BIG EARS

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BLACKTRONIKA: AFROFUTURISM IN ELECTRONIC MUSIC

CURATED BY KING BRITT

La Monte Young & Marian Zazeela

Just Charles & Cello in the Romantic Chord in a Setting of Abstract #1 from Quadrilateral Phase Angle Traversals in Dream Light Performed by Charles Curtis

Separately Ticketed // Thursday & Saturday Only

Ahleuchatistas aja monet Amythyst Kiah Angelic Brothers (John Medeski & Kirk Knuffke) Anna Webber & Matt Mitchell Anssi Karttunen Armand Hammer Ash Fure: ANIMAL bar italia billy woods Bitchin Bajas Black Atticus Brandon Ross Phantom Station Cedric Burnside Ches Smith: Laugh Ash claire rousay Colin Stetson Colleen Cyro Baptista’s CHAMA Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society Dasan Ahanu Dasha Kelly Dave Holland Quartet David Virelles Davòne Tines & THE TRUTH dragonchild x Sunken Cages Drum Major Instinct Eli Winter Trio Elliott Sharp & Eric Mingus Evan Lurie – Quintet with Bandoneon Eyvind Kang & Jessika Kenney Fatoumata Diawara Faun Fables finom FlySiifu Francesco Turrisi Hatis Noit Helen Gillet Hermanos Gutiérrez Horse Lords Hurray for the Riff Raff Jake Blount James Brandon Lewis Jana Horn JG Thirlwell + Ensemble JG Thirlwell’s Silver Mantis JJJJJerome Ellis Jlin Joan Shelley Joanna Sternberg Joe Russo’s Selcouth Quartet John Paul Jones Joseph Allred Sofía Rei & Jorge Roeder Ka Baird Kassa Overall Knoxville Symphony Chamber Orchestra KOKOROKO Kristin Hersh Leyla McCalla Marilyn Kallet The Messthetics Min Xiao-Fen with River Guerguerian Matt Mitchell Molly Lewis Mr. Sun Myra Melford’s Fire & Water Myriam Gendron Nadah El Shazly Nik Bärtsch’s RONIN RB Morris R. B. Morris & The New Band Resavoir Rhea “Sunshine” Carmon Ringdown (Caroline Shaw & Danni Lee) Robin Holcomb Roger Eno Ross Gay Sam Amidon Sam Stephenson Samora Pinderhughes Secret Chiefs 3 Senryu Sexmob Slauson Malone 1 Sleepytime Gorilla Museum Son Rompe Pera Tennessee Sheiks Third Coast Percussion Titan to Tachyons Tomas Fujiwara’s 7 Poets Trio Tomeka Reid Quartet Tord Gustavsen Trio Tredici Bacci Trevor Dunn’s Trio-Convulsant Avec Folie à Quatre Trio Mediæval Tshaka Campbell Void Patrol Wayne Horvitz Gravitas Quartet Wyatt Ellis Yasmin Williams Zoë Keating Zsela AND MORE TO COME!
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