ACL Fest: Lucky Daye is a R&B star, his performance at ACL proves it

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With his breakthrough album, "Candydrip," a pop and soul-filled project with sultry, genre-drifting tunes that melt sonic gold, Lucky Daye established himself as an R&B star.

Born David Brown, Daye's silk-smooth vocals and alluring lyrics were on full display Friday as he thrilled the crowd at the Austin City Limits Music Festival with slow-burning hits, breezy instrumentation and, of course, a little something for the ladies to gush about. Here are a few notes we took away from his performance.

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ACL Fest: The soulful LA-based trio Gabriels turned ACL into a Baptist church

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On the heels of debut album "Angels & Queens," Gabriels' Jacob Lusk. Ari Balouzian and Ryan Hope rolled their momentum into an electric Austin City Limits Music Festival performance that added a little funk to the crowd's steps and some soul to the pit of their stomachs.

Here are a few things we saw during the group's ACL Fest debut on Friday.

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Paris Jackson plugs in a new sound and lights up Scoot Inn stage at SXSW

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Paris Jackson hit the stage at Scoot Inn to flex her new musical muscles and introduce the roaring crowd to a small friend tucked inside her boot laces during a South by Southwest set.

The 23-year-old musician soared during Wednesday night's performance, as the crowd bobbed their heads, swayed their bodies and used their cell phones to record Jackson's high-spirited performance.

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