Want some more good music?

Ewan's post on Pandora seems to have have planted music firmly into the educational blogosphere this weekend, so to continue the trend....geeks, creatives, film and music fans will be heading for the 10 day SXSW  (South By South West) interactive arts and music festival in Austin Texas. Unfortunately much as I would love to be there, (preceded by attending TED); I will have to console myself with the next best thing; the SXSW website. Lots of news, 'interactive tools' and the SXSW Player includes links to the acts' websites and their own bio page, (most with mp3s for download). The music covers most genres including; indie, rock, folk country, jazz and hip hop. You can find out about the hundreds of new and established artists appearing. Since last night I have 'discovered' at least 20  acts I will be following closely.  If you want more, well theres the First torrent of 793 mp3s to download. At 3.1GB that's enough to beef up anyones iTunes library. Now  perhaps next year.....