• Revisiting the early '90s Country Boom to coincide with the return of Garth Brooks
  Post from Arts & Labor Magazine.
• The Turtles Lose Bid to Halt SiriusXM's $210M Settlement With RIAA
  Story from The Hollywood Reporter.
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The 2016 SXSW PanelPicker entry process will continue through the weekend! The deadline to enter your ideas for SXSW Music, Film and Interactive has been extended to this Sunday, July 26 at 11:59PM CDT.

It’s another exciting edition of New Music Friday and we’ve got a number of fresh off the press albums from South By alumni to fill you in on.

• How the Newport Folk Festival Keeps Its Vintage Format Fresh
  Story from Rolling Stone.
• Boy George: ‘This Is the World I Was Fighting for in 1984’
  Story from Yahoo! Music.
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This week, Tha Fixx Radio guided us through fresh tracks from Texas Ambassador Trae Tha Truth (who’s about to drop a new album tomorrow), more Texas legends like Bun B and Z-Ro, Jet Life’s Young Roddy and so much more.

Stream it here...

Explore one of SXSW Eco's newest sessions on Corporate Social Responsibility: How Chemicals in Everyday Products are Killing Us - and What You Can Do About It.

It’s a big week for SXSW Comedy: the festival’s first special, SXSW Comedy with W. Kamau Bell, premieres this Friday on Showtime!

SXSW Comedy with W. Kamau Bell is the first of a two-episode series, airing exclusively on Showtime this summer. Shot live at SXSW 2015, the special captures...

• Troy Carter's Atom Factory Announces Tech Accelerator SMASHD Labs
  Interview from Billboard.
• How Summer Festivals' Contractual Fine Print Limits Local Bands and Bookers
  Story from Seattle Weekly.
• Teenager finds photos of first Nirvana gig tucked inside her dad's books
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