AUSTIN, Texas (AP) How did Prince close out South by Southwest Music Festival's weeklong showcase of rock n' roll?

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Ward, she's half of the duo She and Him, which played recently at the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas.

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Paddy Casey will perform at this week's South by Southwest music festival.

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Every day for the next two weeks, Song of the Day will showcase a track by an artist playing the South by Southwest music festival.

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Every weekday from March 8 to March 19, Song of the Day will showcase a track by an artist playing the South by Southwest music festival.

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Now in its 27th year, the South by Southwest Music Festival, held last week here, seems to offer musicians the promise of a rocket ride to stardom.

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He's taking that message and his new solo album "Regions of Light and Sound of God" to the South By Southwest Music Festival this week.

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Ben Varon, of Amoral, a Finnish band that played at last month's South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas, says he was first inspired to ask his mother for a guitar after watching a Guns N' Roses video.

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This past weekend the South By Southwest (SXSW) festival came to a close, capping off almost two weeks of presentations, music, film, comedy and exhibits for the tens of thousands of people attending, not to mention the hundreds of small and large companies participating.

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