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Far West Records’ third annual unofficial South by Southwest showcase returns with an 11-act exhibit of homegrown and exported country, folk, and any other Americana-tinged music the tastemakers want to co-sign. Among this year’s performers are pedal steel king Zack Wiggs, Jake Ames and Tyler Jordan of Good Looks (playing separate solo sets), Big Thief-esque pluckers Other Vessels, fresh Far West signees Boomershack, and Julian Neel, who celebrated his new LP Gallery Show at HITW just last week. If these relatively young performers don’t catch your eye, OG twangy slowcore pioneers Knife in the Water lend a cross-generational pull to this early-in-the-fest event. – Carys Anderson