To grasp the "rare, intuitive and ultimately anti-commercial vision" of Big Ears, University of Tennessee students have been preparing to attend March 27-30.

Is it madness in the air or is it pollen? Spring officially begins March 20 and the azaleas are right on time as rambunctious March unfurls with restless energy and a blast of music, art and ...

Music echoes through the English Department halls, where a University of Tennessee at Knoxville class fully focused on Big Ears challenges students to deeply explore the 2025 lineup before ...

Sitarist Anoushka Shankar unveiled her latest album, "Chapter III: We Return To Light", on Saturday in collaboration with Sarod player Alam Khan and a jazz and classical percussionist Sarathy Korwar.

The COVID pandemic and lockdown walloped sitar player Anoushka Shankar hard. The isolation. The unknown. The fear of the future. “I needed a place to put some vulnerable feelings, not to get too ...

Alongside sarod and percussion, the sitarist and composer—daughter of virtuoso Ravi Shankar—closes out her suite of mini-albums with a record dedicated to musical heritage and blissful optimism.

To the casual observer, Anoushka Shankar is the poster child of the sitar, the classical Indian instrument made famous by her late father, Ravi Shankar. Yet what makes her music so distinct is the ...

San Diego native Kristi Krause is a singer-songwriter who performs regularly all over town as part of the Acoustic Spot lineup of nightclub and dinner club talent. A former American Idol ...