Everyone has a different Big Ears. There are so many different choices to acknowledge when determining one’s path through the more than 250 individual performances that make up the festival. This has become apparent while covering Big Ears over the past few years and talking to the instantly new music nerd best friends that I’mContinue reading “2026 Big Ears Preview”
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The Many Beginnings of Tortoise’s “Cliff Dweller Society”
If on a winter’s night a traveler, the 1979 novel by Italo Calvino, consists of delineated chapters, each of which are divided into two sections. The first section of the individual chapter is a narrative of the reader trying to read a novel called If on a winter’s night a traveler while the second sectionContinue reading “The Many Beginnings of Tortoise’s “Cliff Dweller Society””
Favorite Albums of 2025
Every year is a good year for music. 2025 is no different. Getting the tap on the shoulder to be a contributor to Aquarium Drunkard this past spring meant that I also participated in the 2025 version of AD’s annual Year in Review compilation. Its existence is conclusive evidence of my opening statement. Personally, I’veContinue reading “Favorite Albums of 2025”
2025 Big Ears Festival, March 27-30, 2025
At one point while waiting for a venue to open during the 2025 Big Ears Festival, a man approached the line with a sign indicating that he was selling two tickets for the rock band Heart, who would be playing in Boston next month. Everyone who saw the sign laughed since he was trying toContinue reading “2025 Big Ears Festival, March 27-30, 2025”
2025 Big Ears Preview
The season for obsessively checking and double-checking performance times, mapping venue locations, evaluating walking distances, and weighing multiple musical scenarios has returned. That’s right, it’s time to for the 2025 Big Ears Festival! Building off of Recliner Notes’ coverage of 2024 Big Ears and simply having another year of festival experience has made my prepContinue reading “2025 Big Ears Preview”
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