Not that I'll be there, I just wanted to beat Whiney to the punch. First names announced:
https://bigearsfestival.org/lineup/#/
― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Tuesday, 25 September 2018 17:47 (five years ago) link
Gah, too quick off the mark. That should be 2019 of course, will get a mod to edit.
― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Tuesday, 25 September 2018 17:48 (five years ago) link
Shoulda put it here, book coming out.
https://mailchi.mp/hatandbeard.com/ten-years-of-big-ears?e=cc35b368fe
― nickn, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 03:50 (five years ago) link
wish i were going this year!! would like to recommend NOT to ignore the lineup at the pilot light -- so cool they added that! i don't think it was there last year?
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 22:47 (five years ago) link
I went the last 5(!) years and have to miss it this year. Super bummed.
― ebro the letter (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 23:07 (five years ago) link
Seeing all the tweets this weekend are gonna be such a drag.
― ebro the letter (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 23:20 (five years ago) link
i am legit sad about not going but it was just not gonna happen this yearsighat least some people do get to go. it's another embarrassment of riches!!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 23:49 (five years ago) link
Oh no LL and Whiney!!
Whiney I always look forward to reading your RS article and I’m sorry that’s not happening this year.
LL you’ve seen Tatsuya Nakatani perform before, right? Because omg.
― ⅋ (crüt), Wednesday, 20 March 2019 18:17 (five years ago) link
I tried pitching it to another outlet, but I understand the reluctance to spend $1,000 on a freelancer's flights and hotel so I can wax about Alvin Lucier. I would obviously go just for fun in any year where I was A) employed and B) didn't just move across the country.
― ebro the letter (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 20 March 2019 18:46 (five years ago) link
wait where do u live now WGW?
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 20 March 2019 19:01 (five years ago) link
No :( Big Ears will miss my presence (and Whiney's obvs) but you can be with me in spirit!! Do not miss Jon Mueller at the Pilot Light if you enjoy major percussive experiences!! I think he is doing this thing with gongs that I saw a few months ago.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 20 March 2019 19:02 (five years ago) link
god why do i read their schedule every year it tortures me
mimi goese!!!
I would see the hell out of kim kashkashian as well
the festival i really really wanted to go to this year was ojai (curated by Barbara Hannigan this year) but it looks like I will be too broke to do that one either
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 20 March 2019 19:09 (five years ago) link
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, March 20, 2019 3:01 PM (twenty-nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Los Angeles area
― ebro the letter (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 20 March 2019 19:31 (five years ago) link
wonder if Mimi Goese will sing “When It’s Cold I’d Like to Die”
― ⅋ (crüt), Wednesday, 20 March 2019 19:47 (five years ago) link
we got opening lineuphttps://bigearsfestival.org/lineup
A few of the many highlights include:• BRAXTON75. A celebration of composer/saxophonist and musical iconoclast Anthony Braxton’s 75th year featuring a rare solo performance, his Diamond Curtain Wall Trio, and the world premiere of the Thunder Music Ensemble.• TERRY RILEY at 85. A celebration of the minimalist guru’s 85th year on the planet, featuring a duo with Gyan Riley, a solo organ performance on the new St. John’s Cathedral pipe organ, and more.• MEREDITH MONK with BANG ON A CAN ALL-STARS. The amazing Meredith Monk returns to Big Ears with BOAC for the full concert premiere of their collaborative work, Memory Game.• JOHN PAUL JONES & ANSSI KARTTUNEN: Sons of Chipotle. The legendary Led Zeppelin bassist gathers no moss as he continues his musical explorations and collaborations. This finds him in the company of the renowned Finnish classical cellist in their North American concert debut.• KIM GORDON • STEVE GUNN • BILL NACE • JOHN TRUSCINSKI: Sound for Andy Warhol’s KISS. Rock icon Gordon returns to Big Ears with her Body/Head collaborator, joined by two other Big Ears alums to create the soundtrack to Warhol’s iconic film.