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SXSW 2019 – Say What?!

Wednesday, April 03, 2019 By Mayer Danzig

One of my favorite things about SXSW (well, after the music) are the crazy comments that you hear along the way. Here are a few choice selections from SXSW 2019. This is my spring training. Fenway Park organist Josh Kantor on his SXSW experience playing with multiple bands around town This is the first day […]

Filed Under: Spoken Word, SXSW

SXSW 2019 – The Sounds, Part 2

Thursday, March 28, 2019 By Mayer Danzig

BEN KWELLER After a multi-year hiatus from music and, at least on this night, was in a feisty mood. In power trio format, he unleashed a boisterous pop fury. Welcome back, Ben. DEATH BY UNGA BUNGA This was the band that I saw that I saw the most at SXSW, catching three of their six […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Country, Outlaw Country, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, SXSW Tagged With: Altameda, Ben Kweller, David Wax Museum, Death By Unga Bunga, Jeremy Pinnell, Justin Townes Earle, Lee Bains III and the Glory Fires, Melanie Brulee, The Reed Brothers, The Sick Things, Vandoliers

SXSW 2019 – The Sounds, Part 1

Thursday, March 28, 2019 By Mayer Danzig

BALTO I was sold on Balto as soon as I heard the blistering slide on “Black Snake, Mojave Blues”, the sample track that they shared on their SXSW profile page. Seeing them live provided an exclamation point – I caught two exceptional raucous and greasy outdoor sets in the afternoon sun. The LA-based quartet were […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Bluegrass, Blues, Country, Folk, Indie, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Soul/R&B, SXSW Tagged With: Asleep at the Wheel, Austin Lucas, Balto, Band of Heathens, Brett Newski, Collective Soul, Ed Roland, J.S. Ondara, Joshua Ray Walker, Mating Ritual, Ray Benson, Robert Randolph, Strand of Oaks, Western Youth, Yola

SXSW 2019 – The Scene

Wednesday, March 27, 2019 By Mayer Danzig

For me, the true harbinger of spring is the arrival of the SXSW Music and Media Conference in Austin, Texas. Or rather, spring begins for me when I arrive in Austin for SXSW. With upwards of 2,000 bands and more than 20,000 attendees from around the world, SXSW is the world’s premiere music conference. Even […]

Filed Under: Americana, Country, Indie, Outlaw Country, Pop, Rock, SXSW

SXSW 2018 – Say What?!

Wednesday, April 04, 2018 By Mayer Danzig

One of my favorite things about SXSW (well, after the music) are the crazy comments that you hear along the way. Here are a few choice selections from SXSW 2018. Hi, we’re Dressy Bessy. We won Dumbest Band Name here at SXSW in 1999. This year we aren’t even in the top 500. Tammy Ealom […]

Filed Under: Spoken Word, SXSW

SXSW 2018 – The Sounds, Part 3

Tuesday, April 03, 2018 By Mayer Danzig

TERRA LIGHTFOOT If there was one artist on my “do not miss” list this year it was Terra Lightfoot. I first saw her at SXSW a few years back and she just keeps getting better and better. The combination of her voice, songs and guitar playing makes for a potent rock and roll cocktail. JAIMEE […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Blues, Country, Folk, Indie, Pop, Rock, SXSW Tagged With: Cody Canada, Jaimee Harris, James McMurtry, John Doe, Jon Dee Graham, Kelly Willis, Nathaniel Rateliff, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Sam Morrow, Terra Lightfoot, the Sideshow Tragedy, Tyler Childers

Monday Morning Video – A SXSW Sampler

Monday, April 02, 2018 By Mayer Danzig

Sure, there’s plenty of musical diversity at SXSW. There’s also variety in the venues, not to mention the time of day. This video playlist is a sampler of the performances that happen in hotel ballrooms (Nathaniel Rateliff, SMYL, The Lost Brothers), chapels real (Quiet Slang at St. David’s) and not (Margo Price at Luck Ranch […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Pop, Rock, Soul/R&B, SXSW, Videos Tagged With: Beach Slang, Frank Turner, Gang of Youths, Himalayas, Jaimee Harris, Larkin Poe, Margo Price, Nathaniel Rateliff, Quiet Slang, The Lost Brothers

SXSW 2018 – The Sounds, Part 2

Thursday, March 29, 2018 By Mayer Danzig

RUBY BOOTS I’d previously only seen Nashville by way of Australia songwriter Ruby Boots play acoustically. SXSW offered the perfect time to remedy that as she had band in tow. It represented a better reflection of the recently released Don’t Talk About It, which rumbles with electrified melodies and a healthy back-beat. Boots and company […]

Filed Under: Americana, Pop, Rock, Rockabilly, SXSW Tagged With: David Ramirez, Gang of Youths, John Paul Keith, Larkin Poe, Linda Perry, Ruby Boots, Shame, Tristen

SXSW 2018 – The Sounds, Part 1

Thursday, March 29, 2018 By Mayer Danzig

LEE BAINS III & THE GLORY FIRES If you haven’t seen Bains and company live then you’ve been missing something special. Well, perhaps special isn’t the right word; maybe cathartic? The quartet unleash a fury of rock and roll complete with blaring guitars, roaring vocals and enough energy to power a small town. Bains bounded […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Country, Indie, Pop, Rock, SXSW Tagged With: Beach Slang, Brent Cowles, Frank Turner, Greyhounds, Lee Bains III and the Glory Fires, Quiet Slang, Shinyribs, The Texas Gentlemen

SXSW 2018 – The Scene

Tuesday, March 27, 2018 By Mayer Danzig

For me, the true harbinger of spring is the arrival of the SXSW Music and Media Conference in Austin, Texas. Or rather, spring begins for me when I arrive in Austin for SXSW. With upwards of 2,000 bands and more than 20,000 attendees from around the world, SXSW is the world’s premiere music conference. Even […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Country, Indie, Pop, Rock, SXSW

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