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Playing SXSW 2020? Send Us Your Songs

For the 13th straight year, NPR Music is heading to Austin in search of discoveries. To prepare, we want to hear music by every artist scheduled to perform at the festival.
Before she was nominated for four Grammy Awards, Yola was a highlight of NPR Music's SXSW playlist The Austin 100 in 2019. Coincidence?

Every year around this time, members of the team — including Bob Boilen, Robin Hilton and me — each dredge through nearly 2,000 songs by bands playing the in Austin, Texas, in search of great new discoveries. And every year, we

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