Arts

Melony Dodson talks with MacArthur Fellow and multi Grammy Award-winning musician, Chris Thile, in Krutch Park in downtown Knoxville.

Melony Dodson talks with Adam Sliwinski, a member of the Grammy Award-winning percussion quartet, So Percussion. They are returning to the Big Ears Festival in 2026, performing a total of three sets.

Melony Dodson talks with singer songwriter, Trisha Gene Brady, who will perform new songs inspired by the Fifty Years in Cades Cove Collection, located in the UT Libraries' digital archives. The debut performance is Wednesday, March 25th at 7pm at the Knoxville Museum of Art. This event is free and open to the public and is in partnership with the Big Ears Festival, as well as the UT Libraries series: Boundless: Artists in the Archives

Melony Dodson talks with Donald Nally, conductor of the multi Grammy-Award winning choral ensemble, The Crossing. They will perform David Lang's Poor Hymnal at the 2026 Big Ears Festival.

Melony Dodson talks with Luna Lab alumni, Madeline Clara Cheng, Yuri Lee, and Sage Shurman. In celebration of their 10th anniversary, the Luna Composition Lab is partnering with Knoxville's River and Rail Theatre Company to present a series of newly composed musical theatre works by these young composers on Sunday, March 22nd at 1:45pm.

Matthew Motley, Paul Parris, Melony Dodson, and WUTK's Bryson Seabold talk about their top picks for Big Ears 2026. Hear strategies for how to maximize your experience at Big Ears without exhausting yourself, where to grab some quick bites, favorite venues, and "pearls of wisdom" from some Knoxville natives. If you're wondering where to begin with your festival planning, this podcast is the perfect starting point.

Isabel Crespo Pardo, Kalia Vandever, and Carmen Quill, the artists behind Brooklyn-based collective tilt, discuss their debut album, playing the festival, and what the future holds for the ensemble.

For the first time, the artworks of Knoxville brothers and painters Beauford and Joseph Delaney are being shown together. WUOT's Chrissy Keuper dropped by…

Clara Prinston had the opportunity to speak with Nathalie Joachim and Doyle Armbrust of the Spektral Quartet to discuss their recent collaboration.…

The Carpetbag Theatre, Knoxville’s black theater ensemble company, is not about to pack it in. In fact, it has outlived many of its contemporaries in the…