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Today FLOOD (http://floodmagazine.com/) announced the two-day lineup for the annual FLOODfest presented by Magic Leap during the 2019 South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference. FLOOD Magazine is returning to the festival to celebrate the fifth anniversary of FLOODfest, which has become one of SXSW's premier must-attend events every year. Hosted at the popular and centrally located Cedar Street Courtyard, FLOODfest is partnering with Magic Leap, creator of the premier spatial computing platform, the Magic Leap One, to present a string of marquee names alongside up-and-comers, including Broken Social Scene, White Denim, Kari Faux, Priests, HÆLOS, Herizen, and Leikeli47. Additionally, ahead of their recently announced reunion tour, legendary Atlanta hip-hop collective Dungeon Family, featuring Outkast's Big Boi, Goodie Mob, and Organized Noize's Sleepy Brown, will headline Wednesday. 

 iHeartMedia and Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX) announced today that the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards will feature performances by Alicia Keys, Ariana Grande, Halsey, Garth Brooks, John Legend and Kacey Musgraves, with more to be announced. The live two-hour event airs Thursday, March 14 (8:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) on FOX from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.  The sixth annual iHeartRadio Music Awards will also air live on iHeartMedia radio stations nationwide and iHeartRadio, the all-in-one digital music, podcast, on demand and live-streaming radio service.

For those of you heading to SXSW, be sure to check out KCRW's two official showcases - Tuesday, March 12, at Elysium, and Wednesday, March 13, at the Radio Day Stage. Both showcases are open to anyone with a festival badge or wristband (no RSVP required).

With Psychic Powers, the sophomore effort from Swedish artist Small Feet, is due March 29 on Barsuk Records. In anticipation of the upcoming release, the video for the track “Masquerade” is premiering at FLOOD Magazine. Watch the video at http://floodmagazine.com/57886/premiere-small-feel-explore-digital-love-in-masquerade-video/ and share it via YouTube at https://youtu.be/b8E07KoYh6A.

Like only the most insightful songwriters, Austin Plaine draws intense emotion from the subtlest moments. On his sophomore album Stratford, the Minnesota-bred, Nashville-based musician shapes his lyrical storytelling with both precision and pure feeling, capturing every nuance of lost love and longing and fractured innocence. And while Stratford is steeped in a warm nostalgia, Plaine instills each song with a quiet optimism that speaks to bravely moving forward, even in troubled times. 

Buck Meek has shared the first new music since his critically acclaimed debut album, released last year on Keeled Scales. New song 'Halo Light' is a gently rumbling rumination on 'the afterglow of loss, humanity's ephemera, and the eternal nature of love.” The song was recorded with Dan Molad and Pete Lalish from Lucius and Oliver Hill from Pavo Pavo. Brooklyn Vegan premiered the track, noting 'it's a relaxed, lazy Sunday morning kind of folk rock song. Fans of early '70s Neil Young will probably dig this one.' 

Composer Vik Sharma spoke with us about his score for the new film Fighting With My Family and what it was like working with Blur's guitarist Graham Coxon.

Two-time Tony Award-winning Goodspeed Musicals has brought together an extraordinary group of artists to helm the five exciting productions planned this season: an All-American classic, a heart-warming musical tale, an electric dance-filled tuner, an extraordinary true story, and an inspirational journey that's sure to inspire. Single tickets for all five shows set for Goodspeed's 2019 season go on public sale this Sunday, February 17 at 10:00 a.m..

Hollywood icon John Cusack comes to The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts for a special screening of the iconic film “Say Anything…” on Friday, May 17 at 7:30 pm. Following the screening, there will be a live conversation with audience Q&A. Tickets are on sale to members now and go on sale to the general public on Friday, February 15 at 10 am.

Opening night of the 2019 Adelaide Fringe is less than two days away, and with it, the best and the brightest Australian and international acts will descend on The GC - Grand Central for a month of comedy, music, and magic at their new home on Angas St in Dom Polski.

