The first day of Big Ears is down. As usual, it was a mix of anticipation and exhaustion, with some surprises, both logistical and aesthetic, and too much music for …
BIG EARS 2015: Full Weekend Coverage
Our team of new-music fans will be covering Big Ears all weekend! Keep up with us at knoxmercury.com/category/big-ears-2015/, Facebook, Instagram, and on Twitter! Follow @knoxmercury and #MercuryEars. Visit the official Big Ears website for a schedule, the full lineup, …
BIG EARS 2015: Adventures in Future Music
What is Big Ears? The quick and easy description might be “avant-garde music festival,” but that barely encompasses the range of artistic interactions that arise when you gather so many inventive …
Local Music Review: Kevin Abernathy
Kevin Abernathy Ain’t Learned Yet It’s a stretch to call Kevin Abernathy’s second album under his own name, apart from the Kevin Abernathy Band, a solo album—the credits include a …
WDVX Co-Founder Tony Lawson Heads to Bristol for a New Start
When WDVX first went on the air, in 1997, nobody could have predicted what the station would become. It had taken six years for the founders of the public roots-music …