New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ AOL) - AOL announced today that it anticipates
Smokey Robinson will appear at the SXSW Soul Revue at Austin
Music Hall on Friday, March 19 at 7 p.m. local time (doors open at 6 p.m.). Additional performers slated to appear include Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings,
Raphael Saadiq,
Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears and
Mayer Hawthorne & the County. This is an official SXSW showcase and admission is open to SXSW
Music and Platinum Badges and SXSW
Music and Artist Wristbands. Single-admission tickets will be available at the box office on the night of March 19.
'We're big fans of the New Soul movement, and we wanted to shine a light on it for our first SXSW showcase.'
'Spinner's mission is to provide our audience with a platform to discover new bands and celebrate the ones they love,' said Mike Spinella, AOL Music's head of label relations. 'We're big fans of the New Soul movement, and we wanted to shine a light on it for our first SXSW showcase.'
Select performances from the concert will be available for free streaming on Spinner.com. In addition, AOL and Spinner plan to present a series of pop-up concerts around Austin that include Broken Bells, Rogue Wave, VV Brown and Rival Schools. Two songs from each of those shows will be available for free streaming on Spinner beginning March 19.
'Soul probably isn't the first thing the average SXSW festivalgoer thinks of while plotting a schedule, but there's a vital scene in Austin,' said Melissa Olund, managing editor of AOL Music. 'This showcase is very much past meets present for the city.'
In anticipation of taking the stage alongside Robinson, Raphael Saadiq said, "It's a great thing to travel the world and see how many other people are inspired by some of the same people I'm inspired by. It's a worldwide beat in everybody's heart.'
Fans unable to attend the show will be able to view select performances on Spinner.com, along with selections from the pop-up series.
Since launching more than three years ago, Spinner has become the most-visited rock site on the Web* with more than 4 million unique visitors a month**, offering fans free music downloads, MP3 blog, music videos, interviews, news and live performances. Spinner is home to The Interface, https://www.spinner.com/interface, a popular Web series where bands perform selections in AOL's studios in Los Angeles and New York. Spinner is part of the AOL Music Network, which is comprised of the world's most popular music destinations, that also includes, The Boot, The Boombox, Noisecreep, Where It's At, AOL Radio, SHOUTcast and Winamp.
