Critics Picks: Navigating Big Ears 2026
with Ann Powers, Ashley Kahn, Jeremy Larson, Nate Chinen, John Schaefer
Thu
Mar
26
2026
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4:30 PM
Blue Note Lounge
If you’re still plotting your path through Big Ears 2026 on opening day, Thursday, March 26, you may want to sit to hear what our esteemed panel of writers and cultural commentators have in mind. At 4:30pm that day, just before the first shows, NPR’s Ann Powers, WRTI’s Nate Chinen, Grammy-Award winning writer Ashley Kahn, Pitchfork’s Jeremy Larson, WNYC’s New Sounds’ host John Schaefer will share some ideas. They’ll be at the Blue Note Lounge.
