Big Ears Festival

Adam O'Farrill's ELEPHANT

Adam O'Farrill's Elephant is a jazz ensemble led by New York trumpeter Adam O'Farrill, son of Arturo O'Farrill. The group released 'Stranger Days' in 2017 on Biophilia Records.

Adrian Sherwood

Alam Khan with Anubrata Chatterjee

Amina Claudine Myers

Amina Claudine Myers is an American jazz pianist, organist, vocalist, composer, and arranger.

Ana Roxanne

Andy Stott

Andy Stott is a British electronic musician and producer, living in Manchester.

Anupama Bhagwat with Nitin Mitta

Ava Mendoza & Hamid Drake

Avey Tare

Avishai Cohen – Big Vicious

Bang On A Can All-Stars: Julia Wolfe: Steel Hammer

Bang On A Can All-Stars: Philip Glass: Glassworks

Bang On A Can All-Stars: Ryuichi Sakamoto: 1996

Beauty Pill

Beauty Pill is an indie rock band from Washington DC with band members once/currently affiliated with Smart Went Crazy, Del Cielo, Most Secret Method, Bald Rapunzel, Druids, Casino Action, Soccer Team, The Routineers, Faraquet,… More on Last.fm ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Bedouine

Azniv Korkejian, known by her stage name Bedouine, is a Syrian-American musician. She has lived in a number of cities and countries, including Saudi Arabia, Houston, Syria, and Boston.

Bill Frisell & Eyvind Kang Duet

Black Cherry

‘One Another’ & ‘Lost In The System’ Double A-side single released 29th August With the continuous growth of the thriving London music scene, the Hackney bred group Black Cherry are set to release their double A-side single ‘One Another’… More on Last.fm ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Bob James

Bradford Cox & Lockett Pundt

Bronwyn

Bronwyn (formerly Bronwyn Keith-Hynes) is a Grammy-winning bluegrass/Americana fiddler and vocalist from Charlottesville, VA, and a two-time IBMA Fiddle Player of the Year, known for her work with Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway.

Carla dal Forno

Carla dal Forno is an Australian electro-pop singer and multi-instrumentalist. Formerly of the groups Mole House (2010–2013) and F ingers (2013–2017), dal Forno has issued four solo studio albums You Know What It's Like (2016), Look Up Sharp (2019), Come Around (2022) and Confession (2026).

Case Oats

Case Oats is an American duo fronted by Casey Gomez Walker (lead vocals, acoustic guitar) alongside Spencer Tweedy (drums). More on Last.fm ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mundy

Che Apalache

Che Apalache is a four-man string band based in Buenos Aires with members from Argentina, Mexico and the United States. More on Last.fm ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Chicha Libre

Chicha Libre plays a mixture of latin rhythms, surf and psychedelic pop inspired by Peruvian music from Lima and the Amazon. More on Last.fm ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Chris Potter "Alive With Ghosts Today"

Chucho Valdés Royal Quartet

Cornelius

Courtney Barnett

Craig Taborn Trio

The Craig Taborn Trio consists of pianist Craig Taborn, double bassist Thomas Morgan, and drummer Gerald Cleaver. More on Last.fm ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Dagmar Zuniga

Recorded 2019-2024 Dagmar Zuniga makes music that feels both intimate and expansive: songs drift like disrupted signals, carried by harmony, tape hiss, and a strong sense of touch. More on Last.fm ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Daniel Lanois – Solo Electro

Daniel Lanois Trio

Dave Harrington, Jay Bellerose & Billy Mohler

Dave Harrington's Pranksters South

David Murray Quartet feat. Francesca Cinelli

Dawn of Midi

Dawn of Midi is an American acoustic ensemble from Brooklyn. The group is composed of bassist Aakaash Israni, pianist Amino Belyamani and drummer Qasim Naqvi. More on Last.fm ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Diles que no me maten

Founded in 2017 by brothers Raúl (drums and percussion) and Gerardo Ponce (guitar), Diles Que No Me Maten is a group from Mexico City that combines experimental psychedelia, post punk and krautrock. More on Last.fm ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Dirty Projectors

Discovery Zone

JJ Weihl was born and raised in New York City. She is a founding member of the Berlin based experimental pop band Fenster and plays solo with her project Discovery Zone. More on Last.fm ↗ (opens in a new tab)

DJ Hannibal Buress

Efrim Manuel Menuck

Efrim Manuel Menuck (born 1970) is a Canadian musician involved in a number of Montreal-based groups, most notably Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra. More on Last.fm ↗ (opens in a new tab)

El Khat

El Khat are a four piece from Tel Aviv, all with different backgrounds – Iraq, Poland, Morocco and Yemen. More on Last.fm ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Ettore Buzzini

Fabiano do Nascimento

Fabiano do Nascimento is a Brazilian-American guitarist, composer, producer, and arranger based in Los Angeles and Tokyo. He performs on various multi-string and multi-tuning guitars.

Finom

Finom is a rock band from Chicago formed by singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist duo Sima Cunningham and Macie Stewart in 2014.

