We made our annual trek to Knoxville for the Big Ears music festival.
Short reviews (and a representative photo) of each performance are on Facebook, perhaps to be copied over to here someday.
Thursday, day 1 of 4:
- Joe Henry and Kenny Wollesen launch event
- Tord Gustavson
- Zoe Keating
- Tyondai Braxton
- the incredible Jlin
- Wombo
- Unwound, LOL
Friday, day 2 of 4:
- Fourth & Gill neighborhood
- Charles Lloyd doc
- John Paul Jones
- Haitian voudu doc (stunning)
- Henry Threadgill
- Brad Mehldau
- Chocolate Genius
- Laurie Anderson
- Bitchin Bajas
- Suzi Analogue
- Carl Craig
Saturday, day 3 of 4:
- Trio Medieval
- Secret Chiefs 3
- Colleen
- Colin Stetson
- Horse Lords
- Yasmin Williams
- SGM
- JG Thirlwell
- Herbie Hancock
- Ash Fure
Sunday, day 4 of 4:
- Wollesonic
- Allen Toussaint doc
- Secret Chiefs 3
- Threadgill / Iyer / Prieto
- KMRU
- Steve Keane
- Aleuchatistas
- Thurston Moore + John Paul Jones
- Laraaji/Suphala