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SXSW Announce the 2025 Winners of the Grulke Prize

With the conclusion of the SXSW Conference and Festival in Austin, Texas for 2025, the Grulke Prize winners have been announced.

Tagged as: Australia, Grulke Prize, jasmine.4.t, John Fogerty, music industry, Samara Cyn, South by Southwest, SXSW, Texas, USA

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Lime Cordiale, The Black Keys, Bootsy Collins Added to SXSW

by Paul Cashmere

Sydney’s Lime Cordiale will showcase at the SXSW music festival in Texas in March as well as The Black Keys and Bootsy Collins.

Tagged as: Austin, Bootsy Collins, Lime Cordiale, music industry, SXSW, Texas, The Black Keys, USA

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SXSW Announce First Round Of Showcasing Artists for 2024

by Paul Cashmere

SXSW Announce First Round Of Showcasing Artists for 2024

Tagged as: 2024, Austin, music conference, SXSW, Texas

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Billy Gibbons Is Off On A “European Vacation”

by Paul Cashmere

Billy Gibbons is heading off to Europe for a month of concerts across June.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Billy Gibbons, blues, Matt Cameron, rock, Texas, USA, ZZ Top

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Texas To Release Two New Songs Before Glastonbury

by Paul Cashmere

Texas are releasing two new songs ahead of their Glastonbury set.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, rock, Texas, UK

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Australia’s 32 SXSW Showcase Artists Event Scheduled

by Paul Cashmere

32 Australian acts, including rock royalty Andrew Farriss of INXS, will showcase at SXSW in Austin Texas this month.

Tagged as: Andrew Farriss, Australia, INXS, music industry, rock, SXSW, Texas, USA

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SXSW To Hold First International Event In Sydney

by Paul Cashmere

South By Southwest (SXSW), the technology, film and music conference held annually in Austin, Texas, will hold its first international event in Sydney, Australia in October.

Tagged as: Austin, conference, music industry, SXSW, Sydney, Texas, USA

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Alex The Astronaut photo by Jess Gleeson

Sounds Australia Reveals SXSW Showcase Line-up For 2022

by Paul Cashmere

The Australian line-up for Sounds Australia’s SXSW showcase has been revealed.

Tagged as: Austin, music festival, music industry, Sounds Australia, SXSW, Texas, USA

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Dolly Parton, Sammy Hagar and The Lemonheads To Play At SXSW

by Paul Cashmere

Dolly Parton, Sammy Hagar and The Lemonheads To Play At SXSW

Tagged as: Austin, Dolly Parton, music industry, Sammy Hagar, SXSW, Texas, The Lemonheads

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SXSW New Additions Include Paris Jackson and Shawn Mendes

by Paul Cashmere

Paris Jackson revealed her SXSW showcase dates earlier in the week. SXSW have also confirmed Shawn Mendes will showcase at the music festival and conference in Austin, Texas in March.

Tagged as: Austin, music festival, music industry, Paris Jackson, Shawn Mendes, SXSW, Texas, USA

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SXSW Adds Another Batch Of Artists

by Paul Cashmere

More artists from around the world have been added to SXSW for the March music festival and conference in Austin, Texas.

Tagged as: Austin, music festival, music industry, SXSW, Texas, USA

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SXSW Announces 73 More Acts for 2022 Conference

by Paul Cashmere

As the SXSW music festival and conference draws closer for 2022 there will be a weekly update on acts added to the festival.

Tagged as: Austin, music festival, music industry, SXSW, Texas, USA

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SXSW Reveals Round Three of Artists for 2022

by Paul Cashmere

SXSW have announced the third round of artists heading to showcase at the music festival and conference in Austin Texas in March.

Tagged as: Austin, Jack Gray, music festival, music industry, SXSW, Texas, USA

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10 Australia and Two More New Zealand Acts Added To SXSW

by Paul Cashmere

With a expected near normal 2022 on the way, SXSW has revealed its second round of artists with 10 Australian acts an a couple of Kiwis added for the 2022 Music Festival in Austin, Texas next March.

Tagged as: Alex The Astronaut, Austin, Australia, Children Collide, music festival, New Zealand, SXSW, Texas, USA

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SXSW To Return In 2022 As Live Event

by Paul Cashmere

Artists from around the world will return to Austin, Texas when SXSW resumes in 2022.

