I’ve been going to the Big Ears music festival in Knoxville Tennessee for four years now. It is not an exaggeration to say that this festival has profoundly impacted my life. I’ve seen things that changed my ideas about what music is and what it’s for. I’ve been inspired to explore music in a completely… Read more: Big Ears 2026

89.7 FM, after 50 years of being a home for the true creatives both locally and world-wide, now plays “Neo-Jazz”. You will hear all the classic jazz, Coltrane, Mingus, Dizzy, big bands, Herbie Hancock, Dexter Gordon, Miles… They will only play the A-sides and non-controversial stuff. I call it “safe” jazz. The measure is if… Read more: What We Lost at WCSB