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Art for art’s sake

Posted by Matt Rankin
|Date: November 24, 2023
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Art for art’s sake

Knoxville-based Gezellig Records specializes in niche world music For Ben TO Smith, music is a calling. F ...

Knoxville-based Gezellig Records specializes in niche world music For Ben TO Smith, music is a calling. From his salaried position as a concert production manager for Live Nation (formerly AC Entertai ...

November 24, 2023
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Madame Weezy’s Horoscopes – Mar 23 – Big Ears Edition

Posted by Jennifer Duncan Rankin
|Date: March 28, 2023
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Madame Weezy’s Horoscopes – Mar 23 – Big Ears Edition

Big Ears Guide • Ashley Capps interview • Madame Weezy's Big Ears Horoscopes Practical recommendations fr ...

Big Ears Guide • Ashley Capps interview • Madame Weezy's Big Ears Horoscopes Practical recommendations from BLANK's resident soothsayer - Big Ears Edition The Big Ears Festival will be returning in ju ...

March 28, 2023
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Big Ears Festival presents Suttree’s Knoxville: A Hymn to the Past in Film & Music

Posted by Rusty Odom
|Date: June 12, 2021
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Big Ears Festival presents Suttree’s Knoxville: A Hymn to the Past in Film & Music

Cormac McCarthy’s iconic novel, Suttree, set in Knoxville in the 1950s, chronicles four years in the life ...

Cormac McCarthy’s iconic novel, Suttree, set in Knoxville in the 1950s, chronicles four years in the life of Cornelius Suttree, who has abandoned a life of privilege, lives in a dilapidated houseboat ...

June 12, 2021
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R. B. MORRIS AND HIS BAND LAUNCH INAUGURAL BIG EARS FESTIVAL STREAMING SERIES LIVE FROM THE BIJOU THEATRE

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|Date: August 12, 2020
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R. B. MORRIS AND HIS BAND LAUNCH INAUGURAL BIG EARS FESTIVAL STREAMING SERIES LIVE FROM THE BIJOU THEATRE

Knoxville’s “songwriter’s songwriter” and first Poet Laureate R. B. Morris with his band will launch the ...

Knoxville’s “songwriter’s songwriter” and first Poet Laureate R. B. Morris with his band will launch the Big Ears Festival’s new series of streaming concerts and events from the stage of the city’s ic ...

August 12, 2020
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Big Ears canceled due to coronavirus

Posted by Rusty Odom
|Date: March 11, 2020
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Big Ears canceled due to coronavirus

Announcement comes after WHO declares COVID-19 a pandemic The COVID-19 coronavirus made its first ...

Announcement comes after WHO declares COVID-19 a pandemic The COVID-19 coronavirus made its first large impact in Knoxville on Wednesday when Big Ears Festival announced the cancellation of its ...

March 11, 2020
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Big Ears 2020 Lineup & Tickets Coming Soon

Posted by Rusty Odom
|Date: October 03, 2019
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Big Ears 2020 Lineup & Tickets Coming Soon

We are eagerly counting down the days until we can share with you the excitement in store for Big Ears 20 ...

We are eagerly counting down the days until we can share with you the excitement in store for Big Ears 2020. We'll start to tell all on Tuesday, October 8, so be on the look out. Tickets will go on sa ...

October 03, 2019
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BIG EARS artist profile: Words with Caroline Williams, author of ‘Lucy Negro Redux’

Posted by Amelia Bartlett
|Date: March 19, 2019
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BIG EARS artist profile: Words with Caroline Williams, author of ‘Lucy Negro Redux’

Stage adaptation of literary work to be presented before, during festival NO FLUKE: Interview with Founde ...

Stage adaptation of literary work to be presented before, during festival NO FLUKE: Interview with Founder Ashley Capps • Artist Profile: Caroline Williams, author of 'Lucy Negro Redux' • Into the Rab ...

