Big Ears Music Festival

(Aired Fri 5/23/25) In this excerpt, Haley Solomon talks with Cowboy Sadness - an atmospheric indie rock band from New York City - ahead of its performance at this year's Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, TN.

(Aired Fri 5/23/25) In this excerpt, Haley Solomon talks with Cowboy Sadness - an atmospheric indie rock band from New York City - ahead of its performance at this year's Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, TN.

(Aired Fri 5/16/25) In this excerpt, Haley Solomon talks with Arooj Aftab - a Grammy-winning singer and composer who fuses jazz, South Asian classical music, pop and blues - ahead of her performance at this year's Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, TN.

(Aired Fri 5/16/25) In this excerpt, Haley Solomon talks with Arooj Aftab - a Grammy-winning singer and composer who fuses jazz, South Asian classical music, pop and blues - ahead of her performance at this year's Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, TN.

Isabel Crespo Pardo - vocalist, improviser / composer and interdisciplinary artist - spoke with WUTC's Clark Gibson ahead of this year's Big Ears Music Festival in Knoxville.

Shelley Hirsch - author, musician and avant-garde spoken word performer - spoke with WUTC's Clark Gibson ahead of this year's Big Ears Music Festival in Knoxville.

Swamp Dogg was twelve years old when his first song was released in 1954. The country soul and R&B singer, songwriter, musician and producer spoke with WUTC's Clark Gibson ahead of his performances at this year's Big Ears Music Festival in Knoxville.

Discover the must-see performances at Big Ears 2025 in Knoxville, featuring a diverse lineup of iconic artists, emerging talent, and experimental music projects.

This year's Big Ears Festival begins Thursday and runs through Sunday in Knoxville. Ashley Capps, founder of AC Entertainment and producer of Bonnaroo, is the executive and artistic director of Big Ears. The Knoxville native spoke one-on-one with Richard Winham on WUTC.

Ahead of this year's Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, folk musician Leyla McCalla talked about her unique musical education - and her new album, Sun Without the Heat, with WUTC's Haley Solomon.