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Daniel Johnston‘s 1983 album ‘Hi, How Are You?’ will feature conversations around mental health with musicians performing at Austin City Limits Music Festival.The series is being presented by the Hi, How Are You Project, a non-profit organisation established with the support of Johnston’s family in 2018 to create “thoughtful media, events and peer-to-peer training programs that encourage open and ongoing dialogue on mental well-being”.The podcast is hosted by students from the University of Texas in Austin, with additional commentary provided by clinical advisors from the American Psychological Association, the Texas Psychological Association and Dr. Sonia Krishna from the Hi, How Are You Project.New episodes will air Tuesdays and Thursdays through mid-October, and guests will include indie-pop band Mother Mother, Dayglow, rapper Toosii, singer-songwriter Charley Crockett, and more.The first two episodes of the podcast have been released on Spotify.

Jeff Tweedy, Bully, Lucius, Molly Davis, Kate Davis and more will play on an upcoming Daniel Johnston tribute for World Mental Health day.The tribute will be in the form of a livestream and is presented by the Hi, How Are You Project, a non-profit organisation creating awareness and removing stigmas around mental health issues. The foundation was created with the support of Daniel Johnston and his family.The livestream will take place on October 11 1am BST and will be hosted by Fantastic Negrito.

Daniel Johnston.The skate company are teaming up with Austin firm No Comply to create the new designs, which all feature licensed artwork from the late cult singer.

The clothing line is printed with licensed artwork from the late lo-fi singer.

In the fall of 2017, indie rock vets Built to Spill were tapped to be cult singer-songwriter Daniel Johnston's backing back for a couple of shows in the Pacific Northwest. During rehearsals, Built to Spill frontman Doug Martsch decided to record their interpretations of Johnston's songs — but he never really had the intention of releasing them.