March 19, 2019
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Big Ears Announces 2019 Additions

Posted by Rusty Odom
|Date: November 25, 2018
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Big Ears Announces 2019 Additions

Today, Big Ears is thrilled to announce the complete lineup for its 2019 edition, marking ten years of Bi ...

Today, Big Ears is thrilled to announce the complete lineup for its 2019 edition, marking ten years of Big Ears in Knoxville. If you're getting this newsletter, you've likely been following along thro ...

November 25, 2018
| by Rusty Odom

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Ashley Capps pens letter to fans as BIG EARS tickets go live

Posted by BLANK
|Date: June 01, 2018
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Ashley Capps pens letter to fans as BIG EARS tickets go live

Dear Big Ears Family – Yes, things are moving fast! And, yes, tickets to Big Ears 2019 are available sta ...

Dear Big Ears Family – Yes, things are moving fast! And, yes, tickets to Big Ears 2019 are available starting today!!! We've barely had time to calm down in the two months since Big Ears 2018 and her ...

June 01, 2018
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Music Norway at BIG EARS

Posted by Rusty Odom
|Date: March 20, 2018
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Music Norway at BIG EARS

Music Norway is back at BIG EARS in 2018 with a handful of performances that highlight the country's dive ...

Music Norway is back at BIG EARS in 2018 with a handful of performances that highlight the country's diverse taste in music. Below is a sample of what to expect. The Guide • Bela Fleck Interview • Ash ...

March 20, 2018
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Rhiannon Giddens added to BIG EARS Lineup as Keynote Speaker

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|Date: March 01, 2018
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Rhiannon Giddens added to BIG EARS Lineup as Keynote Speaker

It is with great pleasure that we announce the masterful singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Rhia ...

It is with great pleasure that we announce the masterful singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Rhiannon Giddens will deliver a keynote address at the historic Tennessee Theatre on Saturday, Marc ...

March 01, 2018
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The APPALACHIAN HAPPENING offers a new twist for BIG EARS • Schedule released

Posted by Rusty Odom
|Date: February 20, 2018
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The APPALACHIAN HAPPENING offers a new twist for BIG EARS • Schedule released

Inspired by Big Ears artists who carry the torch of traditional music with their own unique twist (i.e. B ...

Inspired by Big Ears artists who carry the torch of traditional music with their own unique twist (i.e. Béla Fleck, Abigail Washburn, Jerry Douglas, Wu Fei), we decided to dig deep into Knoxville’s mu ...

February 20, 2018
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Knoxville Music Festivals

Posted by Rusty Odom
|Date: December 10, 2017
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Knoxville Music Festivals

Waynestock Created in 2011 by local musicians in honor of Wayne Bledsoe’s son Andrew, Waynestock has beco ...

Waynestock Created in 2011 by local musicians in honor of Wayne Bledsoe’s son Andrew, Waynestock has become the premier showcase of Knoxville’s local music scene with two (and on some years three) nig ...

December 10, 2017
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2017 BIG EARS Saturday recap

Posted by BLANK
|Date: March 26, 2017
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2017 BIG EARS Saturday recap

by Matt Rankin and Rusty Odom BIG EARS maintained it's beautiful flow on Saturday, highlighted by unique ...

by Matt Rankin and Rusty Odom BIG EARS maintained it's beautiful flow on Saturday, highlighted by unique performances and once in a lifetime collaborations. Here are some of our favorites of the day. ...

March 26, 2017
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A look back at Big Ears Festival, day two

Posted by BLANK
|Date: March 25, 2017
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A look back at Big Ears Festival, day two

by John Flannagan, Matt Rankin, Lee Zimmerman and Rusty Odom Thus far, the 2017 installment of Big Ears h ...

by John Flannagan, Matt Rankin, Lee Zimmerman and Rusty Odom Thus far, the 2017 installment of Big Ears has gone off without a hitch. There have been very few lines like last year and staff could not ...

March 25, 2017
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