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SXSW announces free, Latin music showcase
Intocable will headline all-Latino SXSW showcase. South by Southwest has announced an all-Latino showcase on March 19 at the SXSW Outdoor Stage at Lady Bird Lake (formerly the Auditorium Shores stage)....
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Austin gets new Willie Nelson mural
A 60-foot-by-20-foot mural of Willie Nelson looms over traffic on East Seventh Street at Neches Street. Rudy Duran is dwarfed by the mural while posing for a photo. “He is Texas, as far as I’m...
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SXSW presents first Cuban music showcase
Telmary Diaz is among the featured artists at the Sounds from Cuba showcase. For the first time in South by Southwest’s 30-year history, the festival will dedicate an entire showcase to Cuban music on...
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SXSW 2016: Around the World in five days, day 1, 3/15/16
Joon Moon. Photo by Emmanuel Noyon. » Day 1: Tues, 3/15 | Day 2: Weds, 3/16 | Day 3, Thurs, 3/17 | Day 4, Fri., 3/18 | Day 5, Sat. 3/19 The South by Southwest Music Festival always has had a strong...
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SXSW 2016: Around the world in 5 days, day 2
R&B artists Zion.T headlines the K-Pop night out show at the Belmont. Fantastic bands flying in from around the world is one of our favorite things about the South by Southwest music festival....
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Sounds from Spain rock at SXSW
Garage rockers Agoraphobia are part of a group of artists representing Spain at SXSW 2016. Photo by Nancy Flores. Sounds from Spain, an organization that fosters and promotes Spanish music...
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Systema Solar, Lulacruza shine despite SXSW stage delays
Lulacruza performs at SXSW2016. Photo by Nancy Flores South by Southwest’s Radio Day Stage and International Day Stage were delayed by about two hours on Wednesday following the opening keynote panel...
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Pakistan showcase returns to SXSW
Wahid Allan Faqir performs at the second annual Pakistan showcase during SXSW. Photo by Nancy Flores After the success of the first Pakistan showcase at South by Southwest last year, a new slew of...
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African rising star Elida Almeida enchants SXSW crowd
Elida Almeida performs at SXSW 2016. Photo by Nancy Flores With a powerful stage presence that commanded the attention of the room, African songstress Elida Almeida strutted on the stage at the...
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SXSW Spotlight: Los Nastys
Los Nastys at SXSW 2016. Garage punk rockers Los Nastys from Madrid made their American debut at South by Southwest this week. The raucous band formed part of the group of featured artists who...
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Colombian bands bring sabor to SXSW
Velo de Oza performs at SXSW 2016. Photo by Nancy Flores Colombia’s presence at South by Southwest remains strong with artists representing the diversity of the South American country’s sound. At...
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SXSW Spotlight: Mexican indie folk-pop songstress Vanessa Zamora
Vanessa Zamora makes her SXSW debut this year. Photo by Nancy Flores The third time was the charm for Tijuana-born singer-songwriter Vanessa Zamora who applied to be a South by Southwest showcasing...
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SXSW’s first Cuban showcase makes history
Daymé Arocena performs at SXSW 2016. Photo by Nancy Flores Twelve Cuban musicians. Five bands. One night. “You tell me if you think this was easy to put together,” artist Telmary Díaz teased the crowd...
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SXSW Spotlight: Abstrakto (Featuring Asdru of Ozomatli + Balt Getty)
Ozomatli’s Asdrubal Sierra and Balt Getty of the Purplehaus record label make up Abstrakto. As lead vocalist with genre-mashers Ozomatli, Asdru Sierra has been helping redefine Latin music for a new...
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Intocable, 3BallMTY get party started at SXSW lakeside show
Kenia Norato and Luis Tenorio, right, listen to División Minúscula at the SXSW Outdoor Stage at Auditorium Shores during SXSW on Saturday, March 19, 2016. DEBORAH CANNON / AMERICAN-STATESMAN The sun...
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5 Women who rocked last day of SXSW
Yissy & Bandancha perform at The Sounds of Cuba at The Speakeasy in Austin, Texas. Photo by Erika Rich for American-Statesman The night wasn’t planned that way, but the beauty of South by Southwest...
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Missing Pachanga Fest? Pa’l Norte music festival could be solution
Colombia’s Pedrina Y Río perform at Pa’l Norte fest. Photo by Nancy Flores When the Pachanga Latino Music Festival announced earlier this year that it was shuttering the daylong festival that brought...
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5 Reasons You Should Attend Pa’l Norte Music Fest
Pa’l Norte music festival in Monterrey, Mexico, takes place at Parque Fundidora park. Photo by Nancy Flores With the absence of the Pachanga Latino Music Festival in Austin this spring, I headed south...
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Los Tigres Del Norte, Buena Vista Social Club alumni to perform at Pachanga...
Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club lead vocalist Omara Portuondo will perform at an upcoming Pachanga Presents concert. Earlier this year, the Pachanga Latino Music Festival restructured as a concert...
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Gina Chavez concert to benefit Niñas Arriba college fund
Gina Chavez, who co-founded the Niñas Arriba college fund, performs at the Austin Music Awards at SXSW 2015. JAY JANNER / AMERICAN-STATESMAN In 2009, Austin singer-songwriter Gina Chavez and her...
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