Big Ears

Knoxville's Big Ears was one of the 2020 festivals to be knocked out by the coronavirus pandemic. They're taking 2021 off as well, but will be back in 2022...

Meanwhile, Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog is also doing an in person performance in Brooklyn.

”The impact of this cancellation on the community that makes Big Ears possible — the artists, the festival attendees, our staff and production teams, and the Knoxville community with all of its businesses and workers — cannot be overstated,” Big Ears' founder wr…

Mike Watt, Mike Baggetta and Stephen Modges' "post-genre power trio" mssv are part of this year's Big Ears lineup and will tour the U.S. this spring around the festival...

Big Ears has expanded the programming of its 2020 edition which goes down March 26-29 in Knoxville, TN.

Indie guitar-slingers Steve Gunn and William Tyler will be on tour with harpist Mary Lattimore in March, hitting southern cities before appearing at Big Ears in Knoxville.

Big Ears has just announced a lot more artists for its 2020 edition which happens March 26-29 in Knoxville. Previously announced 2020 artists include Efterklang, Tindersticks, MÚM, Damo Suzuki (Can), Devendra Banhart, John Paul Jones, Kim Gordon, and more.

Icelandic band Múm are playing the 2020 edition of Knoxville's Big Ears, where they'll perform Yesterday Was Dramatic—Today is OK for its 20th anniversary at the festival. While here, they'll be doing their most extensive touring in North America in a decade...

Big Ears happens March 26-29 in Knoxville and the initial lineup also includes Thundercat, Devendra Banhart, Terry Riley, Kim Gordon, and more

Saxophonist Mats Gustafsson has collaborated with Sonic Youth, Colin Stetson, Ken Vandermark, Yoshimi P-We, Peter Brötzmann, Merzbow and others and has a number of different projects running concurrently. One of them is his trio Fire! (with Johan Berthling and Andreas Werliin), who draw from ps…