Tagged as: Austin, CHAII, Grace Cummings, Jo Schornikow, music industry, SXSW, Texas, Wanderers

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ZZ Top Bass Player Dusty Hill Dead At 72

by Paul Cashmere

ZZ Top bass player Dusty Hill has died at age 72. While a cause of death has not been announced, it is understood Dusty died in his sleep at his home in Texas.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, Billy Gibbons, blues, Dusty Hill, rock, Texas, USA, ZZ Top

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Texas To Release 10th Album

by Music-News.com

Texas flex their “rock soul muscle” on their upcoming 10th studio album, ‘Hi’.

Tagged as: 90s, rock, Scotland, Texas, UK

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Billy Gibbons Preps His Third Solo Album ‘Hardware’

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

ZZ Top legend Billy Gibbons has given us a sampler of his third album ‘Hardware’ with a new song ‘West Coast Junkie’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Billy Gibbons, blues, rock, Texas, USA, ZZ Top

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SXSW Reveals Full List of Showcasing Artists

by Paul Cashmere

SXSW has announced another crop of showcasing artists as it also rounds up the list of keynotes.

Tagged as: Austin, Australian artists, conference, music industry, SXSW, Texas, USA, Willie Nelson

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Baker Boy Lines Up For A SXSW Showcase – The SXSW New Additions

by Paul Cashmere

SXSW will be a completely different event for 2021 with the showcases all online and the events occurring at venues all over the world.

Tagged as: Austin, Baker Boys, music industry, SXSW, Texas

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Roy Head Dies Aged 79

by Paul Cashmere

Roy Head, best known for his 1965 global hit ‘Treat Her Right’, has died at the age of 79.

Tagged as: 60s, blues, rock, Roy Head, soul, Texas, USA

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Class Action Over Non-SXSW Cancellation Refunds Escalates

by Paul Cashmere

SXSW is facing increased pressure to refund delegates who registered for the 2020 music conference and festival which could potentially bankrupt the organization.

Tagged as: Austin, music industry, SXSW, Texas, USA

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SXSW Cancels Days Before Event And Will Keep Your Money

by Paul Cashmere

The SXSW conference and festival in Austin, Texas is not offering refunds to the thousands of delegates who were attending the event.

Tagged as: Austin, music industry, Sounds Australia, SXSW, Texas, USA

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SXSW Cancellation Becomes Insurance Nightmare

by Music-News.com

The annual music, film, and tech festival – which was due to take place from March 13-22 – was axed on Friday over concerns about the coronavirus and SXSW co-founder Nick Barbaro has confirmed their policy weren’t covered for cancellations relating to a disease outbreak or the city of Austin, Texas, declaring a local state of disaster.

Tagged as: Australia, music industry, SXSW, Texas, USA

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BREAKING NEWS – SXSW 2020 CANCELLED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS

by Paul Cashmere

The SXSW music conference and festival has been cancelled.

Tagged as: Austin, music industry, SXSW, Texas, USA

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SXSW Issues Coronavirus Statement Ahead Of 2020 Conference

by Paul Cashmere

SXSW says its 2020 music conference and festival will go ahead but has issued a statement regarding Coronavirus (COVID19).

Tagged as: Austin, music industry, SXSW, Texas, USA

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SXSW Adds Another 108 Acts

by Paul Cashmere

SXSW has added 108 more showcase acts for the 2020 music conference in Austin, Texas.

Tagged as: Austin, music industry, SXSW, Texas, USA

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105 More Acts Added To SXSW

by Paul Cashmere

SXSW has added a further 105 acts to the 2020 music festival.

Tagged as: Austin, music industry, SXSW, Texas, USA

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Khruangbin Team Up With Leon Bridges For C-Side

by Tim Cashmere

Houston-based instrumental trio Khruangbin – known for their fusion of styles from soul to R&B to country to psychedelic rock – have teamed up with modern soul man Leon Bridges for the most effortlessly cool tune you have heard in ages.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, funk, Khruangbin, Leon Bridges, rock, soul, Texas

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SXSW Adds Over 350 More Artists

by Paul Cashmere

Another 350 artists have been announced for SXSW 2020 in Austin, Texas in April.

Tagged as: Australia, Didirri, music industry, New Zealand, SXSW, Texas, USA

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