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From ITS FIRST ITERATION IN 2009, THE FESTIVAL HAS BEEN A LOCUS OF EXPEDITION, DEFINED MORE BY A GO-ANYWHERE ETHOS THAN BY ANY STYLE OR GENRE ALLEGIANCE
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Downbeat

Jazz Emerges as Essential Component of Knoxville’s Big Ears Festival

By Ashley Kahn // 04/25/2024

Paste

The Curmudgeon: Nonesuch Records and Big Ears Festival

By Geoffrey Himes // 04/25/2024

Pollstar

Cheers Big Ears! Ashley Capps On The Best Out-There Music Fest Out There

By Andy Gensler // 04/25/2024

Beats Per Minute

FESTIVAL REVIEW: KNOXVILLE’S BIG EARS FESTIVAL OFFERS A TRIP THROUGH A PARALLEL REALITY

By Joshua Pickard // 04/25/2024

Slate

Culture Gabfest

By Dan Kois // 04/25/2024

Dada Strain

Big Ears, Full Hearts, Possible Futures

By Piotr Orlov // 04/25/2024

SPIN

Big Ears 2024: A Safe Space for Provocation and Discovery

By Ryan Reed // 04/25/2024

No Depression

THROUGH THE LENS: The Biggest Moments from Big Ears 2024

By Amos Perrine and Kelly Shipe // 04/25/2024

Pollstar

Big Ears Festival 2024 Touches The Sublime

By Andy Gensler // 04/25/2024

Glide Magazine

Jazz Rules At Big Ears 2024 Festival: Herbie Hancock, Julian Lage, Brad Mehldau, Jason Moran & More

By Jim Hynes // 04/25/2024

WUOT

The initial lineup for Big Ears Festival 2024 is revealed: An interview with Ashley Capps

By Melony Dodson // 04/25/2024

The Fader

Big Ears founder Ashley Capps on the art of collaborative curation

By Raphael Helfand // 09/12/2023

Beats Per Minute

KNOXVILLE’S BIG EARS FESTIVAL STAYS WEIRD AND WONDERFUL AND WHOLLY NECESSARY

By Joshua Pickard // 09/12/2023

Brooklyn Vegan

Big Ears 2023 kicked off with Los Lobos, Terry Allen & David Byrne, 700 Bliss, Liturgy, more (review)

By Bill Pearis // 09/12/2023

Echoes

Big Ears Festival: John Zorn is God and other Great Music

By John Dilberto // 09/12/2023

Salvation South

Hope is Hard Work

By Rob Rushin-Knopf // 06/30/2022

Salvation South

From a Little Spark…

By Rob Rushin-Knopf // 06/23/2022

Salvation South

The Joy of Cattywampus

By Rob Rushin-Knopf // 06/16/2022

Knoxville News Sentinel

Why Attendance at Big Ears Festival in Downtown Knoxville Skyrocketed in 2022

By Ryan Wilusz // 06/07/2022

Relix

Big Ears Festival

By Lee Zimmerman // 04/14/2022

Downbeat

Spirited Big Ears Festival Embraces Experimental Outlook

By Paul de Barros // 04/12/2022

Paste Magazine

Big Ears Festival Uplifts Musicians Pushing Past the Ordinary

By Geoffrey Himes // 04/07/2022

Nashville Scene

Patti Smith, Yasmin Williams, Many More Surprise and Delight at Big Ears

By Charlie Zaillian // 03/28/2022

Nashville Scene

Listening a Bit Differently at Big Ears Festival 2019

By Olivia Ladd // 03/26/2019

Surprises from Spiritualized, vulnerability from Jlin, a look inside the mind of composer Nils Frahm & more.

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