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Joe Cocker

"What would do think if I sang out of tune?, Would you stand up and walk out on me? Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song, And I'll try not to sing out of key. Oh I get by with a little help from my friends, He gets high with a little help from his friends, Oh I'm gonna try with a little help from my friends.

"What do I do when my love is away? (Does it worry you to be alone?) How do I feel by the end of the day? (Are you sad because you're on your own?)  No, I get by with a little help from my friends, Mmm I get high with a little help from my friends, Mmm I'm gonna to try with a little help from my friends

"Do you need anybody? I need somebody to love. Could it be anybody? I want somebody to love.

"Would you believe in a love at first sight? Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time. What do you see when you turn out the light? I can't tell you, but I know it's mine. Oh I get by with a little help from my friends, Mmm I get high with a little help from my friends, Oh I'm gonna try with a little help from my friends..."

Richie Havens

His fiery, poignant, always soulful singing style has remained unique and ageless since he first emerged from the Greenwich Village folk scene in the early 1960’s. It’s a voice that has inspired and electrified audiences from the Woodstock Music & Arts Fair in 1969, to the Clinton Presidential Inauguration in 1993 -coming full circle with the 30th Woodstock Anniversary celebration, "A Day In The Garden", in 1999.

For over three decades, Richie has used his music to convey messages of brotherhood and personal freedom. With more than twenty-five albums released and a touring schedule that would kill many a younger man, he continues to view his calling as a higher one. As he told The Denver Post, "I really sing songs that move me. I’m not in show business, I’m in the communications business. That’s what it’s about for me".

Michael Hearne

It's hard to describe just how good Michael Hearne really is. His guitar work, singing and songwriting are really superb. Michael Hearne is probably the best example of 'The Southwest Sound'. Michael is also probably the best Country musician who doesn't have a major label recording and touring contract.

Over the past several years, Michael Hearne and South by Southwest have created a new and unique kind of music. “Southwestern Americana” as Michael calls it “Songs about the southwest with an acoustic feel”. Michael Hearne’s incredibly smooth voice and amazing acoustic guitar style combined with Carmen Acciaioli’s musical mastery of the steel guitar, fiddle, mandolin, dobro, and hammered dulcimer, with the extremely talented Zeke Severenson on stand up and electric bass and you have what people all over the Southwest and beyond call their favorite band.

Take Manhattan

Jennifer Warnes - 'First We Take Manhattan' Video (3min 44sec). Jennifer Warnes' classic cover of Leonard Cohen's 'First We Take Manhattan' from her Famous Blue Raincoat record, recently re-issued on CD with bonus tracks on Shout! Factory.

'First We Take Manhattan' is a song written by Leonard Cohen. It was originally recorded by Jennifer Warnes on her 1987 album Famous Blue Raincoat, which consisted entirely of songs written or co-written by Cohen. Cohen's own quasi-synthpop version of the song was released in 1988 as the first track on his album I'm Your Man.