With a four star review in Rolling Stone, A.J. Croce’s Cage of Muses is a shining milestone on the circuitous road that the singer-songwriter has traveled - from his debut as a jazz influenced blues-based artist to his e…
Aisha Burns is from San Antonio, Texas and began playing violin at age 10. She moved to Austin when she was 18, and in 2006 joined folk rock outfit Alex Dupree and the Trapdoor Band, her first musical endeavor outside t…
Alyssa Graham is taking a trip down the river road, part conceptual and part reality—it’s a journey into the heart of America. Last fall she and her musical/spiritual accomplice Doug Graham drove down the middle of the c…
Carrying Lightning
“Let’s not give away what all the songs are about,” requests Amanda Shires via email — shortly after an hour-long interview discussing exactly that. “I think I prefer for the listener to decide for…
"There are voices that serve as a bridge from the past to the future and act as soul connectors, and as a people we need them to keep singing. These voices open hearts with this rare, one in a million quality. Amy Speace…
Ane Trolle Biography
Based on her previous involvement in numerous musical constellations, singer Ane Trolle has proved to be one of the strongest and well-acclaimed voices on the Danish music scene.
Past
Gifted wi…
Ane Trolle Biography
Based on her previous involvement in numerous musical constellations, singer Ane Trolle has proved to be one of the strongest and well-acclaimed voices on the Danish music scene.
Past
Gifted wi…
Aoife O’Donovan
When USA Today predicted that Aoife O’Donovan would soon become “the newest darling of the Americana set”, it had already been true for quite some time. Aoife is renowned for her ability to breathe mag…
Aoife O’Donovan
When USA Today predicted that Aoife O’Donovan would soon become “the newest darling of the Americana set”, it had already been true for quite some time. Aoife is renowned for her ability to breathe mag…
The Ben Baxter Band is a four piece band from Austin, Texas that spans genres from rock and soul to blues and funk. Their songs reflect a background of artists like Bill Withers, The Doobie Brothers, Creedence Clear Wate…
Who, in her right mind, drops out of graduate school, chucks a mortgage-paying day job and empties her savings account to launch a music career at the ripe age of 26 — within weeks of writing her first song?
BettySoo,…
Bhi Bhiman is an American original, and yet he seems transported from an era when songs were more important than the pretty faces that delivered them. His rich, bellowing tenor can soothe or explode at a moment’s notice.…
BILLY BRAGG
It was thirty years ago today when the Saturday boy from Essex who would become Britain’s foremost political singer-songwriter released his first record, the mini-album Life’s a Riot With Spy Vs Spy. It co…
West Bend is a Southeast Wisconsin town where the Milwaukee River shifts directions, angling to suddenly head West. It’s also the home of Blessed Feathers, a duo that began when Donivan Berube’s life similarly altered co…
Brennen Leigh is a songwriter, multi instrumentalist and singer who's to the point storytelling songwriting style has elevated her to newfound cult status in Europe, across the United States, South America and most notab…
Hailing from New Orleans, LA, Waggoner has called Nashville home for 6 years. She has released three albums independently. Her debut release was an EP titled Fresh Pair of Eyes (2007) called "[O]ne of the most exciting r…
With her Red House Records debut release, Call It My Garden, Carrie Elkin has emerged as one of the defining new voices in the world of Texas singer-songwriters, being celebrated by Texas Music Magazine as one of their a…
Carrie Rodriguez
At each stage of Carrie Rodriguez’s career—as a fiddler, singer, and songwriter—the Austin, Texas, native has learned the importance of letting go. That was certainly true when it came to recording he…
Carsie is a young singer-songwriter who grew up in rural Virginia and now splits her time between Philadelphia and New Orleans. Since 2006, when she began touring full-time, Carsie has toured extensively throughout the U…
It is hard to write a biography for someone whose story (or at least a version of it) is very well known. There doesn’t appear to be much to tell beyond the obvious, the redundant restatement of what everyone has already…
CHRIS STAMEY’S NEW RELEASE, LOVESICK BLUES, DUE OUT
FEBRUARY 5, 2013
dB’s founder, esteemed songwriter and Southern alt-pop godfather hits a creative high with intimate, expansive new set
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — “Thi…
CHRISTOPHER REES - MUSIC - BIOGRAPHY
Christopher Rees is a solo artist, singer, song writer, multi instrumentalist, band leader, producer and record label director. He performs with a full band and in a solo capacity.…
'Earning Keep' as an album and concept came to be over a three year span. Even as Christopher Smith was recording and touring in support of 2010's 'The Beckon Call', the catalyst of change, a greater departure and band b…
Cisco Adler is a Singer/ Songwriter/ Producer with Top 40 hits and a worldwide community of fans. He is also the head of the record label that is re-writing the rules of the game. Entertainment marketing and the music bu…
Dallas Green, perhaps better known as the man who writes, records, and performs under the moniker of City and Colour, is undeniably one of the biggest groundswell stories in Canadian music.
