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All roads lead to SXSW: with US interest in UK music at a 10-year high, our homegrown acts shined brightly at this year's South By Southwest. James Roberts finds out why the Texan event is still the most vital event of the music industry calendar.(Talent)

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South By Southwest 2004 was a resounding success for British talent, with many UK-signed acts benefiting the most from Austin's four day music convention, which concluded last Sunday.

Acts ranging from Franz Ferdinand to Joss Stone were the subject of a genuine and widespread buzz from all corners of the US industry. "This year was all about the British bands," says Jim Chancellor, Polydor A&R manager and manager of Athelete, who were also among the best received performers of the festival, which features well over 1,000 bands. It seems the recent inroads made into the US market by The Darkness and Lostprophets are inspiring a new generation of artists to cross ...

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