This is a Band on the Rise at Luck Reunion. According to this interview:
When asked to describe the project, Improvement Movement spokesman Joel Rogers said:
“Depending on the day of the week, Improvement Movement might be described as a loose amalgamation of Atlanta songsmiths, a hostile corporate takeover of your dads favorite band, or a generous waste of time.”
Breakout alert. We have to go see this guy. He is one of the Artists on the Rise at Luck Reunion. From this article:
Evoking the lush Lauren Canyon sounds of The Eagles, Jackson Browne, Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young, and so on, Luke Tyler Shelton is a fresh face with an old soul: Hailing from the San Fernando Valley, the 25-year-old singer/songwriter captures the sweet heat of the sun and the warm glow of love in his third career single, a radiant, harmony-soaked ode to intimacy produced by Shooter Jennings (Brandi Carlile, Tanya Tucker) and Jonathan Wilson (Father John Misty, Angel Olsen).
That's some serious backing. He's opening for Joy Oladokun on her current tour. She'll be playing Scoot Inn March 22nd. He's also playing Mohawk on Wednesday for the Marshall day party. No time yet.
"Hell of a Ride" is good. It reminds me of "Tumbleweed Connection"-era Elton John.
This artist is playing Luck as part of Aaron Lee Tasjan's showcase. According to this interview:
Q: What are you best known for?
A: Probably "I'm a Survivor (Lafemmebear Remix)" which I produced last summer as part of Reba McEntire's new REVIVED, REMIXED, REVISITED collection. Because of that remix, I'm now the first ever Black trans woman to produce a record on a Billboard Top Ten-charting album.
Most of her music on Spotify is dance-pop oriented. As to why she's at Luck this may be why:
Q:What are you working on that no one knows about yet?
A:Mya Byrne (she played lap steel and mandolin on the "I'm a Survivor" remix) and I are releasing some new music this year that's going to test the bounds of the country and folk genres - more accurately, it'll test the allyship of the white country audience. There's a Black and queer revolution happening for sure in the country music scene, which is long overdue especially since country music originated with Black folks.
Interesting. She also did a remix of an Aaron Lee Tasjan song which is maybe how she got on his radar. Here it is:
This artist is playing quite a few shows: Brush Square Park on Friday at 4pm after Mobley, and 2pm Friday at Mohawk are the day parties. They are also playing Moody ACL for Rolling Stone and the British Music Embassy. This article says:
Jasmine.4.t is the solo project of Jasmine Cruickshank, a trans, alt-rock/alt-pop singer-songwriter out of Manchester, U.K. She recently announced their debut album You Are The Morning, which will be coming out on January 17 on Phoebe Bridgers’ label Saddest Factory Records, making them the first U.K. artist to be signed to the label.
"Elephant" is good. In that article she describes the song:
“I wrote ‘Elephant’ very early in my transition about my first t4t love,” says Cruickshank. “It’s about when it hurts because you’re trying to be friends but you both want to be more. My life in Bristol fell apart when I came out and, having no safe place to live, I was staying on queers’ sofas in Manchester, traumatized and in no place to start a relationship. It was beyond healing recording this track in LA with Phoebe, Lucy, and Julien, along with my Manchester dolls Eden and Phoenix, and with extra layers from local trans musicians Vixen, Bobby, Addy and of course the incredible Trans Chorus of Los Angeles.”
Boygenius produced this song and Julien Baker sings on it.
This band is playing Brush Square Park at 2pm on Friday (before Mobley) for the NPR Live Sessions party. According to SXSW:
Ali is a three-piece musical project originating from Jakarta, Indonesia. Initiated by Arswandaru and John Paul Patton, the desire of Ali is to incorporate Middle Eastern culture with elements 70’s Indonesian psychedelic funk, cinematic soul, afro beat, and disco to create a new groove and sound to the contemporary and vibrant Indonesian music scene.