With 3 JUNOs under his belt…
COBY BROWN – FRENCH EXIT
Brown’s latest, French Exit, marks a seismic sonic shift for the LA based singer/songwriter.
While 2008’s Stars & Curses, written after a bout with cancer, was a love letter to being aliv…
Daniel Mustard is a New York City based Singer/Songwriter. His music is a product of unlikely circumstances- for years, Mustard was a homeless street musician busking on the streets of Greenwich Village, battling alcohol…
Named to the Chicago Tribune's "50 Most Significant Songwriters in the Last 50 Years," Austin, TX-based singer/songwriter Danny Schmidt has been rapidly ascending from underground cult hero to being widely recognized as …
Presented by: The Grammy Museum - Musical Milestones: 50 Years of The Beatles
Please allow David Garza to reintroduce himself.
Get the head rockin’ with Shed Light, the best of this multi-instrumentalist’s 21st-century music. It’s sure to be in heavy rotation alongside his Deep Ellum-inspired …
By breaking through heartache, David Ramirez has gone on a search for understanding. The Austin resident and frequent traveler to clubs, theaters and listening rooms all over the country, has come to a phase in his creat…
For his Nonesuch debut, Devendra Banhart chose the title Mala, literally the Serbian word for “small,” but used colloquially in Eastern Europe as a term of endearment—“like sweetie pie,” Banhart explains. It was a placeh…
For his Nonesuch debut, Devendra Banhart chose the title Mala, literally the Serbian word for “small,” but used colloquially in Eastern Europe as a term of endearment—“like sweetie pie,” Banhart explains. It was a placeh…
Born in Detroit to Argentine parents, Diego Garcia traces his diverse roots on his debut solo album, ‘Laura.’ Garcia was inspired by the loss of love and the classic troubadour movement. “Artists like Sandro, Roberto Car…
Born in Detroit to Argentine parents, Diego Garcia traces his diverse roots on his debut solo album, ‘Laura.’ Garcia was inspired by the loss of love and the classic troubadour movement. “Artists like Sandro, Roberto Car…
UK-based singer-songwriter Ed Tullett’s music has been described as “19 year old melancholy.” But that’s not saying his music is sad or depressing. The “melancholy” represents Tullett’s reflectiveness, youth, and poetic …
Eddi Front is the moniker of Ivana Carrescia, a Nevada-born, New York-based singer/songwriter. Her debut EP came out on 5th November 2012 via Best Fit Recordings. Her sound has been compared to Emily Haines, Lucinda Will…
“There’s a certain kind of female that occupies a space in which she’s perpetually young and girlish but also wise and worldly. Goldie Hawn is one, and so is Jena Malone. When they’re young, they’re playful but seem ahea…
“There’s a certain kind of female that occupies a space in which she’s perpetually young and girlish but also wise and worldly. Goldie Hawn is one, and so is Jena Malone. When they’re young, they’re playful but seem ahea…
“There’s a certain kind of female that occupies a space in which she’s perpetually young and girlish but also wise and worldly. Goldie Hawn is one, and so is Jena Malone. When they’re young, they’re playful but seem ahea…
ERIN IVEY WILL BE APPEARING WITH TOSCA STRING QUARTET at her official SXSW 2013 showcase Tuesday, March 12, 9pm at The Parish Underground.
