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SXSW 2021 Preview

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4.33.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2021

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen and Stephen Thompson listened to the nearly 300 artists performing at this year's online edition of SXSW and share their most exciting discoveries.

This includes the Korean electro-pop duo HAEPAARY, the South African folksinger Bongeziwe Mabandla, the gentle Australian pianist Sophie Hutchings and the occasional detour into Welsh indie-rock, danceable hip-hop and more.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Ophira Eisenberg, host of Ask Me Another.

0:04.2

I love film, food, TV, and clothes.

0:07.8

So I was thrilled to talk with clothing designer restaurant tour and fresh off the boat series

0:12.0

creator Eddie Huang about his debut film, Boogie, and play a game with him.

0:16.9

Now to the Ask Me Another podcast from MPR.

0:35.0

I'm sitting in a closet.

0:37.2

I'm in my bedroom studio.

0:40.0

I have my pajamas on.

0:43.6

During the same sweatpants I've been wearing for a year.

0:46.9

We've been wanting to talk to you about that.

0:50.9

So this year, beginning March 16th, South by Southwest is something everybody could attend.

0:58.5

It's virtual this year.

1:00.0

So last year at this time we found out that South by Southwest was canceled due to COVID-19.

1:06.1

And in the weeks running up to the festival there was kind of this uncertainty and then

1:09.8

kind of right before everybody was about to fly down.

1:13.4

It was canceled.

1:14.4

And so everything had been set up for the festival to happen, but then nothing could happen.

1:19.3

This year, South by Southwest is happening virtually, a fraction of the bands that there

1:24.2

would ordinarily be.

1:25.8

But everyone can attend.

1:27.2

We're all attending virtually.

1:28.7

You do buy a ticket to view these concerts online and kind of take in a virtual festival

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