Los Angeles-based management company New Community Music will present an “official showcase lineup” next month at South By Southwest  in Austin, Texas, highlighted by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros and ESMZ guitarist/vocalist Christian Letts. The New Community showcase will be held the evening of Thursday, March 19 at Central Presbyterian Church.

Last week, Letts released his debut solo album, “Hold Fast,” which was produced by friend Marcus Mumford. “We got all our schedules lined up to make it happen, flew to the U.K. and spent two Januaries laying it all down,” Letts told Rolling Stone Magazine. “We were surrounded by some of the most beautiful souls I have ever known. The most scenic and inspiring countryside, better than I could ever paint or imagine. A huge sense of love and trust.”

The SWSW showcase lineup also will feature pop band Wild Ones, Brooklyn rock group Alberta Cross and Irish singer-songwriter, James Vincent McMorrow, according to the SXWS music website. The showcase will be open to SXSW Music and Platinum Badge holders.

• Alberta Cross was formed in 2005 in London by Swedish born singer/songwriter Petter Ericson Stakee. The band has released three EP’s and two full length LP’s, and has performed at such festivals as Coachella, Lollapoalooza and Bonnarroo. Learn more
• McMorrow’s debut album, “Early in the Morning,” was released in 2010 and reached No. 1, went platinum and picked up a Choice Music Prize nomination. McMorrow’s second album, “Post Tropical,” was released in January 2014. Learn more
• Formed in 2010, Wild Ones released their debut album, “Keep it Safe,”  in April 2014. The album took one year to write and nine months to record and mix. Learn more