragement and rejoicing found in gospel music, plus the coded folk songs of African American spirituals. -
KPBS Midday EditionWith manipulated synthesizers or homemade electronic instruments, the San Diego-based experimental duo Skrapez makes curious, creative and chaotic walls of sound. -
KPBS Midday EditionLocal supergroup embodies the San Diego-Tijuana region with a fresh cumbia sound and danceable songs in a forthcoming new album. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe KPBS Summer Music Series continues with DJ Artistic, considered an architect of local hip-hop scene who curates and produces events, makes space for emerging artists and is a four-time SDMA winner -
KPBS Midday EditionA weekly Latin jazz jam in Barrio Logan is a welcoming space for beginners and pros alike, with trumpeter Bill Caballero at its heart for nearly 18 years. -
KPBS Midday EditionIn a new installment of our KPBS Summer Music Series, meet the Ocean Beach-based band Boostive, who've built on years of friendship to develop on-stage synergy and dub-hop success. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe KPBS Summer Music Series continues with the folk stylings of the brother-sister fronted band Finnegan Blue, combining second line jazz and Irish folk with a wholly original energy. -
KPBS Midday EditionAudiences are back, venues are opening up, and San Diego is bursting with music from local artists this summer. The KPBS Summer Music Series is here to capture that creativity, energy and joy. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe hip-hop artist Indian K is a member of the Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians. He spent the early part of his childhood living on his tribe’s reservation. His life has taken him on a long and winding road through foster care and prison and back into the community as a respected musician. -
KPBS Midday EditionThis summer, the entire nation had the chance to meet the group of homeless musicians and singers who first assembled in a small metal church in 2016. As contestants on "America’s Got Talent," the group has wowed the judges and moved into the contest's semi-finals. -
KPBS Midday EditionAs part of a new multimedia project, Alfred Howard is writing 100 songs — each one accompanied by an original watercolor painting by his mother. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe San Diego-based trio only started playing a year ago. But by their second show, they were signed to the same label that backed Amy Winehouse and Sharon Jones.
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Saxophone player, flutist and vocalist Karl Denson tours regularly with The Rolling Stones, has collaborated with Lenny Kravitz, has album credits with The Allman Brothers and is well known for his many solo projects. Then, Sure Fire Soul Ensemble share their new album of jazz, funk, and soul. -
Bluesman Tomcat Courtney traveled from the cotton fields of Texas by way of a 3-ring circus; and on that road he found the blues. And- her album debuted at #1 on the Billboard Blues Charts and she’s a four-time San Diego Music Award winner, Whitney Shay shares a moving collaboration that celebrates healthcare workers. Credits: Produced and hosted by Kurt Kohnen, Jade Hindmon, and Alison St John. Megan Burke is senior producer. -
Early 1990’s, acid-jazz pioneers The Greyboy Allstars put San Diego on the map with their funky brand of "West Coast Boogaloo." Plus Euphoria Brass Band share their special blend of funky west coast second-line jazz. -
Rebecca Jade and the Cold Fact have a funk infused soul sound that harkens back to the 1970s Motown and Stax Records era. We also hear from San Diego band Thee Sacred Souls who recently released . -
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Sonido De La Frontera is the combination of Soundsystem culture, a hip hop production aesthetic, and the sounds of Latin America’s most prolific dance music: Cumbia. Plus bi-national band La Diabla combines traditional Cumbia music with the gritty spirit of Tijuana. Credits: Produced and hosted by Kurt Kohnen and Jade Hindmon. Megan Burke is senior producer.
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