{"id":24625,"date":"2018-03-31T00:03:16","date_gmt":"2018-03-30T23:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eqmusicblog.com\/?p=24625"},"modified":"2018-03-31T08:29:31","modified_gmt":"2018-03-31T07:29:31","slug":"sxsw_sonia_calico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eqmusicblog.com\/sxsw_sonia_calico\/","title":{"rendered":"SXSW 2018 Music Spotlight: Sonia Calico"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\"><p>Probably our favorite DJ act at SXSW this year was most definitely <strong>Sonia Calico<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>Playing at the always fun <strong>Taiwain Beats<\/strong> showcase at <strong>Elysium<\/strong>, Sonia&#8217;s DJ set was the perfect opening act for our 22 gig marathon through the world&#8217;s biggest music festival this year. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tsJ99SOtE5I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I mean seriously, any DJ that can drop <strong>&#8220;Vogue&#8221;<\/strong> by <strong>Madonna<\/strong> mixed with <strong>&#8220;Walk For Me&#8221;<\/strong> by <strong>Size Queen<\/strong> gets my vote of confidence. 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