Andy Suzuki & The Method are a band on the rise. What started as a half-Japanese/half-Jewish teenager with a smooth hint of R&B in his voice singing along to John Mayer, has evolved into a musical force. The band's combi...

New York NY

 

Will Sexton, whose writing credits range from work with Waylon Jennings and Stephen Stills to Joe Ely and Bill Carter, is shaped by the unique diversity of the Austin music scene. Fate and his own sheer talent placed hi...

Austin TX

 

Will Dailey & The Rivals pave a new path with their upcoming full length self titled album and first for Universal Republic Records. Breaking from an approach they employed on their last series of recordings, Will Da...

Boston MA

 

Anna Ihlis is a swedish singer and composer who started her singing at the early age of three, since then her voice has taken her through all different kinds of music genres. Folk, jazz, and classical and now she has end...

Leksand SWEDEN

   

Name: Freedy Johnston Birthplace: Larned, Kansas Home: New York City; Madison, Wi. Some facts: - Freedy first came to SXSW twenty years ago to promote his Can You Fly album. - Since then he has made five records...

New York NY

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Abilene TX

JOSEPH LEO BWARIE is the not to be missed new artist at SXSW®. Joseph Leo Bwarie will perform with his live band in a first ever showcase performance of his debut solo album "Nothin’ But Love." Bwarie's Capitol Reco...

Los Angeles CA

 

Capybara is bent on making authentic music in spite of the odds. In early 2009, four lifelong friends slipped away from jobs and leases in Portland, Brooklyn, and Kansas City to form a band in a frozen pueblo in Taos, Ne...

Kansas City MO

   

Music comes not from lesson or rote but the open soul. Celeste Griffin, Monarchs' lead singer, began her music education in the piano at age eight. It lasted less than a year. With little to no formal training, it was on...

New York NY

   

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London UK-ENGLAND

Lily & The Parlour Tricks dive deep into the well of musical Americana and resurface with a wild brew. Lily's songwriting influences range from 1940's cornerboy songs to 1960's psych-pop to 19th century murder ballads, w...

New York NY

 

I met Sherman when he wasn’t much more than a charming, but intimidating borderline music bully that rode my bus in high school and taunted me for wearing a Muddy Waters t-shirt that first and fateful week of 9th grade...

Austin TX

Influenced by American old-time music and classic songwriters of the 60s and 70s, Leah Abramson (formerly of Dyad, The Crooked Jades, Octoberman) writes haunting folk-noir originals about truck drivers, lost love and old...

Vancouver BC CANADA

 

Brooklyn-based artist Doe Paoro describes her music as “Ghost Soul," characterized by a dolorous, ethereal sound that evokes the resurrection of "a choir of ghosts who haven’t completely detached from the human exper...

Brooklyn NY

   

From the deep woods of North Carolina comes Delta Rae. With pure Carolina soul, a rich rootsy sound and four powerhouse lead vocalists, Delta Rae’s music is born for the live setting. Swells of gorgeous harmonies and i...

Durham NC

Chrysta Bell is a singer, songwriter, entertainer, model and muse. She has shared the stage with such legendary talents as Willie Nelson, Brian Setzer, Donovan, and members of King Crimson. Chrysta Bell has recently h...

Austin TX

 

Rockhampton’s favourite sons BUSBY MAROU are having a huge 2011. They are the first signing to Warner Music Australia’s indie imprint Footstomp Records, and released their debut self-titled album in June. Their deb...

Brisbane QLD AUSTRALIA

 

"Tuesday, March 15, 2011: Somewhere above the Southern United States, en route to Austin, Texas. Over the next five days, I'll hear dozens of bands from all over the world perform at theaters, nightclubs, restaurants, ga...

Melbourne VIC AUSTRALIA

 

The Spring Standards are an energetic force of three-part harmony circling over a rock n' roll sound with an old country aftertaste. From small towns to big cities, they explode on stage with spirit, spontaneity, and a s...

New York NY

 

Presented by: Mississippi Development

Jackson, MS based, Wooden Finger began as a collaboration between Matthew Magee and Allison Jenkins.  Their diverse musical backgrounds resulted in 2006 debut LP All This Time...Still We're Lost, which was a haunting bl...

Jackson MS

Presented by: Mississippi Development

Jimmy "Duck" Holmes is the owner/proprietor of one of the oldest juke joints in Mississippi, the Blue Front Cafe in Bentonia, MS. He plays in what has been called the "Bentonia School" of the blues, which is characteriz...

Bentonia MS

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Oxford MS

 

Presented by: Mississippi Development

"Shannon McNally is one of the more interesting singer songwriters to emerge in first decade of the 21st century." Stereophile Shannon McNally in the crux of a prolific phase. In 2010 she released the highly accl...

Holly Springs MS

 

Presented by: Mississippi Development

EDEN BRENT: a little boogalography A three-time Blues Music Award winner and current Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year nominee, Eden Brent’s piano playing and singing range from a melancholic whisper to a ful...

Greenville MS

   

Presented by: Mississippi Development

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Purvis MS