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SXSW

Eurovision’s Katerine Duska brings Athens to Austin stage

Eurovision’s Katerine Duska brings Athens to Austin stage

Zoe Tzanis, Life & Arts Editor March 21, 2022
The Daily Texan sat down with Duska to talk about her Eurovision experience, latest EP and longtime SXSW dreams. 
Linda Perry, Alisha Ballard team up to promote launch of EqualizeHer at SXSW

Linda Perry, Alisha Ballard team up to promote launch of EqualizeHer at SXSW

Sage Dunlap, Life and Arts reporter March 20, 2022

Following its March 15 launch at SXSW, EqualizeHer — an organization aiming to combat gender inequality in the music industry-sponsored a series of events at the festival to raise awareness for the organization...

Afro-fusion artist TÖME talks power of music, embarking on new chapter

Afro-fusion artist TÖME talks power of music, embarking on new chapter

Angela Lim, Life and Arts senior reporter March 20, 2022

With a Canadian JUNO Award for Reggae Record of the Year under her belt, Afro-fusion artist TÖME has received acclaim for her distinct, rich sound inspired by her multicultural experiences. Her latest...

Alternative/rock duo Lowertown discuss latest EP, tour life at SXSW

Alternative/rock duo Lowertown discuss latest EP, tour life at SXSW

Kaiya Little, Life & Arts Reporter March 20, 2022

Atlanta-based duo Lowertown made their first-ever stop at SXSW this week while traveling the country opening for Wet Leg, a British band currently on a North American tour. Lowertown consists of 20-year-old...

Sarah Kinsley shares artistic visions, confessional messages in EP The King

Sarah Kinsley shares artistic visions, confessional messages in EP The King

Angela Lim, Life & Arts Reporter March 20, 2022

Inspired by the old cassettes, classical pieces and pop radio songs she listened to growing up, Sarah Kinsley took her time falling in love with music. The artist delivers an outpouring of soul-stirring...

Liveshot: MUNA checks into South Congress Hotel with intimate performance

Liveshot: MUNA checks into South Congress Hotel with intimate performance

Sage Dunlap, Life & Arts Reporter March 20, 2022

While the bright sun set on Austin’s beloved South Congress Hotel patio, fans cheered as the hit pop trio MUNA took to the stage March 18 with their electric guitars, sunglasses and a blow-up horse.  As...

SXSW Live Shot: Sarah Kinsley enthralls with musical prowess in multifaceted set

SXSW Live Shot: Sarah Kinsley enthralls with musical prowess in multifaceted set

Angela Lim, Life & Arts Reporter March 19, 2022

The first line of Sarah Kinsley’s cleverly placed opener, “Karma,” extends toward her audience, reciprocating the warm welcome she received from South by Southwest. “Now come on in, take a seat...

An all-new Mickey returns to screens, embracing his symbolism, faults, enduring magic

An all-new Mickey returns to screens, embracing his symbolism, faults, enduring magic

Zoe Tzanis, Life & Arts Reporter March 19, 2022

Mickey, the nearly 100-year-old mouse, marches triumphantly back on-screen March 19 in the biographical documentary “Mickey: The Story of a Mouse,” which premiered at South by Southwest. The Disney+...

David Siev talks evolution of ‘Bad Axe,’ capturing intimate family moments, family’s restaurant 

David Siev talks evolution of ‘Bad Axe,’ capturing intimate family moments, family’s restaurant 

Zoe Tzanis, Life & Arts Reporter March 19, 2022

When David Siev moved from New York back to his hometown of Bad Axe, Michigan, and began filming his family and their efforts to maintain their family business, he had no idea this casual footage would...

LAUNDRY DAY talks creating album We Switched Bodies, developing sound

LAUNDRY DAY talks creating album ‘We Switched Bodies,’ developing sound

Angela Lim, Life & Arts Reporter March 19, 2022

Growing up in bustling New York City, LAUNDRY DAY surged onto the music scene in 2018, traveling to sold out shows and working with top producers as teenagers. Now, four years since their debut, the quintet...

Short horror film ‘BLINK’ director/writer Spenser Cohen, Anna Halberg, producer Scott Glassgold talk conjuring bite-size fear

Short horror film ‘BLINK’ director/writer Spenser Cohen, Anna Halberg, producer Scott Glassgold talk conjuring bite-size fear

Noah Levine, Life and Arts Film Columnist March 18, 2022

“BLINK” is the first short horror film of Screen Gems’ new Scream Gems Horror Lab partnership with Scott Glassgold’s production company, Ground Control. Now available to stream on YouTube, the...

Cassandra Jenkins shares sources of inspiration, self realizations from songwriting

Cassandra Jenkins shares sources of inspiration, self realizations from songwriting

Sage Dunlap, Life and Arts reporter March 18, 2022

While exploring an exhibit at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, singer-songwriter Cassandra Jenkins took out her phone to record her conversation with a security guard, dawning the concept for her second...

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