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 ...

Pat Cummins wondered whether there was an emoji for Abhishek Sharma's typical celebration - a raised L to the sky, signifying ...

More than simply size, the "big" in Big Ears (March 27-30, 2025, Knoxville, TN) most certainly points to breadth, diversity, a widening or expanse. This is not the Fast Feet festival, though a pair ...

Composer/synthesist Steve Roach has had a long career in ambient and electronic music, influencing the trance and New Age genres. Age of Reflections' light show accompanied his three concerts at the ...

From friendly smiley faces to cheeky aubergines, emoji now form a staple part of many of our messages. While most popular characters are harmless fun, other seemingly-innocent symbols have ...

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 ...

No pop icons are coming to your emoji keyboard anytime soon. Internet excitement crashes into a wall of weirdness Still, the idea was too juicy not to run with. For a brief moment, fans imagined ...

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.

On Thursday, March 27, the first night of Big Ears 2025, Astrid Sonne stood with her viola, stage right of the pulpit at the First Presbyterian Sanctuary in Knoxville, Tennessee. A life-sized ...