On Tuesday I started the night at the High Road Touring SXSW showcase at the Empire Control Room and Garage.
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Sugadaisy, from Bowling Green, KY, opened the larger outdoor stage and were a pleasant suprise – check them out if you get a chance.
The real reason I chose that showcase, though, was Kathleen Edwards, who played in the much smaller indoor “control room”
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She kept saying she was nervous, but sounded fantastic and had the support of the crowd from the get go:
She brought Lauren Morrow on stage for a cover of John Prine’s “Hello in There” which she said was one of the few covers on her upcoming album, which I can’t wait to hear:
Unfortunately I didn’t capture any of the harmony but well worth looking for when the record comes out.
Wandering down 6th street en route to the next showcase I stopped in briefly at Friends Bar – unfortunately I didn’t catch who was actually on stage – maybe someone can tell me in the comments.
You can always count on the Friends Bar for a decent Texas blues jam
The Victorian Room at the Driskill hosted The Broadside Hacks Folk Club showcase. Or at least it was that – I understand Broadside Hacks actually withdrew from the formal program but a number of the bands they had convened still played that night.
The first was Arielle Soucy from Montreal, Quebec
Followed by Australia’s Folk Bitch Trio
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I don’t know why I didn’t get any video of them (I honestly thought that I had). Guess I was just caught up in the moment – they were definitely a highlight. Check out their video for Analogue below and find them on Spotify here: Folk Bitch Trio