At South By Southwest (SXSW) in Austin,
TX they have been taking music, film and entertainment seriously
since 1987. SXSW is Austin’s week long music & film festival.
The festival draws nearly 10,000 people
and showcases hundreds of new and emerging talents. SXSW, Inc. is an
international affair and houses offices in Ireland, Germany,
Australia and Japan. You can then imagine the broad scope of music
featured at the festival.
Your OTM culture host has been busy
queuing up the 2006 bands and has assembled some of his favorites for
your listening pleasure, click on the artist to visit Amazon.com for
sample songs.
Andy Pratt -- Pop
Bobby Bare -- Country
Busdriver -- Pop
Carina Round -- Rock
Carmen Rizzo (of Niyaz) -- Electronic
Caroline -- Pop
Carolyn Mark -- Country
Christine Fellows -- Jazz
The End of the World -- Rock
Gena Rowlands Band -- Pop
Gingerbread Patriots -- Rock
Gogol Bordello -- Punk
Hard-Fi -- Rock
Ian Moore -- Rock
Isobel Campbell -- Jazz
JD Natasha - Latin Rock
John Boutte -- Jazz
Jon Randall - Country
Josh Ritter -- Rock
Judith Owen -- Jazz
Kunimoto Takeharu -- Japanese Rock
Lesbians On Ecstasy -- Electronic
Living Better Electrically -- Rock
Los De Abajo -- Latin Ska
Margot & The Nuclear So And So -- Pop
Mike Wexler -- Rock
Real Ones -- Rock
Richard Hawley -- Contemporary Pop
Rumble Strips -- Pop
Sharron Kraus & Christian Kief -- Traditional Irish
Super XX Man -- Pop
The Thin Man -- Rock
Tommy Shane Steiner -- Country
Tres -- Jazz
Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re -- Japanese Rock
Death Ray Music -- Rock
Washington Social Club -- Rock
Willy Mason -- Rock
XOXO WW