
Matthew Shipp (Big Ears Festival Performer)
Pianist and composer Matthew Shipp has developed a musical language of his own, one that can be dense and forceful, spare and questioning, and sometimes all of those things within the same performance...
18 Loka 48min

Nigel Godrich
While not necessarily a household name for those outside of certain music circles, there’s a good chance you know what Nigel Godrich’s work sounds like. As a producer and recording engineer, he’s help...
15 Loka 37min

Joe Westerlund (Big Ears Festival performer)
Although a drummer by trade and training, Joe Westerlund’s creative output isn’t limited to just that instrument, with a more accurate description being "Percussionist/Improviser/Composer." Initially ...
29 Syys 51min

Phil Elverum (Mount Eerie, The Microphones) (Guest Host: Bob Keal)
Through his work in Mount Eerie and The Microphones, Phil Elverum’s deeply personal, human, and intimate songwriting has left a deep imprint on American underground music over the last 20-plus years. ...
1 Syys 20min

Brian Harnetty
Columbus, OH-based composer Brian Harnetty describes himself as an “interdisciplinary artist using sound and listening to foster social change.” While the meaning of such a description may not be imme...
13 Elo 38min

Maria Chavez (Live at Big Ears Festival)
Although turntablist Maria Chavez’s work is often performed in contemporary art museums and other rarefied locations, she herself doesn’t come from a place of abstraction or the aloofness that’s somet...
17 Heinä 43min

Tom Skinner (The Smile, Sons of Kemet) (Live at Big Ears 2026)
In his work with Sons of Kemet, and then in The Smile with Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood, and as a sought after jazz and session drummer, Tom Skinner is very much a known quantity in music circles in...
7 Kesä 34min



















