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Yves Tumor and Sons of Kemet make The Guardian’s Best 100 Songs of 2018

Congrats to Big Ears 2019 performers Yves Tumor (a Knoxville native, to boot) and Sons of Kemet for making The Guardian’s list of the best 100 songs of 2018, alongside festival veterans including Kamasi Washington and St. Vincent. We’re expecting to see both of them on a lot of lists in the coming month, so get ready. Check out the list. 


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