Erin Ivey is Austin's Urban Folk darling, known for musical adventurousness th…
Erin McKeown is an internationally known musician, writer, and producer. With 8 full length albums, 3 live albums, 2 EPs, and numerous soundtracks to her credit, she has spent the last 12 years crafting a reputation as a…
Of the many words that one might choose to define FETSUM’s long awaited debut, perhaps the most accurate is ‘global’. It’s an adjective that not only summarises the sound that he has fashioned since he first started writ…
Of the many words that one might choose to define FETSUM’s long awaited debut, perhaps the most accurate is ‘global’. It’s an adjective that not only summarises the sound that he has fashioned since he first started writ…
Presented by: Tucson Music Factory / Hotellounge (ICA)
L’Ancolie grows in the gardens of melancholy. In Morin Heights in the great Canadian outdoors, you can find its red and yellow flowers. It is at Morin Heights in August 2010 that Fredda’s album fully bloomed as an ode to…
Singer-songwriter born in the Kansas Territory before the turn of the century. Migrated to New York City, where he recorded several records for Bar None and Elektra Records. He has contributed music to several films, inc…
Ginny Blackmore, a singer who writes songs so searing they hit your soul instantly. Her debut single, "Bones," written in a painful moment of her love life, drastically altered Blackmore's journey, transforming a 27-year…
"This is a remarkable EP, which isn't just sugary praise for sensitive teen-girl lyrics. London comes from a tradition of music in Austin that's supported Sahara Smith and Sarah Jarosz, and it shows. With a canny turn of…
Born in Bristol UK, Jamie N Commons moved to Chicago with his family
when he was six and it was there that he developed a deep love for the
American music. The first gig his father took him to was the Allman
Brothers:…
Born in Bristol UK, Jamie N Commons moved to Chicago with his family
when he was six and it was there that he developed a deep love for the
American music. The first gig his father took him to was the Allman
Brothers:…
Born in Bristol UK, Jamie N Commons moved to Chicago with his family
when he was six and it was there that he developed a deep love for the
American music. The first gig his father took him to was the Allman
Brothers:…
Muscle Shoals, Alabama native Jason Isbell has been honing his much touted songwriting craft for several years now. He has released three studio albums and a live album all highlighting Isbell's Southern roots, effortles…
Muscle Shoals, Alabama native Jason Isbell has been honing his much touted songwriting craft for several years now. He has released three studio albums and a live album all highlighting Isbell's Southern roots, effortles…
Jesca Hoop has lived all over the map, and her rich life experience is reflected in her distinctive voice and natural gift for inventive song craft.
Hoop learned to sing at an early age, harmonising with her musical M…
For over a decade, Jess Klein’s gutsy “tell it like it is” folk rock has been embraced by tastemakers from Tokyo to London, from Australia to her new home state of Texas.
