The South By Southwest Music Conference and Festival (SXSW) begins on Wednesday in Austin Texas.  When it’s all over on Sunday, 2,000 band will have played multiple sets at over 100 venues.  I’ll be attending SXSW and filing daily reports about it all this week at Now I’ve Heard Everything.  I start today here with an overview, and a few words on how I figure out who I’m seeing.

Also over at Now I’ve Heard Everything, there’s a very tasty video of Christine Ohlman singing Take Me to the River.  Christine won’t be at SXSW but she’s been a sing with the Saturday Night Live Band for years now.  Check it out here.

–Eliot Wagner