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A radio show in which musicians and other creators talk about the songs that shaped who they are. Di

25/07/2025

NEW EPISODE: We spoke to uncategorizable sound artist Victoria Shen in front of a live audience at this year’s Big Ears Festival about how songs by Faye Wong, Jimi Hendrix, and Lightning Bolt shaped her. Listen at the link in the comments or wherever you get your podcasts. Via our partners at WUOT 91.9 FM, Knoxville.

19/07/2025

NEW EPISODE: Jenny Hval spoke to us about how song by Suzanne Vega, One Dove, and Paul Simon shaped her work. Listen at the link in the comments or wherever you get your podcasts. ViaWUOT 91.9 FM, Knoxvillee. Iris Silver Mist, Hval’s latest album, is out now on 4AD.

15/03/2025

We’re doing our first Selector Series in Knoxville, Tenn., with Joe Boyd on Wednesday, March 26, the evening before Big Ears Festival kicks off! Joe has enjoyed a legendary career as label head and a producer, including helping create the magic of Nick Drake’s first two albums. In town for Big Ears, he’ll discuss and spin Five Leaves Left, Drake’s sublime debut, for an intimate listening session at at 6:30 pm at the Pilot Light, co-sponsored by WUOT 91.9 FM, Knoxville. YOU WILL NOT WANT TO MISS THIS. Tickets at the link in the comments.

31/01/2025

The collaboration between Big Ears and Essential Tremors Music Podcast released a new episode featuring Ira Kaplan of Yo La Tengo! He spoke to them about how tracks by Half Japanese, Grateful Dead, and the Tremeloes influenced him.

Yo La Tengo performs a solo show on Thursday, March 27, and then joins forces with the interstellar jazz pioneers of the Sun Ra Arkestra for a cosmic journey unlike any other on Friday, March 28.

🔗 https://omny.fm/shows/essential-tremors-1/ira-kaplan-yo-la-tengo-big-ears-festival-performer

📸 Cheryl Dunn

28/01/2025

NEW EPISODE: Ira Kaplan of Yo La Tengo spoke to us about how tracks by Half Japanese, the Grateful Dead, and the Tremeloes influenced him. Listen at the link in the comments or wherever you get your podcasts. Via WUOT 91.9 FM, Knoxville. Yo La Tengo performs at Big Ears Festival March 27-30. This Stupid World, their most recent album, is out on Matador Records, and the Big Ears date is part of a spring US tour probably coming to a city near you.

31/12/2024

NEW EPISODE: Sui generis instrumentalist Laraaji spoke to us about how songs by Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, Frank Sinatra, and Pharrell Williams nfluenced him. Via WUOT 91.9 FM, Knoxville. Laraaji will perform at the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville March 27-30. 📸 Liam Ricketts. Listen at the link in the comments or wherever you get your podcasts.

18/11/2024

NEW EPISODE: Susanna Wallumrød of Susanna and the Magical Orchestra spoke to us about how songs by Nina Simone, Björk, and Ethiopian composer Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guébro shaped her work. Listen at the link in the comments or wherever you get your podcasts. Via WUOT 91.9 FM, Knoxville. Meditations on Love, her latest album, is out now.

30/10/2024

NEW EPISODE: Scottish piper Brìghde Chaimbeul spoke to us about how music by piper Allan Macdonald, Bulgarian group the Rhodopea Kaba Trio, and composer Steve Reich shaped her own work. Listen at the in the comments or wherever you get your podcasts. Via WUOT 91.9 FM, Knoxville. Chaimbeul performs at the Big Ears Festival March 20-24 in Knoxville. Carry Them With Us, her most recent album, is out now on Glitterbeat Records.

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A podcast in which musicians and other creators talk about the songs that shaped who they are. Distributed by NPR via WYPR, Baltimore's NPR affiliate, and produced by Lee Gardner, and Matthew Byars of DC band The Caribbean.