The Big Ears Festival 2024 maintained its reputation for eclecticism, bleeding edge music and some of the most sublime sounds this side of paradise. John Diliberto took it all in.
Reviews & Commentary
Big Ears Festival 2024 Review
Tag: Avant-garde
Coming Up
Wednesday, Apr 10, 2024 – Long Tracks II
It’s another Journey into Long Tracks on the next Echoes. We’ll be hearing the title track to Michael Hoenig’s Departure from the Northern Wastelands, some Mike Oldfield, Nils Frahm, and more.
Playlists
Tuesday, Mar 26, 2024 – Echoes Program 2413B
Tim Story used to be the ultimate melodicist, but now he’s mutating sounds, often with German icon, Roedelius. Tim Story talks about his evolution from a melody maven to a dissonant dreamer.
Playlists
Monday, Mar 25, 2024 – Echoes Program 2413A
Before he died in 2013, Lou Reed created an ambient album called Hudson River Wind Meditations, which is now being re-released in a deluxe edition. We go back to our interview with Reed.
Coming Up
Weekend, Apr 6-7, 2024 – Dave Bessell CD of the Month
The April CD of the Month is an electronic excursion from Dave Bessell called Chromatic Lightning Cage. It’s a statement from a musician who recorded with Killing Joke, Suede, U2 and Coldplay.
Coming Up
Tuesday, Apr 2, 2024 – Hans Christian/David Darling
We lost the great cellist & ambient chamber music pioneer David Darling in 2021. But fellow cellist Hans Christian resurrected him in an album of virtual duets called Ocean Dreaming Ocean.
Coming Up
Weekend, Mar 30-31, 2024 – Lou Reed Interview Revisited
Before he died in 2013, Lou Reed created an ambient album called Hudson River Wind Meditations, which is now being re-released in a deluxe edition. We go back to our interview with Reed.
Interview Podcast
Podcast: Quiet Resonance and Big Ears Fest
Coming Up
Thursday, Mar 28, 2024 – World Piano Day
World Piano Day was created by German keyboardist Nils Frahm to celebrate music created on 88 keys, created with objects embedded in strings, or electronics manipulating strings.
Coming Up
Tuesday, Mar 26, 2024 – Tim Story Interview
Tim Story used to be the ultimate melodicist, but now he’s mutating sounds, often with German icon, Roedelius. Tim Story talks about his shift from a melody maven to a dissonant dreamer.