Photo Credit David Simchock
The Scene
Big Ears in Knoxville, Tennessee, is part of a group of intriguing American music festivals that have cropped up in the spring and fall seasons. Big Ears likes to explore connections between musicians while mixing it up with film, performance, and the visual arts. The venues are varied including the Knoxville Museum of Art, a cathedral, and an ornate theater.
Festival Info
2014 Artist Lineup
- Bill Orcutt
- Body/Head
- Buke and Gase
- Colin Stetson
- David Greenberger and Prime Lens
- Dawn of Midi
- Dean & Britta: 13 Most Beautiful:Â Songs for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests
- Dean Wareham
- Earth
- Ensemble Signal
- Glenn Kotche
- Hailu Mergia and Low Mentality
- Jenny Hval
- John Cale
- Jonny Greenwood
- Julia Holter
- Keiji Haino (solo)
- Laraaji
- Lonnie Holley
- Low
- Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos
- Mark McGuire
- Nazoranai (Keiji Haino, Oren Ambarchi, Stephen O’Malley)
- Nils Frahm
- Oneohtrix Point Never
- So Percussion
- Son Lux
- Stephen O’Malley and Oren Ambarchi (duo)
- Steve Reich
- Susanna
- Television
- Tim Hecker
- Vatican Shadow
- Vladislav Delay