Three years since the last one, with the 2020 and 2021 editions being cancelled by you-know-what, we were back in Knoxville for the annual Big Ears music festival.
Thursday March 24th
So Percussion at Wigsphere amphitheater
75 Dollar Bill at The Standard
Sparks at the Tennessee Theater
Friday March 25th
(went for a run along the river)
James McVinnie and Tristan Perich at St. John’s Cathedral
Arooj Aftab at Tennessee
Dafnis Prieto’s Si o Si Quartet at Bijou Theater (no pic)
Caroline Shaw and So Percussion at Tennessee Theater (no pic, not sure if I actually saw this)
(drinks at Peter Kern Library?)
Kris Davis’ Diatom Ribbons Trio at Old City PAC
A Dancers World and One Day Pina Asked… (documentaries) at UT Downtown Gallery
Patti Smith at Tennessee
Fennesz at Jackson Terminal
Lido Pimienta at Standard
DINA at Pilot Light
Saturday March 26th
Mary Lattimore and William Tyler at Tennessee
So Percussion at First Baptist (w Kronos and others)
Krewe du Cattywampus Parade
John Zorn: Songs For Petra Haden
(surprise encounter with 75 Dollar Bill in public park)
W8ing4UFOs at Pilot Light
Duet For Theremin And Lap Steel at Pretentious Glass
(long drink and food break with friends)
Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society
(drinks at The Vault)
Sunday March 27th
(crashed the Knoxville Marathon finish line)
Odean Pope & Immanuel Wilkins
Bang On A Can All-Stars (no pic, Terry Riley dream journal)
Saul Williams
John Zorn: New Electric Masada
Monday March 28th
Ellen Reid Soundwalk at Ijams Nature Center