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 Okt 48min
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 Sep 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 Sep 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 Aug 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 Juli 43min
Sir Richard Bishop (Sun City Girls)
Over a career spanning almost five full decades, Sir Richard Bishop has carved out a lasting legacy for himself as a singular, prolific voice. In the early 1980’s he founded Sun City Girls with his br...
7 Juli 1h 2min
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 Juni 34min
