The organisation - a partnership between PRS for Music Foundation, UK Trade & Investment, Arts Council England and British Underground - aims to support musicians who have been invited to perform at SXSW but need financial help to get there.

The acts selected for funding this year are: Bear's Den, D/R/U/G/S, Django Django, Dutch Uncles, Fiction, Future of the Left, Ghosting Season, Hatcham Social, Kindness, Kwes, Quantic & Alice Russell featuring The Combo Barbaro, Skindred, Slow Club, Spectrals, Spycatcher, The ...