Graced with one of the most enviable voices in…
On August 14th singer-songwriter Jillette Johnson released the smoldering and passionate debut EP Whiskey & Frosting. It's an intimate and boldly emotional five-song collection of stately pop from a unique and unflinchi…
Joe Banfi is a boy with a guitar but he’s more than just a lonesome acoustic troubadour. He’s not just a singer-songwriter, either, nor is he simply a musician with a voice. Here is someone whose intention it is to have …
Joe Banfi is a boy with a guitar but he’s more than just a lonesome acoustic troubadour. He’s not just a singer-songwriter, either, nor is he simply a musician with a voice. Here is someone whose intention it is to have …
John Baizley is the vocals and guitarist of the hard rock/sludge metal band Baroness. While his band are gearing up for a June tour of United States, he takes to the road with his acoustic guitar, his lyrics and his voic…
Johnnyswim is a Los Angeles based, Nashville born duo comprised of Abner Ramirez and Amanda Sudano. The stunning and original sound of this new vocal duo began in a record deal gone bad. Though he’d given up on a career …
Johnnyswim is a Los Angeles based, Nashville born duo comprised of Abner Ramirez and Amanda Sudano. The stunning and original sound of this new vocal duo began in a record deal gone bad. Though he’d given up on a career …
Manchester’s soulful chanteuse, Josephine, has created a self-reflective debut album which illustrates the many different sides of a fascinating character. Vocally, her prowess recalls ‘the Queen of gospel’, Mahalia Jack…
Manchester’s soulful chanteuse, Josephine, has created a self-reflective debut album which illustrates the many different sides of a fascinating character. Vocally, her prowess recalls ‘the Queen of gospel’, Mahalia Jack…
With the 10th anniversary of one of his most beloved albums '1972', Josh finds himself in a reflective mood with his songwriting on his new opus, 'The Happiness Waltz'. Pairing up once again with producer Brad Jones (wh…
KaiL Baxley grew up in the small backwater town of Williston in Barnwell County, South Carolina, the birthplace and stomping grounds of the late great soul legend James Brown, with whom KaiL shared an unlikely friendship…
Keaton Simons is truly what the Los Angeles Times terms “a triple threat.” He captivates audiences with an authentic voice, compelling and soul-baring songs, and a true command of both acoustic and electric guitars in ev…
Leigh Nash has been performing since her high school days growing up in New Braunfels, TX. It was there that she met guitarist Matt Slocum and Sixpence None The Richer came to fruition. Following four album releases, mul…
Leigh Nash has been performing since her high school days growing up in New Braunfels, TX. It was there that she met guitarist Matt Slocum and Sixpence None The Richer came to fruition. Following four album releases, mul…
Presented by: Normaltown Records (An Imprint of New West Records)
Lilly Hiatt’s an old soul, a young woman wise beyond her years. Listen. You’ll hear.
Hiatt’s songs back equal measures edge (“3 Days”) and energy (“Big Bad Wolf”) with stunning lyrical elegance. Clear evidence: The Nash…
“Good music”, says Luke Sital-Singh, “should lock your feet and jaw to the floor”. On the evidence of the four beautifully crafted tracks that have emerged so far, such a feat should not be a problem for the hotly-tipped…
Presented by: The Grammy Museum - Musical Milestones: 50 Years of The Beatles
“Good music”, says Luke Sital-Singh, “should lock your feet and jaw to the floor”. On the evidence of the four beautifully crafted tracks that have emerged so far, such a feat should not be a problem for the hotly-tipped…
Luke Winslow-King (born March 12th 1983) is a guitarist, singer, composer, and lyricist known for his slide guitar work, and interest in pre-war blues and traditional jazz. Winslow-King’s work consists of an eclectic mix…
There’s a violence to the countryside, encapsulated in the sumptuous prose of D.H Lawrence’s in which metaphors engorge and heighten into states of pure ecstasy. A fantastic and virulent strain of writing which, thanks t…
With the release of her debut album 'Dream Life', Mary Epworth has emerged as one of the UK’s most exciting talents. The album’s success in blending 1960s West Coast psychedelia with gospel and dream pop has gained Mary…
With the release of her debut album 'Dream Life', Mary Epworth has emerged as one of the UK’s most exciting talents. The album’s success in blending 1960s West Coast psychedelia with gospel and dream pop has gained Mary…
modern love.
an album.
a collection of songs.
short stories. tied together.
peoples stories. about love.
about faith in others. or loss of faith in others.
everyone i know was going through personal relationship…
Presented by: New West Records (Badges and Wristbands Only)
In the span of its ten songs, the Jeff Trott (Stevie Nicks, Sheryl Crow) produced Rule The World traverses varying themes of heartbreak, regret, young love, desperation and, ultimately redemption. "Run From You", the alb…
“My name is Michael Bernard Fitzgerald. I sing and write songs. I'm a dog man with a good plan and two hands.”
“I love, love. I love simplicity, my bicycle and tank tops. I don’t need much. I love my family, and will …
Presented by: Tucson Music Factory / Hotellounge (ICA)
Naïm Amor is a french born, Tucson Arizona based musician and composer.
