SUSS Presents Across the Horizon
Across the Horizon Lineup
SUSS • Chuck Johnson (DJ) • Hayden Pedigo • Ken Pomeroy • Pan American • Walt McClements • Gwenifer Raymond • Luke Schneider • Dave Harrington • Visuals by aweStruct • And More!
Across the Horizon Schedule
8:30p Chuck Johnson DJ set
9:00p SUSS
9:25p Ken Pomeroy
10:10p Pan American
10:40 Walt McClements
11:10 Gwenifer Raymond & Hayden Pedigo
11:30 Luke Schneider
11:40 Luke Schneider + Dave Harrington
11:50 SUSS + FriendsSuperjam
For a long time, the members of SUSS thought they were on a solo mission. All veterans of rock acts that reached assorted levels of career success, they were now interested in the place where the soundscapes of ambient music met the wide-open landscapes of the American West, where the unfurling licks of country music’s pedal steel met the soft contours of Brian Eno, where the line between the soil below and the sky above vanished into an infinite horizon. That search framed a half-dozen exquisite albums, multiple EPs, and collaborations, perhaps best captured on 2024’s Birds & Beasts, where long tones shimmered like sun on distant desert asphalt. But did anyone else care, they wondered? Did they have any peers?
In 2022, SUSS co-founder Bob Holmes launched a podcast called Ambient Country and found that so many fellow musicians shared his enthusiasm that, three years later, the show continues. It has not only spawned a new series of compilations, Across the Horizon, but also an ongoing series of free-form sit-ins and collaborations at Big Ears. At Big Ears 2025, SUSS welcomed an astounding series of guests to Across the Horizon, from guitarists William Tyler and Marisa Anderson to “jambient” trio Cowboy Sadness and cellist Clarice Jensen. Nels Cline and Yuka Honda even stopped by for a set. At Big Ears 2026, the family expands with another batch of collaborations and experiments that will only happen in Knoxville, continuing to confirm that the horizon SUSS pursues indeed seems endless.
