Big Ears 2020 Continues to Blow Minds: An Interview with Ashley Capps
The Big Ears Music Festival 2020 is upon us. We talk to founder Ashley Capps as well as Kronos and The Necks about this year’s collection of over 100 artists, which includes Terry Riley, Patti Smith, The Necks, Meredith Monk, William Tyler & Mary Lattimore, and especially, artists you’ve never heard before. We’ll also hear an hour’s worth of music from Big Ears 2020 artists as we explore Big Ears 2020.
Playlist of Tracks in the Feature from Artists Appearing at Big Ears 2020
Bang on a Can All-Stars – Comfortable Cruising Altitude – More Field Recordings
Mary Lattimore – Baltic Birch – Hundreds of Days
Patti Smith – Wing – Music Inspired by the Film Roma
Mdou Moctar – Tarhartazed – Ilana (The Creator)
Terry Riley – A Rainbow in Curved Air – A Rainbow in Curved Air
Kronos Quartet – The Cusp of Magic – The Cusp of Magic
Kronos Quartet – Hero – Sun Rings
Meredith Monk – Dawn – Book of Days
Meredith Monk – Gotham Lullabye – Dolmen Music
The Necks – Hanging Gardens – Hanging Gardens
The Necks – Body – Body
Led Zeppelin – Whole Lotta Love – Led Zeppelin II
Sons of Chipotle – Live in South Korea – unreleased
Shabaka and the Ancestors – Go My Heart to Heaven – We Were Sent Here
William Tyler – Venus in Aquarius – Goes West
mum – Green Grass of Tunnel – Finally We Are No One
Anthony Braxton – Composition no 124 – Five Compositions (Quartet) 1986
Sudan Archives – Did You Know – Athena
Arooj Aftab – Ovid’s Metamorphosis – Siren Islands