Big Ears 2023

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Outline

Big Ears is an annual festival that takes place in Knoxville, TN, that is specialized in what one may call "edge" music: a lot of genre hybrids, music with an expansive vision, jazz, classical and experimental music. This is a festival that boasts a high concentration of bands and artists that produce non-mainstream, low on the commercial scale music. It is a festival that makes musical exploration its primary goal. It takes place across a number of theaters, churches, and other large spaces around the city.

In its 2023 edition, the the festival will be showcasing NYC based modern composer John Zorn's music in 8 separate concerts, each highlighting a particular group, album or style of composition of Zorn's, and including Zorn himself performing with his Pain Killer trio. There will also be four concerts, each featuring the works of a different avant-garde composer: Eliane Radigue, Annea Lockwood, Steve Reich and Catherine Lamb.

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Downtown Knoxville
Big Ears passes
700 Bliss
Aaron Edgcomb
Adeem The Artist
Adia Victoria
Algiers
Allison Russell
Amadou & Mariam
Andrew Bird
Annea Lockwood compositions performed by Nate Wooley & Yarn/Wire
Anthony Coleman
Antonio Sánchez & Bad Hombre
Aurora Nealand's Monocle Ensemble
Ava Mendoza + Sue-C
Basic Letters
Bassekou Kouyate
BB Wisely
Béla Fleck (w/ Michael Cleveland, Sierra Hull, Justin Moses, Mark Schatz, & Bryan Sutton)
Beth Orton
Big Kitty
Bill Frisell (Trio with Knoxville Symphony Orchestra & Bill Frisell Four)
Bill Laswell
Bill Orcutt (Guitar Quartet and with Chris Corsano)
Billy Woods
Bonny Light Horseman
Brainweight
Brandee Younger
Brian Marsella
Calexico
Carl Stone
Carol Emanuel
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Caterina Barbieri
Catherine Lamb compositions performed by JACK Quartet
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Charles Lloyd
Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul
Christian McBride (New Jawn and with Edgar Meyer)
Coffin/Perlson/Krauss with Leo Genovese
Combo Chimbita
Danielle Ponder
Dave Eggar
Dave Lombardo
David Moore
Devendra Banhart
Diatom Deli
Dorothy Carlos
Edgar Meyer Trio (Tessa Lark and Joshua Roman)
Eliane Radigue compositions performed by Nate Wooley & Carol Robinson
Etran de L’Aïr
Eliza Bagg
Elizabeth Bates
Eric Lee
Evan Ziporyn
Exploding Star Orchestra
Fruit Loops
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Gatos do Sul
Green Ribbon
Gregory Tardy
Grouper
Gyan Riley
Ibeyi
Ichiko Aoba
Iron & Wine
Irreversible Entanglements
JACK Quartet
Jake Xerxes Fussell
James “Blood” Ulmer
James Brandon Lewis Trio
Joe Lovano
Joe Rainey
John Medeski
John Zorn
Josephine Foster
Julian Lage
Justin Adams & Mauro Durante
Kae Tempest
Kali Malone
Kate NV
Kenny Mujo
Kenny Wollesen
Kevin Morby
King Britt's Moksha Black with Seth Parker Woods and Joy Guidry
Kirsten Sollek
Larry & Joe
Lee Ranaldo
Lesley Flanigan
Liturgy
Lonnie Holley
Los Cubanos Postizos & The Jazz-Bins ft. Marc Ribot
Los Lobos
Love In Exile (Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, & Shahzad Ismaily)
Lucius
Luke Schneider
Maeve Gilchrist (w/ Aizuri Quartet)
Macie Stewart
Makaya McCraven
Marc Ribot
Margaret Glaspy
Mary Halvorson
Matt Espy
Matt Nelson's Out Series
Megamoon X
Meridian Brothers
Michael Nicolas
Moor Mother
Morton Subotnick
Mourning [A] BLKstar
My Brightest Diamond
Nate Smith + Kinfolk
Ned Rothenberg Crossings Quartet
New Future City Radio (Rob Mazurek and Damon Locks)
Oneohtrix Point Never
Parker Quartet
Peter One
Phil Niblock with Katherine Liberovskaya and David Watson
Pino Palladino & Blake Mills Ft. Sam Gendel & Abe Rounds
Proteins Of Magic
Rachel Calloway
Rafiq Bhatia
Reid Anderson
Rich Ruth
Rickie Lee Jones
Robert Lundberg
Sae Hashimoto
Sam Gendel (Concert Group & Duo with Sam Wilkes)
Sarah Brailey
Shane Parish
Shara Nova and the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
Sierra Ferrell
Sierra Hull
Simon Hanes
Simon Joyner
Son Lux
Sona Jobarteh
Staples Jr. Singers
Steve Gunn
Stephen O'Malley
Steve Reich string quartets performed by Mivos Quartet
Sun Ra Arkestra
Suss
Tank and the Bangas
Tarbaby ft. David Murray
Tarta Relena
Terry Allen & the Panhandle Mystery Band
Tessa Lark and the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
The Bad Plus
The Mountain Goats
The Weather Station
Theon Cross
Tim Gick
Trevor Dunn
Trio Imagination (Andrew Cyrille, Reggie Workman and David Virelles)
Trigger
Tyshawn Sorey
Varispeed Collective
Vijay Iyer
Vinicius Cantuaria
Wadada Leo Smith
Wendy Eisenberg
Will Greene
William Parker
Xylouris White
Yarn/Wire
Yura Lee
Zoh Amba
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