Big Ears Festival Releases Daily Artist Lineup

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By DownBeat   I  Jan. 9, 2025Charles Lloyd’s Sangam featuring Zakir Hussain and Eric Harland will perform at this year’s Big Ears Festival.
(Photo: Courtesy Big Ears Festival)
Knoxville, Tennessee’s Big Ears Festival has announced the daily schedule for its 12th edition, which runs March 27–30 in downtown Knoxville. Featuring nearly 200 concerts spread across 14 venues, plus films, conversations, exhibitions, workshops and interactive experiences, the genre-defying festival remains an iconic gathering of many of the world’s most influential and visionary musical creators.
Alongside the day-by-day schedule announcement, Big Ears has announced the additions of the improvising electronica outfit Darkside, Charles Lloyd’s Sangam (featuring Zakir Hussain and Eric Harland) and the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, who will perform a special program that includes Rhapsody in Blue Reimagined featuring pianist Lara Downes along with Tyshawn Sorey’s 2024 Pulitzer Prize-winning work Adagio (for Wadada Leo Smith) with special guests to be announced.
In addition, a limited allotment of single-day passes — both general admission and premier — are available alongside remaining four-day weekend passes.
To view the full festival lineup by day and to purchase passes, CLICK HERE. DB
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snobb Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Forum Admin Group Site Admin Joined: 22 Dec 2010 Location: Vilnius Status: Offline Points: 29934	Post Options Post Reply Quote snobb Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Big Ears Festival Releases Daily Artist Lineup Posted: 09 Jan 2025 at 12:38pm
	Big Ears Festival Releases Daily Artist Lineup News, By DownBeat I Jan. 9, 2025 Charles Lloyd’s Sangam featuring Zakir Hussain and Eric Harland will perform at this year’s Big Ears Festival. (Photo: Courtesy Big Ears Festival) Knoxville, Tennessee’s Big Ears Festival has announced the daily schedule for its 12th edition, which runs March 27–30 in downtown Knoxville. Featuring nearly 200 concerts spread across 14 venues, plus films, conversations, exhibitions, workshops and interactive experiences, the genre-defying festival remains an iconic gathering of many of the world’s most influential and visionary musical creators. Alongside the day-by-day schedule announcement, Big Ears has announced the additions of the improvising electronica outfit Darkside, Charles Lloyd’s Sangam (featuring Zakir Hussain and Eric Harland) and the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, who will perform a special program that includes Rhapsody in Blue Reimagined featuring pianist Lara Downes along with Tyshawn Sorey’s 2024 Pulitzer Prize-winning work Adagio (for Wadada Leo Smith) with special guests to be announced. In addition, a limited allotment of single-day passes — both general admission and premier — are available alongside remaining four-day weekend passes. To view the full festival lineup by day and to purchase passes, CLICK HERE. DB from https://downbeat.com

Moshkiae Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Forum Senior Member Joined: 18 Dec 2024 Location: Grok City Status: Offline Points: 114	Post Options Post Reply Quote Moshkiae Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 Jan 2025 at 10:55am
	Hi, It has a far out line up and I wish I could get to this ... a LOT! Special attention should be given to Michael Rother, a giant in the early krautrock thing, and you can see it in the tribute to Jaki Liebezeit, the late drummer with CAN. In one piece with Damo Suzuki and Rebop, he shows how it is done ... and it is fantastic. Like no one ever missed a beat with Damo Suzuki at all. Other interesting folks would be (for me) Edmar Castaneda who did a fantastic video with Hiromi that is out of this world; Les Claypool's Bastard Jazz, that will turn your heads inside out; Steve Roach and his synths; The Sun Ra Arkestra & Yo La Tiengo; That's an amazing list all around ... and weirdest of all is that it is in Knoxville, a C&W location for all intents and purposes, which suggests that there is a side of things in Tennessee that is very different, and exciting. ANOHNI and the Johnsons Anoushka Shankar Arooj Aftab Asha Puthli Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda, Antonio Sánchez Trio Beth Gibbons Bill Frisell: In My Dreams Charles Lloyd: Homage to Zakir Hussain DakhaBrakha DARKSIDE Esperanza Spalding Explosions In The Sky Fieldwork (Vijay Iyer / Steve Lehman / Tyshawn Sorey) Jessica Pratt Joe Lovano’s Paramount Quartet with Julian Lage, Asante Santi Debriano, and Will Calhoun Julien Baker & TORRES Lankum Les Claypool’s Bastard Jazz Meshell Ndegeocello: No More Water – The Gospel of James Baldwin múm The Nels Cline Singers Rufus Wainwright Steve Roach Sun Ra Arkestra & Yo La Tengo Taj Mahal Tessa Lark, Joshua Roman, and Edgar Meyer Tindersticks Tortoise Tyshawn Sorey, King Britt & Friends featuring Melz & Meshell Ndegeocello Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith Waxahatchee Michael Rother

js Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Forum Admin Group Site admin Joined: 22 Dec 2010 Location: Memphis Status: Offline Points: 35573	Post Options Post Reply Quote js Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 Jan 2025 at 12:12pm
	^ Knoxville is a college town and has always been somewhat progressive. They even had a Worlds Fair there in the 1980s.