As the excitement of SXSW grows…as do our radio/podcast submissions!  This week we’re proud to share with you a handful of artists that we’ll be either shooting HD Video of, recording audio, interviewing, writing about during/after SXSW, or are just plain enamored with!  Also, check out a variety of submissions from around the world (Sweden, UK, Brazil, Canada & the US)!

If you're on Twitter, you probably are already hip to the use of hash tags (#) to identify topics and trends ... and you probably see the same ones every Monday, "#MusicMonday", "#musicmonday" and "#MM".  These hash tags facilitate worldwide recommendations/promos/plugs/playlists/reviews/concerts/gear and MUCH more throughout Twitter, and now the entire web! 

Here at WomensRadio, we use these networks to give an added boost to the world's finest Independent Female (and Male) Musicians submitting to our studios.  Here are a couple of submissions we picked up early Monday morning:

#1: Sharon Van Etten Indie / Ambient / Folk from Brooklyn, NY (SXSW)

#2: Lucy and the Popsonics Rock / Electronica / Indie from Brazil (SXSW)

#3: Rose Elinor Dougall Pop from the UK (SXSW)

#4: Shunda K Hip-Hop / Lyrical / Soul from Plant City, FL (SXSW)

#5: Sofia Talvik Folk / Pop from Stockholm, Sweden (SXSW)

#6: Miss Derringer Rockabilly / Country / Gothic from LA, CA (SXSW)

#7: Maria Bamford Comedy from LA, CA (SXSW)

#8: Sandy Rapp Folk Rock / Alternative / Comedy from New York

#9: L'illon Pop from Washington D.C.

#10: Merry Citoli Folk from Chandler, AZ

#11: Kathryn Tapper Acoustic / Indie / Pop from Kalamazoo, MI

#12: Libby Koch Americana / Indie / Country from Houston, TX

#13: Lola Spriggs Pop from Canada

#14: Thrushes Indie / Rock / Shoegaze from Baltimore, MD

#15: Audrey Silver Jazz / Lyrical from NYC

#16: Ember Swift Electronica / Folk / Indie from Ontario, Canada

#17: Solace Electronica / World from California

#18: Birdy Folk / Americana / Lyrical from Chicago, IL

#19: STARK Rock / Classic Rock / Grunge from NYC

#20: Sonic Orchid Rock / Metal / Powerpop from Regina, Canada

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Week In Review: We’ve been SUPER busy making plans for SXSW 2010 in Austin this March, but still found time to share with you a very special interview with Jack Cooper (Cooper Studios/Pump Records) and an album review of The Veil of Life by Geela.  Next week we plan on bringing you our pre-SXSW podcast + our 2nd *major* playlist update of 2010…stay tuned! 

We’d like to wish very happy birthdays to the late, great, GRAMMY Award winning South African singer and civil rights activist, Mama Afrika (Miriam Makeba) (March 4th 1932 – November 10th 2008), and American singer/songwriter/producer Teena Marie (born Mary Christine Brokert on March 5th 1956) aka Lady Tee (Lady T).

Also, check out one of our *favorite* new videos – “The Wolf” by Phildel (yes, she directed it too!):