Concerts

A Tiny Desk Concert as intimate as it gets (that's saying something). Just Sampha, a piano and three heart-wrenching songs that seem to double as coping mechanisms.

In a church courtyard, Mendoza's yodel swirls in Diaz's gritty croon as the two songwriters perform together, on each other's songs, for the first time.

Big Thief's Adrianne Lenker had the capacity Stubb's crowd in the palm of her hand at our showcase.

Standing on the smoking balcony of a hotel overlooking the Austin skyline, L.A. Salami plays "Day To Day (For 6 Days A Week)" for a small crowd just before midnight.

PWR BTTM, once two and now four members strong, brought glitter, humor and bombast to the stage at Stubb's this year.

The Texas-born, Minneapolis-based powerhouse Lizzo came with her "Big Girls" to Stubb's this year — and brought a surprising cover song along for the ride.

Alynda Lee Segarra paraded around the Stubb's BBQ stage at our SXSW showcase wearing a homemade T-shirt that read "No Human Is Illegal."

Hippo Campus, Lizzo and Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears will also perform as part of a public radio showcase at the SXSW Radio Day Stage. Watch live starting Friday at 1 p.m. ET.

The British duo plays a gloomy and stirring nursery rhyme in an Airstream trailer like something out of a David Lynch film.

At St. David's Episcopal Church in Austin, Texas, Valerie June plays a softly swaying, country-tinged soul song that scrapes the stratosphere.