Singer and guitarist Myriam Gendron’s first album, a collection of songs based on the poetry of Dorothy Parker, found an unlikely underground cult audience. Seven years later ‘Ma délire – Songs of love, lost & found’, an album full of French Canadian and American traditional music doused with avant-garde instrumentation captivated an even larger audience. An upcoming album features songs that skew close to pop music and is set for release on indie label Thrill Jockey. Gendron’s Big Ears schedule includes a Friday, March 22, appearance at the Jig and Reel, 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM.
Jon Batiste Among Big Ears Second Round Line-Up Announcements
The biggest problem many Big Ears 2024 music fans will have is not whether to buy a pass for the March 21-24 festival, but rather, how to wait that long without succumbing to embarrassing displays of anticipation. As is the…
Big Ears Announces Collaboration with Yo-Yo Ma on “Our Common Nature”
Among performing artists, American cellist Yo-Yo Ma stands apart from his colleagues in more ways than one. His success as a musician has given him a platform upon which to explore connections with communities and advocate for the use of…
Big Ears Announcement: Tom Welsh and Rachel Milford Join Management Team
When Big Ears recently released data on its economic effect on Knoxville, the announcement actually came with little or no surprise to a lot of us that follow the heartbeat of the arts scene. In many ways paralleling Downtown Knoxville’s…
Tuesday Arts Miscellany: December Happenings
Big Ears — Julian Lage Squint, we are told, is Julian Lage‘s debut album for Blue Note Records, “…a striking new album that weds incisive, expressive songwriting with the profound interplay Lage has honed over the past few years…” Presented…
Big Ears Announces Lineup for March 2022 Festival
If we have learned anything from the Covid-19 pandemic and its effects on civilization, it is to take nothing about our lives and daily activities for granted. As the deadly seriousness of the pandemic became apparent, public gatherings became impossible—and…
Tuesday Arts Miscellany: The Outpost Outdoor Series, Knoxville Symphony, Soundwalk at Ijams
The Outpost Born and Raised Productions, known for several music series around town such as Sunset on Central, is now taking a big next-step with a downtown outdoor concert series in September and October adjacent to a building that will…
Tuesday Arts Miscellany: ‘Suttree’s Knoxville’, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, Shakespeare Off the Square
Suttree’s Knoxville: A Hymn to the Past in Film and Music In what promises to be the multi-media event of the summer, if not the year, Big Ears is presenting Suttree’s Knoxville: A Hymn to the Past in Film and…
Plan or Improvisation? – Life Lessons From Big Ears 2019
By Eric Dawson Many musicians have talked about how an improvisational approach to music can be instructive on how one might also approach life. Creating in the moment, remaining open to reacting, and responding to unplanned and unexpected occurrences…
Big Ears 2019: A Day One Overview
By Eric Dawson Big Ears Festival continues to expand, evolve and surprise, the 2019 edition doubling down on last year’s somewhat unexpected lineup heavy on jazz and new music performers and composers, and more of the Appalachian/old time fare…