March 18, 2016
West Sacramento Mayor Christopher Cabaldon joins Insight to talk about some of the innovations coming out of this year’s SXSW and how those new ideas can be applied in the great Sacramento Region.
April 10, 2015 | Marnette Federis
At the heart of Sacramento’s Broadway corridor is Sol Collective -- a community center inspiring artists to reconnect with their heritage. The art and music coming from Sol Collective is getting attention far beyond Sacramento.
March 23, 2015 | Melody Stone
Austin is surely cleaning up after the 10-day interactive media, film and music conference known as SXSW wraps up - but CapRadio Music Web editor Melody Stone is back in Sacramento and unpacking all the exciting new music she found in Austin.
March 19, 2015 | Melody Stone
Sacramento's home-grown boutique music festival, TBD Fest, teamed up with San Franscisco music blog, Beautiful Buzzz to bring a taste of TBD's music discovery ethos.
March 19, 2015 | Melody Stone
Every year thousands of musicians travel to Austin, Texas to display their skills at one of the largest music conferences in the world. This year Sacramento musicians are represented in several official SXSW showcases.
March 19, 2015 | Marnette Federis
For the past few weeks, the musicians, producers and support staff under the Sol Life music label have been preparing to put on a official showcase at SXSW.
March 18, 2015 | Melody Stone
Most people over a certain age remember shopping at Tower Records, and many Sacramentans know the chain started in Sacramento. The story of the rise and fall of Tower Records is the subject of a documentary that premiered at SXSW this week.
March 18, 2015 | Melody Stone
Oakland blues artist Fantastic Negrito didn't even want to enter NPR's Tiny Desk Concert Contest, but after some coaxing from friends, he shot a quick one-take video shot on an iPad that changed his life.
March 17, 2015 | Melody Stone
The Beatboxer known as Butterscotch got her start at open mic in the Sacramento area and this week will perform in the first official LGBT showcase at South By Southwest in Austin, Texas.
March 17, 2015
It's been seven years in the making but the long-awaiting documentary about the history of Tower Records is finally making its debut today at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas. Filmmakers that Colin Hanks and Sean Stuart talk about the project.
NPR SXSW CoverageMarch 17, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic shut down SXSW this year, so we're bringing SXSW to you. Meet 100 of the bands and artists we intended to see at the 2020 music festival.
April 13, 2017
The brother and sister have been performing together since they were toddlers, but touring across the country in the soul-pop band Lawrence gave them a new understanding of their relationship.
March 29, 2017
The Venezuelan rockers moved to Mexico as protest and corruption were swallowing their hometown of Caracas. Life in a foreign country became the inspiration for their latest album, La Lucha.
March 24, 2017
This week, we visit the new Disney live-action adaptation of Beauty And The Beast, and we all report back from Austin about the happenings at South By Southwest.
March 24, 2017
Lydia Ainsworth, Phoebe Bridgers, L.A. Salami, Valerie June, Let's Eat Grandma and others sing us quiet songs on hotel beds and in art installations during SXSW.
March 24, 2017
In the Optic Obscura installation at SXSW, Hakim sings some psychedelic soul music for outer-space performed in a room that looks like outer-space.
March 23, 2017
Surrounded by long-hanging optical fibers, Ainsworth sings a stripped-down version of the slow-burning "Afterglow" accompanied only by an upright bass and light percussion.
March 23, 2017
Two years after breaking up the Latin hip-hop juggernaut Calle 13, René Pérez Joglar can't stop connecting dots. The rapper's solo debut turns a simple DNA test into a massive multimedia project.
March 22, 2017
This year's SXSW saw the first-ever showcase featuring exclusively Asian-American artists. Organizer Christine Minji Chang says one goal is to broaden Asian Americans' representation in the industry.
March 22, 2017
In a hotel room near midnight, Bridgers shares a lullaby for the lost. You can't help but hang on for dear life.