• JOE HENRY’S 115th Dream, featuring Jason Moran and Marc Ribot, with Jay Bellerose, David Piltch, and Levon Henry. Big Ears asked the great singer/ songwriter / producer Joe Henry to put together a special “dream band” for the festival. This is it.• JASON MORAN & THE HARLEM HELLFIGHTERS: All around Renaissance man Jason Moran is bringing this large ensemble to pay tribute to the legendary ragtime innovator, James Reese Europe.• CAROLINE SHAW with SŌ PERCUSSION: The 2013 Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Shaw finally comes to Big Ears to present some of her extraordinary work, including this collaboration with the percussion wizards of SŌ.• NATHALIE JOACHIM with Spektral Quartet: Femn D’ayiti (Women of Haiti). Flutist / singer Joachim, who first appeared at Big Ears with eighth blackbird, returns with an extraordinary tribute to the women of her native Haiti, easily one of the most fabulous new works of this or any year.• Iceland’s alternative rock legends MÚM will make a rare US appearance, celebrating 20 years since Yesterday Was Dramatic—Today is OK.• TINDERSTICKS will perform their first US concert in many years in the wake of a long awaited, brand new recording.• Denmark’s Efterklang return to the US for the first time in many years, also with new music.• After his astonishing performances at last year’s Big Ears with both Sons of Kemet and the Comet Is Coming, saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings will return with a third group, The Ancestors. • German free-jazz titan Peter Brötzmann will make his Big Ears debut, playing solo in celebration of a new recording and revisiting his duo with the amazing drummer Andrew Cyrille, a highlight of this year’s Vision Festival in NYC.• There’s more adventurous new jazz from bands led by Joshua Abrams, Jaimie Branch, Myra Melford, Jeff Parker, and Dan Weiss.• Psychedelic desert rock from Mdou Moctar, Haitian voodoo blues from Moonlight Benjamin, new adventures in electronic music with Caterina Barbieri and Sarah Davachi; Can’s legendary singer Damo Suzuki, plus exciting new sounds from the Egyptian underground from Maurice Louca and Nadah El Shazly, the wild, uncategorizable, freewheeling rock of 75 Dollar Bill...
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 8 October 2019 16:23 (four years ago) link
for 2020 natch
2020 cancelled.
https://bigearsfestival.org/big-ears-festival-covid-19-cancellation/
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 18:00 (four years ago) link
welll shit
― sean gramophone, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 18:45 (four years ago) link
yeah, what a colossal disaster
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 19:27 (four years ago) link
big ears cancelling is a huge bummer...but we must protect terry riley at all costs— joel berk (@pfcidb) March 11, 2020
― tylerw, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 19:30 (four years ago) link
In similar worlds, Dark Mofo in Tasmania has been cancelled (the promoter's statement on Facebook)
― Fantastic. Great move. Well done (sic), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 20:46 (four years ago) link
Might be worth making an ILM thread of all the festival and tour cancellations and likely cancellations. Gonna be a tough few months for touring musicians (tougher than usual, I mean)
― Paul Ponzi, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 23:50 (four years ago) link
No thread/mention on this fest I could find, but there is an online festival called TUSK that seems to fit in with Big Ears.
https://tuskfestival.com/
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― nickn, Monday, 28 September 2020 18:13 (three years ago) link
Free, btw.
― nickn, Monday, 28 September 2020 18:14 (three years ago) link
And starts today.
Did Roscoe Mitchell drop out? His name was in the initial publicity but now not on the website.
― Boring, Maryland, Monday, 28 September 2020 18:35 (three years ago) link
Does the website anywhere have schedule information?
― Boring, Maryland, Monday, 28 September 2020 18:37 (three years ago) link
They posted this on their facebook page.
https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/s960x960/120340323_10157539065042611_3789623801870471456_o.jpg?_nc_cat=106&_nc_sid=ca434c&_nc_ohc=mrG_6CmeQGMAX-TX08N&_nc_ht=scontent-sjc3-1.xx&tp=7&oh=9196bb186dd2c3cb4f8f344970133512&oe=5F9702AA
― nickn, Monday, 28 September 2020 18:51 (three years ago) link
Also available via their twitter, if you're facebook averse.
― nickn, Monday, 28 September 2020 18:54 (three years ago) link
Arkestra performance = !!!
― stirmonster, Monday, 28 September 2020 19:35 (three years ago) link