South by Southwest (SXSW)

Depeche Mode: The Complete SXSW 2013 Interview

Jason Bentley — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:33:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NihMVuspKQw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v85gICtpVjw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-g98-IHHIo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e469hPZabIs

Lessons From SXSW 2013: Take The Middle Road

Ann Powers — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:48:00 +0000

That guy Prince has a sense of humor.

At South By Southwest, A 71-Year-Old Guitarist Makes A Belated Debut

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 06:51:00 +0000

This week, about 2,000 bands from around the world are performing at various venues throughout Austin, Texas, for the South by Southwest music festival. Many of the musicians are young and have had plenty of experience performing in public.

And then there's guitarist Harry Taussig, who is nearly 72 years old. On Thursday, he'll be performing live for the first time ever.

Taussig never really meant to be a musician. He majored in physics at the University of California, Berkeley.

Baby Bands, Pop Stars And Room-Filling Joy: What To Expect At SXSW 2013

Stephen Thompson — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 20:50:00 +0000

Listen to Stephen Thompson's conversation with Audie Cornish on All Things Considered by clicking the audio link.

The South by Southwest music festival kicked off Tuesday with the first of five straight nights of music overload: The clubs, makeshift music venues and front porches of Austin, Texas, were overrun with little-known discoveries-in-waiting and big names alike, as well as tens of thousands of fans who have flocked to the city in search of epiphanies.

Finding a prevailing trend at SXSW isn't easy; the festival is like 50 events in one, so it's possible t

Why I'm Not Going To SXSW This Year

Andrea Swensson — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:11:00 +0000

As a music journalist from the North Country, I'd be a fool to pass up the opportunity to head down Austin, Texas, each March for the South by Southwest Music Conference. It provides those of us on the ice-whipped prairie a respite from our endless winter season, not to mention a chance to binge on the best burgeoning artists before they make their way around the country on tour.