A few highlights of music I saw on Monday at SXSW in Austin. I tried to find the balance between spending too much time getting video on the phone versus just being there in the moment, but did catch a few videos.

Grace Sorensen is an Austin local, doing her first set at Cuatro Gato downtown – stripped down, mostly acoustic with just a guitarist accompanying her. She did many more sets across the week with a full band. She also brought up a saxophonist toward the end of her set but I didn’t get any good video of that.

Across the street, Eleni Drake was playing her first US set at Coopers BBQ:

Eleni Drake was born in South Africa to Greek parents, raised in the UK, and records covers via YouTube videos in London.