Shortly after moving to Tucson from Paris in 1997, Naïm formed the “experimental avant pop” AMOR BELHOM DUO with drummer Thomas Belhom. They put…
Nonesuch Records releases How I Knew Her—the label debut from Nataly Dawn, the California-based singer/songwriter of the duo Pomplamoose—on February 12, 2013. The album—comprising 12 autobiographical, introspective songs…
Hailing from the windy streets of Chicago, Nylo is an emerging electro-‐R&B singer/songwriter composed of liquidly Wurlitzer’s, soulfully sparse 808’s, and fragile falsetto confessions.
Nylo found her love for music …
Hailing from the windy streets of Chicago, Nylo is an emerging electro-‐R&B singer/songwriter composed of liquidly Wurlitzer’s, soulfully sparse 808’s, and fragile falsetto confessions.
Nylo found her love for music …
Austin, besides being the Texas state capital, is home to much of the best in American roots music. Since the 1970s, gutsy blues players, renegade country pickers, and raw-voiced rockers have mixed & matched their musica…
Peter Peter’s self-titled first record made an impression in both anglo and francophone music scenes with its modern lo-fi vibe and moody lyrics. The Montreal native quickly gained recognition by participating in many pr…
It’s hard to pinpoint the moment that songs are born, the day casual hummers become singers or scribblers become songwriters. Rayland Baxter certainly can’t, and he wouldn’t want to. Though he grew up in Nashville to the…
REDD VOLKAERT
Redd Volkaert is best known to country music audiences as the lead guitarist since 1997 for Merle Haggard’s band The Strangers. He discovered the music of Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, Led Zeppelin, Albert K…
Rickolus is a self-taught singer songwriter from Jacksonville Beach Florida. Born Richard Colado, Rickolus has spent over ten years fine tuning his ability to craft witty, artful tunes, which are an energetic and though…
Born in London in 1953, Robyn Hitchcock has written & recorded over 500 songs, including: 'Where Are The Prawns' 'I Wanna Destroy You' 'The Cheese Alarm' 'Sometimes A Blonde' 'No, I Don't Remember Guildford' 'To Be Human…
Fresh off a headlining show at London's Royal Albert Hall, Ron Sexsmith returns to SXSW in support of his latest release, Forever Endeavour. Following the Bob Rock produced Long Player Late Bloomer - and the documentary …
Presented by: The Grammy Museum - Musical Milestones: 50 Years of The Beatles
Fresh off a headlining show at London's Royal Albert Hall, Ron Sexsmith returns to SXSW in support of his latest release, Forever Endeavour. Following the Bob Rock produced Long Player Late Bloomer - and the documentary …
Ruth Moody is a two-time Juno Award winning singer-songwriter from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Founding member of the internationally renowned, Billboard-charting trio The Wailin' Jennys, and former lead singer of the Canadian r…
Ryan Bingham is an Oscar-winning singer/songwriter, born in New Mexico but raised all across the Southwestern United States. Bingham set out on his own at a young age, shuffling from town to town and performing gigs at l…
Presented by: Playing In Traffic: SXSW FREE SHOW!!!
Sahara Smith is a natural. Or as the Austin Chronicle observes, “She's the real deal all right.”
