Anyone who has attended one of the previous Big Ears Festivals will vouch for the thought-altering qualities of the “immersive” experience. What does that even mean, you ask? There is something quite indescribable that takes place when one is drawn…
Big Ears Festival 2018 Announces Additions and Daily Lineups
As if one needed more reasons to grab a pass and attend the 2018 Big Ears Festival, festival programmers have just announced some additional performers and performances for the festival that make it virtually impossible to miss. And, the day-by-day…
Big Ears Festival Impressions
I felt a rising tide in downtown Knoxville over the weekend. John Luther Adams’ orchestral journey Become Ocean, which was performed on Day 1 of the Big Ears Festival by the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, describes such a thing—the interaction between…
Five Reasons Why the 2015 Big Ears Festival is So Important
The 2015 Big Ears Festival hits downtown Knoxville venues on Friday, March 27, through Sunday, March 29. If you have already acquired a weekend or day pass for the festival, you undoubtedly already know the importance of Big Ears, not…
Do Arts Define a City?
Do arts define a city? Or does a city define its arts? Before you think that these questions smack of some naïve academic exercise for bored undergraduates, there is a point to be made here—one that my colleague Jack Neely…