So now, ladies and gentlemen, it is start time.

Are you ready for start time? From W be Z Chicago Chicago and PRX this is sound opinions. I'm Jim De Regattis and I'm

Greg Kott. Sarah Shook is bridging the worlds of punk and honky tongue but it's

our smart pithy lyrics about love that grip

listeners and don't let go.

I'm gonna warm me my lesson and move on.

If I can make a record that makes people feel less alone in their struggles, especially in respect to relationships, then I have achieved my goal.

Sarah Schup joins us for a special live performance.

Plus, Greg is back from the South by Southwest Music Festival.

We'll tell you who to keep an ear out for.

That's all coming up on Sound Opinions.

You're listening to Sound Opinions, and later we're going to talk with singer-songwriter

Sarah Shook about her album Years, one of our favorites of 2018.

But Greg, you are back from Austin, Texas and the South by Southwest Music Festival.

Killed me. First time in 27 years I couldn't go. You were there once again.

First, tell us what this thing is. Jim, you were missed. Big

music industry event, probably the biggest one in North America, annual event has

been going on since the late 80s, gathering in Austin, Texas, 2,000 bands, hundreds of clubs playing at night,

music executives, artists, agents, discussing the state of the music industry by day in panels at the conference

center.

All fewer in number these days to the tech entrepreneur.

Well, there's also not only the tech conference, but the film conference.

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