Joan La Barbara

Aretha Franklin awarded Pulitzer Prize

Aretha was given a special award for ”her indelible contribution to American music and culture for more than five decades.” In other news, composer Ellen Reid was awarded the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Music for her work ’p r i s m.’

Big Ears festival: full 2019 lineup (Avey Tare, Mountain Man, Punch Brothers, more)

The 2019 edition of Knoxville, TN’s Big Ears Festival happens March 21-24 and also features Spiritualized, This Is Not This Heat, Béla Fleck, Mercury Rev, serpentwithfeet, Harold Budd, Moor Mother, Sons of Kemet, and lots more.

Big Ears 2019 adds Spiritualized, Mercury Rev, Richard Thompson, Yves Tumor, more

Big Ears also includes Sons of Kemet, Bill Frisell, Jlin, Vijay Iyer, Meredith Monk, Stephen O’Malley, the music of Harold Budd, and more.