Music & Culture

Watch Every South X Lullaby From SXSW 2016

by Lars Gotrich

Lucius performs for NPR Music's South X Lullaby.
Lucius performs for NPR Music's South X Lullaby. Cameron Robert / NPR

As The Smiths know, sometimes you just need someone to sing you to sleep. So while our team was at SXSW in Austin, Texas last week, they asked a handful of our favorite artists in town for the festival — Lucius, Maren Morris, Holly Macve, Mt. Wolf, Timmy Thomas, A-WA, Declan McKenna and Miya Folick — to do just that. They brought the songs. We brought cameras and microphones. Here are some quiet lullabies performed in hotel rooms, courtyards and by a creek to sing you to sleep.

Holly Macve

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Holly Macve performs a lullaby for us at SXSW 2016.

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Maren Morris

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Maren Morris performed x as a South X Lullaby.

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Mt. Wolf

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London's Mt. Wolf performs "Hex" for our South X Lullaby series.

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A-WA

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A-WA SXSW Lullaby.

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Timmy Thomas

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Timmy Thomas -- the originator of the "Hotline Bling" -- sang us a late-night lullaby at SXSW 2016.

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Deckan McKenna

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Declan McKenna plays "Brazil" at SXSW.

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Miya Folick

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Miya Folick performs a late-night lullaby at SXSW 2016.

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