GHOSTLIGHT DELUXE, an imprint of Ghostlight Records, has announced the release of For Centennial Reasons: 100 Year Salute to Nat King Cole - the new album from the JOHN PIZZARELLI TRIO - in physical, digital and streaming formats today, Friday, February 8. Following high-profile collaborations with Sir Paul McCartney and Michael McDonald, Pizzarelli returns to his roots to honor his hero, the legendary jazz/pop vocalist and pianist Nat King Cole, whose centennial is being celebrated around the world this year with various concerts, books and recordings. For Centennial Reasons completes an epic trio of Pizzarelli albums saluting Cole, starting with Dear Mr. Cole, which helped put Pizzarelli on the map as an influential jazz guitarist and singer in 1994, and continuing with P.S. Mr. Cole, which cemented his legacy five years later. To order the album, please visit ghostlightrecords.lnk.to/pizzarelli-natkingcole

Songwriter Steve Poltz is premiering a new song from his upcoming album, SHINE ON, today with Relix Magazine. The track, 'Pharmacist' is a whimsical take on what might happen if a person were to develop a crush on their local pill dispenser. As always with Poltz, the song marries clever wordplay with a killler hook, all wrapped up and delivered in his engaging, idiosyncratic style.

February 7-10, Pontine Theatre continues its Premiere Season at its new performance venue, The Plains School, located at One Plains Avenue in Portsmouth's West End.

Multi-GRAMMY®-winning artists and current GRAMMY nominees Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, Phillip Sweet, and Jimi Westbrook of Little Big Town have been announced as hosts of the 2019 MusiCares®Person of the Year tribute concert honoring Dolly Parton on Feb. 8. GRAMMY winner Yolanda Adams, current GRAMMY nominee Jon Batiste, past GRAMMY nominee Cam, current GRAMMY nominee Brandi Carlile, GRAMMY winner Jennifer Nettles, and current GRAMMY nominee Margo Price will join the performance lineup at the star-studded annual fundraiser for MusiCares, the signature health and human services charity founded by the Recording Academy. Previously announced performers include Leon Bridges, Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood, Miley Cyrus, Lauren Daigle, Vince Gill, Don Henley, Norah Jones, Shawn Mendes, Kacey Musgraves, Willie Nelson, Katy Perry, Linda Perry, P!NK, Mark Ronson, Mavis Staples, and Chris Stapleton. GRAMMY winner Dolly Partonwill close the evening's performances. Greg Phillinganes will be the musical director.

Pontine Theatre continues its Premiere Season at its new performance venue, The Plains School, located at One Plains Avenue in Portsmouth's West End. The newly renovated Plains School, a collaboration between Pontine Theatre and the City of Portsmouth, is fully accessible with convenient free parking adjacent.

Come out and enjoy a great event with some of the funniest comedians on the East Coast while honoring a fallen hero.

With Psychic Powers, the sophomore effort from Swedish artist Small Feet, is due March 29 on Barsuk Records. In anticipation of the upcoming release Brooklyn Vegan is premiering the album's first single, “Let the Guys Down;” listen to the track here! 

Bay Area Cabaret welcomes back world-renowned guitarist and singer John Pizzarelli and singer Jessica Molaskey, a duo Time Magazine calls the "Astaire-Rodgers of the cabaret world." Bay Area Cabaret audiences will have the chance to see, or choose between, two varied programs:  The first, at 3:30 is a centennial tribute to Nat King Cole, a Venetian Room regular, whose work is celebrated on Mr. Pizzarelli's upcoming CD, Centenially Yours. The second show, American Stories, at 7:30, is a duo show by John and his talented wife Jessica that debuted at Cafe Carlyle and features an eclectic mix of music by George and Ira Gershwin, Johnny Mercer, Paul Simon, Stephen Sondheim, Stevie Nicks and the couple's signature mashups and medleys. Aligned both in their love of the American Songbook and their desire to expand and present it to new audiences, Bay Area Cabaret and John Pizzarelli and his wife Jessica enjoy a partnership that reaches back well over a decade.

Craft Recordings is pleased to announce their upcoming reissue of Pieces of You, the debut album from Jewel, one of the most successful singer-songwriters of all time. Long out-of-print, Craft Recordings reissues this landmark album on February 15th. Like the original, the 2-LP vinyl features five bonus tracks that originally appeared as B-sides on the album's single releases, with lacquers cut by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering and pressed at Memphis Record Pressing. Barnes & Noble also will be selling an exclusive blue vinyl version.

Country music hit-maker Lacy J. Dalton is up to something we're all going to love. Having built a successful career for herself in the world of country music, Dalton has been evolving her sound into the world of Americana since 2004. Today, she released a new 4 song EP titled Scarecrow. This new blend of deep, edgy music has taken Dalton's songwriting in a whole new different direction, sharing a side she's never shared before.