A Closer Look: Big Ears 2026

A CLOSER LOOK: Big Ears 2026 Four days, forty-two shows, six interviews, and one pilgrimage to Knoxville. I began my first day at Big Ears with a question that had lingered since the festival first popped on my radar more

Big Ears 2026 Preview

In advance of the 2026 edition of the Big Ears festival in Knoxville, Tennessee–happening 26-29 March–Joseph Sannicandro reflects upon this year’s programming and previews some of the most anticipated performances.  Knoxville, Tennessee’s Big Ears festival of contemporary music first popped

Mary Lattimore & Julianna Barwick ~ Tragic Magic

The Cottingley Fairies were a set of photographs that – for a while at least – proved the existence of fairies. They didn’t persuade everyone, but given this took place in 1917, and that the photographers were two cousins aged

Julianna Barwick ~ Healing Is A Miracle

Juliana Barwick‘s The Magic Place was our Album of the Decade, so we were extremely excited to hear that she would be releasing a new album in 2020.  Barwick’s music has always suggested healing, but on this set the association is front-and-center.  The entire