Lineup
for Big Ears
Mar 27, 2025
- Alan Sparhawk
- Ambrose Akinmusire
- Astrid Sonne
- Axiom 5
- Béla Fleck
- Edmar Castañeda
- Antonio Sánchez
- Beth Gibbons
- Bill Ryder-Jones
- Carlos Niño
- Charles Lloyd
- Darkside
- Hank Roberts
- Immersion
- Joe Boyd
- Joy Guidry
- Kate Soper
- Kramer
- Marissa Nadler
- SUSS
- Phil Cook
- Rich Ruth
- Sarah Rothenberg
- Shelley Hirsch
- Steve Roach
- Sunny War
- R.B. Morris
- William Wright
- Tigran Hamasyan
- Tortoise
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- William Tyler
- Yo La Tengo
Mar 28, 2025
- Adam Rudolph
- Alabaster DePlume
- Ambrose Akinmusire
- ANOHNI and The Johnsons
- Antipop Consortium
- Arushi Jain
- Asha Puthli
- Barry Altschul
- Bia Ferreira
- Bill Frisell
- Brìghde Chaimbeul
- Carlos Niño
- Cassandra Jenkins
- Cowboy Sadness
- Darian Donovan Thomas
- Dawn Richard
- Spencer Zahn
- Dedicated Men Of Zion
- Esperanza Spalding
- eucademix
- Flore Laurentienne
- Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti
- Frank Rosaly
- iiisa
- Immanuel Wilkins
- Jeff Parker
- Jeremiah Chiu
- Marta Sofia Honer
- Jessica Pratt
- Joe Boyd
- Joseph Keckler
- Jules Reidy
- Kalia Vandever
- Kelly Moran
- Les Claypool's Bastard Jazz
- Maria Chávez
- Victoria Shen
- Mariam Rezaei
- Mark Guiliana
- Merce Lemon
- Meshell Ndegeocello
- Michael Hurley
- Mike Reed
- Modney
- More Eaze
- One Leg One Eye
- Philip Glass Ensemble
- Rachika Nayar
- Nina Keith
- Sam Bush
- Squanderers
- Steve Coleman and Five Elements
- Still House Plants
- Sun Ra Arkestra
- Yo La Tengo
- SUSS
- Swamp Dogg
- Taj Mahal
- Tall Tall Trees
- Tara Clerkin
- Tarta Relena
- Nels Cline Singers
- Thor Harris
- Tyshawn Sorey
- Wadada Leo Smith
- أحمد [Ahmed]
Mar 29, 2025
- Adam Rudolph
- Allison de Groot
- Tatiana Hargreaves
- Arooj Aftab
- Beak>
- Brandon Seabrook
- Brìghde Chaimbeul
- Carla Kihlstedt
- Carlos Niño
- Chanel Beads
- Chuck Johnson
- Claire Chase
- Clarice Jensen
- clipping.
- DakhaBrakha
- David Grubbs
- Dougie Bowne
- Matt Nelson (TN)
- Eiko Ishibashi (石橋英子)
- Emel
- Fred Moten
- Brandon Lopez
- Free Form Funky Freqs
- Ganavya
- Helado Negro
- Jenny Scheinman
- Joe Boyd
- Joe Lovano
- Joel Harrison
- Julia Holter
- Julien Baker
- TORRES
- June McDoom
- Kokayi
- Kris Davis
- Lankum
- Lara Somogyi
- Lia Kohl
- Luke Stewart
- Maruja
- Melvin Gibbs
- Michael Rother
- Peni Candra Rini
- Philip Glass Ensemble
- SML
- Steve Roach
- Steven Schick
- Sun Ra Arkestra
- SUSS
- Sylvie Courvoisier
- Tilt
- Tucker Zimmerman
- Tyshawn Sorey
- King Britt
- Vijay Iyer
- Wadada Leo Smith
- Water Damage
- Waxahatchee
- Wendy Eisenberg
- William Basinski
- Zeena Parkins
Mar 30, 2025
- Larry & Joe
- Amaro Freitas
- Anoushka Shankar
- Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino
- Even Odds
- Dedicated Men Of Zion
- Edsel Axle
- Eliza McCarthy
- Explosions in the Sky
- Vijay Iyer
- Steve Lehman
- Tyshawn Sorey
- Joan As Police Woman
- Joe Boyd
- Josh Johnson
- Kahil El'Zabar
- Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
- Laraaji
- Lonnie Holley
- Mabe Fratti
- Macie Stewart
- Magic Tuber Stringband
- Marisa Anderson
- Mary Lattimore
- MIVOS Quartet
- Múm
- Nels Cline
- Phantom Orchard
- Rufus Wainwright
- Tashi Wada
- Tessa Lark
- Joshua Roman
- Edgar Meyer
- Mark Turner
- Tindersticks
- Wadada Leo Smith
- Wyatt Ellis
- Yaya Bey
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