John Job writes about the musicians he heard at the Big Ears Festival ... and why he's always wanted to play the guitar.

To grasp the "rare, intuitive and ultimately anti-commercial vision" of Big Ears, University of Tennessee students have been ...

Angelina Alcantar is used to her mirrorless Sony, so she challenged herself with a film camera. Low light, heavy equipment ..

Big Ears Festival is taking over downtown Knoxville this weekend, with people coming from all over the world to visit. Here's ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Big Ears Festival founder Ashley Capps, whose AC Entertainment was behind Bonnaroo before a sale to Live Nation, shared a statement with ...

A terrific festival, as always. So much great music! For the record, my regrets included missing trumpeter Ambrose Akiminsure; Joel Harrison's Alternate Guitar Summit; Darkside; Nels Cline Singers; ...

Durations, signatures, tempos and rhythms. So much about music has to do with time. But just as musicians booked March 27-30 ...

Back in 2009, Big Ears was dreamed up by Ashley Capps, a Knoxville-bred concert promoter who also co-founded Bonnaroo, one of the Big 4 in the festival world, and cashed out before the pandemic hit.

Big Ears Festival founder Ashley Capps, whose AC Entertainment was behind Bonnaroo before a sale to Live Nation, shared a statement with Knox News just hours after family announced the musician's ...

So much about music has to do with time. But just as musicians booked March 27-30 across Big Ears Festival 2025 have set themselves apart by innovating outside the agreed-upon standards ...