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Announcing the 2017 SXSW Community Grant Recipients

SXSW is proud to announce the recipients of the 2017 SXSW Community Grants. Congratulations to these five deserving charities – Austin Youth River Watch, Moms-in-Film, The Nobelity Project, Pattern.org, and SongwritingWith:Soldiers. Each organization will be awarded one $10,000 grant for continuing or launching community programs for a total of $50,000…

BY Chris Cantu

2017 SXSW Community Grant recipient, Songwriting:WithSoldiers - Photo courtesy Songwriting:WithSoldiers

SXSW Keynote Nile Rodgers & 200+ Showcasing Artists Announced

We have big news for you! Nile Rodgers – the multi-Grammy Award-winning composer, producer, arranger, guitarist, and creator of the We Are Family Foundation – has been confirmed as a Keynote Speaker (Music) for the 2017 SXSW Conference. Adding to the excitement, we are thrilled to share 210 more artist…

BY Rory Burbeck

SXSW Showcasing Artist of the Day

Once we begin artist announcements, we will be highlighting a different Showcasing Artist each weekday leading up to the 2018 SXSW Music Festival. In the meantime, take a moment to dig back through the artists who made the list for 2017. Carnival Youth photo by Martins Cirulis ##Browse by week…

BY Rory Burbeck

2017 SXSW Showcasing Artist Carnival Youth

Announcing 150+ Showcasing Artists for the 2017 SXSW Music Festival

The super tasty hors d'oeuvres have digested so on to the first course. Today’s announcement includes more than 150 hot and fresh Showcasing Artists scheduled to perform at the SXSW Music Festival, March 13-19, 2017. The artists in this first round hail from 26 countries and represent a variety of…

BY Rory Burbeck

Four on the Floor: Flyin’ Solo at SXSW 2017

In today’s edition of Four on the Floor, we take a look at four solo artists who will be performing at SXSW 2017. Agnes Obel (Berlin, Germany) Website | Add to your Schedule Drawing from a diverse set of influences, ranging from Chopin to PJ Harvey, Danish singer-songwriter Agnes Obel…

BY Rory Burbeck

Four on the Floor: Shades of Indie Rock

Today we're getting to know four 2017 SXSW Showcasing Artists who play different styles within the broad category of indie rock. Forth Wanderers (Montclair, NJ) Website | Add to your Schedule The easy-going indie pop sounds of Forth Wanderers were born from the hallways of a high school in Montclair,…

BY Rory Burbeck

Watch the SXSW Interview with Angelique Kidjo

We were thrilled to have Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, actress and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angelique Kidjo with us at SXSW Music 2016. Interviewed by NPR’s Ann Powers, Kidjo shared and discussed her women’s rights, education, and public health work in Africa, as well as her art. Kidjo has collaborated with recording…

BY Amy Fennie

Four on the Floor: Folk from Around the World

We aren't necessarily referring to modern folk music in this context: all of these 2016 SXSW Showcasing Artists perform music which either incorporates traditional styles from their respective countries, or takes contemporary folk and blends it with other genres. Listen and add them to your SXSW schedule below! Grimm Grimm…

BY Rory Burbeck

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