Don’t take our word for it. Listen to her debut album on Playing in Traffic Records, Myth of the Heart, and you’re bound…
Kid Face, the third full-length album from Samantha Crain (Ramseur Records, February 19, 2013), is a revelatory song cycle as expansive as the wide-open spaces of the 26-year-old artist’s native Oklahoma, and as intimate…
Kid Face, the third full-length album from Samantha Crain (Ramseur Records, February 19, 2013), is a revelatory song cycle as expansive as the wide-open spaces of the 26-year-old artist’s native Oklahoma, and as intimate…
"Tuneful, clever and carefully observed, Sara Hickman's material has all the strengths expected of a contemporary Texas songwriter, plus one more - whimsy..." - Rolling Stone
Sara Hickman's greatest joy is bringing to…
Sea Wolf, September 2012
Alex Brown Church covers a lot of geography in his music. As Sea Wolf, his songs weave vivid imagery and lush orchestration into narratives illuminating the emotional diaspora of life, love, l…
Several years ago musician and naturalist Sean Rowe walked out into the wilderness alone. He spent the next 24 days constructing shelter and foraging for food to eat. He would come away from the experience with the songs…
“Iceland’s new dark pop princess.” MTV Iggy
Iceland’s Soley Stefansdottir, or just Soley, has caused quite a stir in 2012. Since her first solo release ‘Theater Island EP’ in 2010 and the follow-up album ‘We Sink’ in…
To suggest that Steve Poltz isn’t normal is about as safe a statement as one could make. You would basically require the powers of the Hubble space telescope to locate Steve Poltz from any region of normalcy.
For music …
Steven Collins has been writing and performing songs for over 20 years. Performing and recording under his band's name "DEADMAN", He has toured all over the United States, the United Kingdom, Scandinavia and Europe.
He …
Icelandic Singer-Songwriter, Svavar Knútur, has seen his star rising steadily in the past couple of years. A troubadour of humble beginnings and rural upbringing, Svavar Knútur's music tells stories of love, tragedies, s…
Multi award winning Thomas Dybdahl is one of the most talented singer-songwriters to emerge from the Norwegian music scene in recent years and is now preparing to unleash his irresistibly serene and intimate sound on the…
Tori Vasquez is an amazingly gifted singer-songwriter from West Texas. She was born in Shallowater, Texas and raised in a family of musicians and songwriters. At the age of 21 she has already found her voice and is writi…
When does a musician finally hit upon his or her particular "sound"? For some, it bursts forth from their body fully formed; for others, it takes months or sometimes years of trial-and-error. For Mackenzie Scott, the sin…
A room full of music and people isn’t so strange. The trick is filling the spaces in between. When truth finds a melody, strangers disappear, and suddenly everyone belongs. And Chris Carrabba knows how to fill a room bet…
A room full of music and people isn’t so strange. The trick is filling the spaces in between. When truth finds a melody, strangers disappear, and suddenly everyone belongs. And Chris Carrabba knows how to fill a room bet…
A room full of music and people isn’t so strange. The trick is filling the spaces in between. When truth finds a melody, strangers disappear, and suddenly everyone belongs. And Chris Carrabba knows how to fill a room bet…
With their soulful four-part harmonies, poetic lyrics and indelible melodies, it’s easy to see why the Atlanta Journal Constitution would hail von Grey as “nothing short of stunning.” They sound like they were born to pl…
Singer/songwriter Colyn Cameron of Wake Owl has been immersed in the world of music for the past ten years. Now based in Vancouver, BC and Portland, OR, Colyn was originally born and raised in southern California. “In th…
Singer/songwriter Colyn Cameron of Wake Owl has been immersed in the world of music for the past ten years. Now based in Vancouver, BC and Portland, OR, Colyn was originally born and raised in southern California. “In th…
Singer/songwriter Colyn Cameron of Wake Owl has been immersed in the world of music for the past ten years. Now based in Vancouver, BC and Portland, OR, Colyn was originally born and raised in southern California. “In th…
The Wellspring is an indie folk-pop duo from NY, now based in LA, whose music has been described as a “byproduct of the Troubadour era that breathed life into Carole King and James Taylor, soft-speaking musicians who car…
“The White Buffalo” is truly American music that paints a portrait of a complicated yet creative culture. From the struggles and glory of the old West, to the hopes, dreams and sorrows of modern day life, these songs cut…
Yotam Ben Horin is best known as the lead singer, bass player, and primary songwriter for Israeli punk rock band Useless ID (Fat Wreck Chords). With Useless ID still completely intact and several records under his belt (…
Born into the beloved arms of St. John, Zach Winters grew up like a shoot on the Great Plains of Oklahoma. The strings of his heart were strung by the angels of hip-hop and tuned by the fingers of our world's folk music…
