SXSW 2025: A Music Festival In Flux - By David Schultz
- Mar 18, 2025
- 11:42 am PDT
David Schultz reports from the 2025 South By Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas, which was the final year SXSW will present music in this format.
Grahame Lesh reunited the surviving members of the Phil Lesh Quintet on Monday night at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York to help him close out a run of four “Unbroken Chain” tributes to his father.
Nancy Sinatra made a surprise appearance at the “Let’s Get L.Aid” music and comedy event supporting Los Angeles wildfire relief efforts.
The String Cheese Incident and Pigeons Playing Ping Pong traded guest spots on Friday and Saturday night during joint concerts held at The Sound in Del Mar, California.
Umphrey’s McGee added long-shelved Pink Floyd and Steely Dan covers to the setlist of Friday’s show at Spokane Live.
The Disco Biscuits debuted a new original song, “Scars Of The Brave,” and busted out “Mirrors” over two shows at Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, New Jersey.
Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy covered The Velvet Underground with Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy during their R.E.M. Fables Of The Reconstruction Tour stop in Chicago.
Eggy’s second annual Purim concert was held at Annabel’s in Toronto and saw the band build their setlist around covers of songs written by women.
Jack White brought out Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder for a cover of Neil Young’s “Rockin’ In The Free World” on Saturday night at Tokyo’s Toyosu PIT.
Grahame Lesh hosted his first of four Unbroken Chain tributes to his father, late Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh, on Friday night at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York.
Watch Shira Elias join The String Cheese Incident on a cover of Stevie Wonder’s “Higher Ground” last night in Los Angeles.
Eggy broke out the theme song to the children’s television show ‘Zoboomafoo’ during last night’s concert in Cohoes, New York.
Umphrey’s McGee rolled into Bozeman, Montana on Wednesday where they welcomed singer-songwriter Madeline Hawthrone for a Tyler Childers cover.
Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country brought their winter tour to Mr. Smalls Theater in Pittsburgh on Wednesday where they kicked off the encore with a Bob Dylan bust out and drum jam.
Julian Casablancas led his band The Voidz through a performance of “Blue Demon” from their upcoming new EP, ‘Megz Of Ram,’ on ‘The Late Show.’
Lettuce reunited with two collaborators, guitarists Eric Krasno and John Scofield, throughout their appearance at Suwannee Amp Jam #1 last weekend.
Matt Hoffman recaps “The MC Taylor Goldsmith Show” tour stop at The Egg in Albany, New York featuring Dawes’ Taylor Goldsmith and Hiss Golden Messenger’s MC Taylor
Elvis Costello and Steve Nieve delivered the first of four concerts at Chicago’s Park West on Tuesday which included a cover from Bob Dylan’s latest album, ‘Rough and Rowdy Ways.’
