Big Ears Festival returns to Knoxville on March 26-29 and includes many artists from the Echoesphere including SUSS, Adrian Sherwood, Laurie Anderson and Hania Rani.
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Big Ears Festival 2026 Lineup
Tag: Ambient Chamber Music
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Friday, Aug 22, 2025 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, music by Naneum, the ambient chamber music persona of Jon Solo. He uses multiple keyboards to create his ethereal songs on a new album called Spiritual Son.
Best Of
Echoes Top 25 July: aeseaes at the Top
Opia by aeseaes, the Echoes July CD of the Month, leads the Top 25 list, with Mark Dwane, Quiet Resonance and Marcator, and 21 other great CDs, right behind.
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Thursday, Aug 14, 2025 – Music from C37
New music by C37. That’s the moniker of British electronic artist Paul Cudby, who has been making chilled vignettes for a few years now. He has a new album, Into Thin Air.
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Wednesday, Aug 6, 2025 – Japanese Breakfast and More
New music by Japanese Breakfast, the Philadelphia dream pop band fronted by Michelle Zauner. They have a new pastoral single off their album, For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women).
News
Common Community CD to Benefit Echoes in an Ambient Way.
Common Community is a benefit CD for Echoes put together by Wayfarer Music Group featuring prime cuts from their many ambient artists.
Best Of
Echoes Top 25 June: Marconi Union Lands at the Top
Marconi Union sticks the landing with their album, The Fear of Never Landing, Echoes June CD of the Month. AvaWaves just misses and AESEAS eyes the top in Echoes Top 25 Releases for June 2025.
Best Of
Best of Albums of 2025 So Far – The Echoes Top 35
Nanocluster Volume 3 by Immersion and SUSS tops the Best Albums of 2025 So Far- The Echoes Top 35 , followed by Marconi Union, Carl Weingarten, Ian Boddy & Erik Wollo, and 31 other great CDs.
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Thursday, July 3, 2025 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music by Misticeti. He comes to us from Colombia via Denmark where he currently composes some very dynamic electronic music. We’ll also hear from Jeremiah Fraites.
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Weekend, June 28-29, 2025 – Best of Echoes & Terry Riley’s 90th
It’s the Best of Echoes 2025 So Far. As we hit the year’s midway mark, we’re selecting the 35 best releases to rise above this year so far. I can’t tell you who is on it, tune in to hear it!