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Artist Directory

Discover the Artists We Support

Erika Wennerstrom

Austin

Grant year: 

2019

There’s something somewhat frightening, yet utterly liberating when leaving the confines of a successful band to venture solo — especially a band whose latest record was called “effortlessly brilliant” by critics. But, such is the case with Erika Wennerstrom who is taking a break from her Austin-based rock band, Heartless Bastards, to deliver her solo debut Sweet Unknown.

Go Fever

Austin

Grant year: 

2019

Go Fever is an Austin-based indie rock band fronted by Australian singer-songwriter Acey Monaro with Keith Lough (guitar), Ben Burdick (bass) Jim Campo (guitar, keys) and Stijn Dobbelaere (drums).

Good Field

Austin

Grant year: 

2019

Good Field sounds like a band that’s found a comfortable number of beats per minute in which to weave their warm- toned, melodic pop with fuzzy guitar hooks.

Ley Line

Austin

Grant year: 

2019

Four voices coalesce. Rooted in rhythm. The women of Ley Line transcend language and genres to create a sound that seems to emerge from deep within the earth.

Superfónicos

Austin

Grant year: 

2019

Superfónicos is Colombian Funk. Better yet, it is Caríbe Soul…fed by the Indigenous and African roots of the band’s Colombian heritage, telegraphing a politics of peace and unity from the stage to your ears.

Sydney Wright

Austin

Grant year: 

2019

Sydney Wright has been writing songs for over a decade. While her huge voice often gets her compared to pop darlings like Sara Bareilles, there’s a darker, more experimental edge to her work. Drawing heavily from hip-hop rhythms, with loops of piano, guitar, beatbox, and doo-wops, Wright creates a sonically complex, live-looping, one-woman show all […]

The Watters

Austin

Grant year: 

2019

The Watters take the songwriting from Americana, add the energy from Rock n Roll, and the feel from Soul to make Americana Rock & Soul music. They call it Americana Soul.

Tje Austin

Austin

Grant year: 

2019

Love Child of John Legend and Stevie Wonder, Tje Austin is an ambitious Austin-based R&B singer-songwriter.

Western Youth

Austin

Grant year: 

2019

Western Youth staggers artfully between Americana, folk, and honest American rock and roll.

Greyhounds

Austin

Grant year: 

2018, 2017

Rising out of the Austin, Texas music scene, Greyhounds, a duo comprising guitarist Andrew Trube and keyboardist Anthony Farrell, feature a unique sound that mixes R&B, soul, funk, and the Bakersfield country of Buck Owens into a style that has been described as ” Hall & Oats meets ZZ Top,” and the duo’s exciting live shows have earned them a large and loyal fan following.

Jane Ellen Bryant

Austin

Grant year: 

2018, 2017

Jane Ellen Bryant is a name that audiences in the Live Music Capital of the World can no longer ignore.

Los Coast

Austin

Grant year: 

2018, 2017

Los Coast is the brainchild of Trey Privott and John Courtney and is completed by Megan Hartman on bass, Damien Llanes on drumkit, and Nat Wright on keys.

A Giant Dog

Austin

Grant year: 

2018

Forging their friendships in the crucible of their Houston, TX, high school, Sabrina Ellis (vocals), Andrew Cashen (vocals, guitar), and Orville Neeley (drums) first got their start covering AC/DC, The Ramones, Joan Jett, and the finer points of the Back to the Future soundtrack at school dances under the band name Youth In Asia. Reuniting […]

Billy King and the Bad Bad Bad

Austin

Grant year: 

2018

Billy King & the Bad Bad Bad, like their name suggests, have a fascination with 50s grease and teenage lawlessness.

Donovan Keith

Austin

Grant year: 

2018

The man that never stops moving. First known as the frontman of Soul Track Mind, the band he started in 2008, Donovan Keith embodies the ideals of both stunning vocal ability and infectiously frenetic showmanship.

Israel Nash

Austin

Grant year: 

2018

Originally from Missouri, Israel Nash moved to New York City in 2006.

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Programs

Opportunities for Musicians

Each year, Sonic Guild provides grants to support artists at different stages of their careers. Musicians are nominated by members, mentors, and past recipients. Eligible artists are invited to apply.

Producer’s Grant

Supports recording and production costs

Tour Support Grant

Helps musicians take their music on the road

Emerging Artists Grant

Fuels early-stage projects and career development

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