Summer Music Series

A 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.

With manipulated synthesizers or homemade electronic instruments, the San Diego-based experimental duo Skrapez makes curious, creative and chaotic walls of sound.

Local supergroup embodies the San Diego-Tijuana region with a fresh cumbia sound and danceable songs in a forthcoming new album.

The 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

A 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.

In 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.

The 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.

Audiences 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.

The 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.

This 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.

As part of a new multimedia project, Alfred Howard is writing 100 songs — each one accompanied by an original watercolor painting by his mother.

The 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.