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Tuesday, September 20, 2022

ACL 2022: Benee

Friday at 5pm.  One for the kids.  It's the moniker of 22 year-old Stella Rose Bennett from Aukland, New Zealand.  She won every award you can win at the New Zealand Music Awards. Multi-platinum sales, too.

Indie pop.  She's slotted in between Zach Bryan and Nathaniel Rateliff.  

This video has 293M views. 


ACL 2022: L'Impératrice

Friday at 5pm on the Tito's stage.  Dance pop from Paris.  "Voodoo" is pretty funky.

This song reminds me of Daft Punk's "Get Lucky"

Could be a fun dance party in the tent.


Monday, September 19, 2022

ACL 2022: Sarah and the Sundays

Friday at 5pm.  Arlo Parks is on at this time so that's my first choice. This is an indie pop band now in Austin.  Most of the members are from Connecticut but one member is from Austin and he talked the rest into moving here.  

The other tidbit: there is no one named Sarah in the band. It's all guys, too. (Update: Declan, the member from Austin, has a sister named Sarah. They used to practice on Sundays. Hence the name. Thanks Margie!)

Quirky indie pop like Dayglow.


ACL 2022: Genesis Owusu

Friday at 4pm on the Tito's stage. Hip-hop.  He was born in Ghana and lives in Australia.  His first album "Smiling with no Teeth" won all sorts of album of the year awards in Australia. 

This song sounds familiar.  Is it getting KUTX airplay?


ACL 2022: Jazmine Sullivan

Friday at 4pm.  Playing opposite Zach Bryan.  She's won multiple Grammys and is on Time Magazine's list of 2022's "100 Most Influential People".  I'm embarrassed to say I don't know her.  Thanks to ACL for exposing me to other artists.

The Statesman says: "Sullivan is an R&B artist’s R&B artist. Beyoncé, Chaka Khan and Mary J. Blige are all fans."

R&B.  Here's a Tiny Desk Concert song with H.E.R.

"Bust Your Windows" was a big hit.

This song won the Grammy.  It's on her album that also won a Grammy, "Heaux Tales"