Big Ears 2020 (March 2020) - Initial lineup info

[battema]

https://bigearsfestival.org/lineup/

Prog Ears apparently has an issue with my uploading a (resized to < 200 kb) JPG from my computer, and the version online is WAY too big to include here. So just click the link to see the whole thing.

Here are the ones that have me excited (and trust me, there are plenty more):

Terry Riley
Bang on a Can
Krono Quartet
Sons of Chipotle (JPJ!)
The Necks
Annette Peacock
Mum
Tindersticks
Catarina Barbieri
Sarah Davachi
MZM
Starebaby
Efterklang
75 Dollar Bill
Areni Agbabian
Damo Suzuki
Dust

[simon moon]

Very cool lineup.

Steve Colman and the Five Elements!

[ergalthema]

https://blanknews.com/2019/10/knoxvi...S0gNaVU4Here’s

Here's a complete list of Big Ears performers, released by the festival this morning.

75 Dollar Bill

Andrew Cyrille

Annette Peacock

Anthony Braxton

Areni Agbabian

Aurora Nealand & the Royal Roses

Bang on a Can All-Stars

Caroline Shaw

Caterina Barbieri

Christian Scott

Damo Suzuki Network with the Sound Carriers

Dan Weiss Starebaby

Daniel Pioro & Valgeir Sigurðsson

Devandra Banhart

Diamond Curtain Wall Trio

Dos Santos

Efterklang

Electric Appalachia (William Tyler, Mary Lattimore, Eric Dawson of TAMIS)

Gyan Riley

Harriet Tubman

Jaimie Branch’s Fly or Die

Jason Moran & the Harlem Hellfighters

Jeff Parker and the New Breed

Joe Henry’s 115th Dream

Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society

Kim Myhr

Kronos Quartet

Marc Ribot

Maurice Louca

Mdou Moctar

Meredith Monk

Moonlight Benjamin

mssv (Mike Baggetta, Stephen Hodges, Mike Watt)

Múm

Myra Melford’s Snowy Egret

MZM (Miya Masaoka, Zeena Parkins, Myra Melford)

Nadah El Shazly

Natalie Joachim

nief norf

Paul Lazar’s Cage Shuffle

Peter Brötzmann

Sarah Davachi

Saul Williams

Shabaka & the Ancestors

So Percussion

Sons of Chipotle (John Paul Jones & Anssi Karttunen)

Sound for Andy Warhol’s KISS (Kim Gordon, Bill Nace, Steve Gunn, John Truscinski)

Spektral Quartet

Steve Coleman and Five Elements

Sudan Archives

Tamino

Terry Riley

The Haden Triplets

The Necks

Thunder Music Ensemble

Thundercat

Tindersticks

Xylouris White

[Poisoned Youth]

Andrew Cyrille
Anthony Braxton
Damo Suzuki Network with the Sound Carriers
Dan Weiss Starebaby
Harriet Tubman
Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society
Myra Melford’s Snowy Egret
Peter Brötzmann
Shabaka & the Ancestors
Steve Coleman and Five Elements
The Necks

These sound fun.

[NogbadTheBad]

Terry Riley
Krono Quartet
Sons of Chipotle (JPJ!)
The Necks
Starebaby
Damo Suzuki

Add to that

Thundercat
Shabaka & the Ancestors

[battema]

Add to that

Thundercat
Shabaka & the Ancestors

Oh yeah! Almost overlooked Shabaka

Thundercat is a wildcard for me...I've sampled the tunes before, good stuff but hasn't really held my attention. If I've got the opening and they're playing, I'll definitely pop in to see them After all, that's how The Comet is Coming happened for me last year and they ended up being one of the BEST sets of the festival.

[walt]

Tempting.

Starebaby
Caterina Barbieri
Harriet Tubman
Steve Coleman
So Percussion
Jason Moran/Harlem Hellfighters
75 Dollar Bill

[Steve F.]

Of that list, I've seen:

Starebaby (incredible)
75 Dollar Bill (incredible)
Harriett Tubman (twice - once pretty good and once meh)
Terry Riley (sadly, the only time I saw the great man, I thought it was mostly poor)
Jason Moran (meh)
Myra Melford’s Snowy Egret (very good)
Jaimie Branch’s Fly or Die (very good)

so, lots of good stuff!

[NogbadTheBad]

I'm assuming Thundercat is one of those 'much better live' acts, I'll check him out unless he clashes with something like The Necks.

[battema]

Tempting.

Starebaby
Caterina Barbieri
Harriet Tubman
Steve Coleman
So Percussion
Jason Moran/Harlem Hellfighters
75 Dollar Bill

I'm pretty sure you'd love Sarah Davachi and DUST as well

[battema]

Ticket bought!

[NogbadTheBad]

Let me know where you book your hotel when you get that far.

[battema]

Will do! I'm going to give my wallet a rest for at least a day or two first

[Echoes]

Here's my initial take on Big Ears 2020. The mammoth Big Ears Festival 2020 just dropped it's initial line-up. See it here. https://wp.me/p4ZE0X-gGM

I do wish there was more progressive and electronic music there. And it seems to be dipping into the same well as years past.

[walt]

Beware Knoxville.I'm goin'.

Alert the media.

[walt]

Will we get a Big Ears hotel discount?

[Steve F.]

Will we get a Big Ears hotel discount?

Actually, Walt, iirc, they raise the prices of the hotels for Big Ears......

[walt]

Actually, Walt, iirc, they raise the prices of the hotels for Big Ears......

That doesn't surprise me.But still,later for that noise Jack.

[battema]

Actually, Walt, iirc, they raise the prices of the hotels for Big Ears......

I dunno about Crowne Plaza but I was just poking around the Hilton Knoxville rates...looks like the Big Ears rate is about $20-30 less than the same rate for another non-holiday weekend.

The cheapest joint on the official booking site was Hotel Knoxville, looks to be a new (or newly renovated) hotel.

https://mmxreservations.com/fer/#/vi...igEarsFestival

[walt]

If i'm reading this correctly(tell me if i'm wrong),there are only three hotels listed on the Big Ears hotel page and one of them is under construction.Looks like the Hilton is the best bet but man, it ain't cheap.

I'll keep lookin'.

[battema]

There are others, for sure

[walt]

^^^
Where are the other hotels listed?

[battema]

I don't know if any other hotels near downtown Knoxville have Big Ears rates, beyond the ones listed. I checked hotels.com and several came up, including Crown Plaza...but the rates were all higher than the Big Ear rates for that weekend.

I only checked general rates tho...so, maybe AAA or another org might offer discounted rates?

Sorry! I suck as a booking agent

[markwoll]

Lots of good stuff, there are some big genre ( compared to other years ) gaps, so I look forward to additional announcements.
John, are they offering tickets to donors in advance of the 10th?

[NogbadTheBad]

Ticket bought

Mark there's a link in the email we got today with a presale code.