Big Ears allows a sustained engagement with as many varieties of music as any North American music festival. Its performers and attendees are well aware of this and approach the weekend with an almost reverential attitude.
Kronos at Big Ears—New Quartet Members Announced
BY ALAN SHERROD When I purchased the CD pictured below in 1986, it would have seemed a weird improbability that 38 years later I would be witnessing the Kronos Quartet perform a cut from that recording at a major…
At Big Ears 2024 — Exploring the Glorious Years with Bonnie “Prince” Billy
For more than 30 years, Will Oldham has been a singular presence in American music. After pumping the brakes on a burgeoning teenage acting career and decamping to his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, Oldham did some woodshedding to rethink what he might want to do with his life. High on this list was creating music and writing songs with friends from the fertile Louisville music scene.