88FIVE LIVE at SXSW 2022!

MONDAY, APRIL 25

88FIVE LIVE at SXSW 2022 with Coyle Girelli

Girelli shares the story behind how he began to write and construct the songs on his latest album 'Funland.'

This 88FIVE LIVE at SXSW session includes live performances of "Do You Want To Dance," "Fun," and "Where's My Girl" recorded in Austin during SXSW.

PREMIERES TUESDAY, APRIL 26

88FIVE LIVE at SXSW 2022 with Sarah Kinsley

"A lot of the songs have a really specific texture and not something that I can put into words," says Kinsley about her latest body of work, "with most of the songs I've worked on, the lyrics and the chords, the foundation of it. The skeleton of it. It always comes first."

This 88FIVE Live at SXSW session includes live performances of "Hills of Fire," and "The King" recorded in Austin during SXSW.

PREMIERES WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27

88FIVE LIVE at SXSW 2022 with Alex Dupree

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88FIVE LIVE at SXSW 2022 with Max Knouse

"When I'm thinking about folk music," says Dupree about his current approach to songwriting, "I'm thinking about long ballad forms…but there's also just enough surprises and weirdness to keep things interesting."

This 88FIVE Live at SXSW session includes live performances of "Fortunado," "You Win Some," and "I'm Gonna Make You Mine" recorded in Austin during SXSW.

Knouse talks briefly about his pandemic-released record Road Toad Ribet and some behind-the-scene details.

This 88FIVE Live at SXSW session includes live performances of "Purple Spiral," "Greater Old Neon Piss," and "Best" recorded in Austin during SXSW.

PREMIERES THURSDAY, APRIL 28

88FIVE LIVE at SXSW 2022 with Fantastic Negrito

Fantastic Negrito shares how he found inspiration for the themes within his upcoming album, revealing that he went down a rabbit hole into his family's history while quarantined in a hotel room in Atlanta. He explains that the entire album revolves around the story of his "seventh generation grandparents, in an interracial relationship, challenged the edifice of white supremacy by falling in love."

This 88FIVE Live at SXSW session includes live performances of "Highest Bidder," "Oh, Betty," and "They Go Low" recorded in Austin during SXSW 2022.

PREMIERES FRIDAY, APRIL 29

88FIVE LIVE at SXSW 2022 with Charlie Hickey

Hickey details how he has evolved as a songwriter and the different music styles that inspire him now compared to what he used to draw inspiration from a few years back.

This 88FIVE Live at SXSW session includes live performances of the title track "Nervous At Night" and "Dandelions."