Geechee Reclaimation

goat (JP)

Goat, previously comprised of guitar, bass, drums and saxophone, create music unlike many of the rock bands. More on Last.fm ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Gustavo Santaolalla: Ronroco

Hannibal Buress

Paul Heart Trio

HELADO TROPICAL

Presented to the public in May 2026, Helado Tropical is the collaboration of Helado Negro and Reyna Tropical, the latter being the Los Angeles-based project of She Shreds founder and sometime Sleater-Kinney tour guitarist, Fabi Reyna. More on Last.fm ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Helen

Hemphill Stringtet with Ursula Oppens

Holy Tongue

Holy Tongue is a trio consisting of percussionist Valentina Magaletti (Vanishing Twin, Tomaga, UUUU, Raime, Nicolas Jaar, Jandek etc.), bassist Susumu Mukai (Zongamin, Vanishing Twin) and producer Al Wootton. More on Last.fm ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Horse Lords

Horse Lords is the quartet of Andrew Bernstein, Max Eilbacher, Owen Gardner and Sam Haberman. The band transmutes experimental tactics (polyrhythm, arcane tunings and modular synthesis) into direct, muscular and surprisingly funky songs. More on Last.fm ↗ (opens in a new tab)

HYUKOH

Ida

Ingrid Laubrock Grammy Season + DoYeon Kim

Jakob Bro / Joe Lovano / Midori Takada

James Brandon Lewis Quartet

Saxophonist and composer James Brandon Lewis possesses an inspiring energy. His deep curiosity and the thrill he gets from discovery are crucial facets of his personality, and qualities that guide his art. More on Last.fm ↗ (opens in a new tab)

James Elkington and Nathan Salsburg

Jasper Llewellyn

JD Pinkus Triptych

Jeff Parker ETA IVtet

Jeff Parker is a guitarist and composer known for his genre-defying work as a solo artist, with his group The New Breed, and as part of the legendary band Tortoise. More on Last.fm ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Jeff Tweedy

Jeremiah Chiu

Jeremiah Chiu is a Los Angeles-based artist, electronic music composer, graphic designer, educator, and community organizer. More on Last.fm ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Jessica Pavone String Ensemble

See biography at J. Pavone String Ensemble. More on Last.fm ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Jim James

Jim James, or sometimes Yim Yames (actual name James Edward Olliges, Jr.) is an American vocalist, guitarist, producer, and primary songwriter of the rock band My Morning Jacket. More on Last.fm ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Jim White Trio

Joan Shelley

Joan Shelley is an American indie folk musician from Louisville, Kentucky, United States.

Joanne Robertson

Joanne Robertson is an experimental British multidisciplinary artist. She is best known for her collaborations with British avant-garde musician Dean Blunt on albums such as The Redeemer and Black Metal, as well as her 2025 album Blurrr, which was featured on several year-end lists.

John Carroll Kirby

John Carroll Kirby is an American composer based in Los Angeles, California, United States. As a musician, Kirby has collaborated with artists including Remi Wolf, Solange, Frank Ocean, Miley Cyrus, Norah Jones, Bat for Lashes, Connan Mockasin, Sébastien Tellier, Harry Styles, and others.

Josh Johnson ANIMATIVE

Judith Berkson Trio

Kahil El'Zabar & David Murray

Kahil El'Zabar (born Clifton Blackburn; November 11, 1953) is an American jazz multi-instrumentalist (mainly a percussionist) and composer. More on Last.fm ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Kaki King

Kaki King is an American guitarist and composer. King is known for her percussive and jazz-tinged melodies, energetic live shows, use of multiple tunings on acoustic and lap steel guitar, and her diverse range in different genres.

Kali Malone Presents Burning Song

Kalia Vandever & Dave Harrington

Kalia Vandever Quartet

Karen y Los Remedios

Singer-songwriter and arts researcher Ana Karen Barajas has just released a new single through her project Karen y Los Remedios, which she shares with producer jiony, within which they experiment with cumbia in avant-garde formats. More on Last.fm ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Karly Hartzman

Karly Matana Hartzman is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. She is best known as the frontwoman and principal songwriter of the rock band Wednesday, with whom she has recorded six studio albums.

KatzPascale

a New York City-based avant-pop and neo-classical duo formed by Sammi Katzmann (cello) and Jenna Pascale (saxophone). More on Last.fm ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Ken Vandermark / Paal Nilssen-Love

Kevin Morby

Kronos Quartet and Peni Candra Rini

L'Rain

LEENALCHI

Leenalchi (Korean: 이날치) is a South Korean pansori pop band formed in 2019.

Lia Kohl

Liam Kazar

Liam Kazar (born Liam Cunningham, raised in Chicago, IL) is an American singer-songwriter currently based in Kansas City. He has been a his regular member of Jeff Tweedy’s live band. More on Last.fm ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Linda May Han Oh

Linda May Han Oh is an Australian jazz bassist and composer. She is currently Associate Professor at the Berklee College of Music and is also part of the Institute for Jazz and Gender Justice.

Lovano / Makhathini / Morgan / Cyrille

Lucy Railton

Lucy Railton is a British musician, primarily known for playing cello.

Magic Tuber Stringband

Magic Tuber Stringband is a fiddle-guitar duo of Durham, N.C. musicians Courtney Werner and Evan Morgan. their music is experimental folk guitar with drone influences More on Last.fm ↗ (opens in a new tab)

MANAS

Manu Delago & Max ZT

Marina Herlop

Marisa Anderson

Matt Wilson's Good Trouble

Matthew Shipp solo

Mavis Staples

Maya Beiser

Maya Beiser & Evan Ziporyn: Bowie Cello Symphonic

Mayan Space Station

Meat Puppets

Melvins

Mexican Institute of Sound

Camilo Lara is the one-man dynamo behind Mexican Institute of Sound, also known as Instituto Mexicano del Sonido. More on Last.fm ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Midori Takada

Midori Takada (Japanese: 高田みどり) is a Japanese percussionist. She was born in Tokyo, Japan on December 21, 1951. She was a member of the groups Mkwaju Ensemble (early 1980s) and Ton-Klami (early 1990s). More on Last.fm ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Min Xiao-Fen & Julian Kytasty

Mon Rovîa

Janjay Lowe, known professionally as Mon Rovîa, is an Afro-Appalachian singer-songwriter from Liberia who grew up in the United States.

Moor Mother

Camae Ayewa, better known by her stage name Moor Mother, is an American poet, musician, and activist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is one half of the collective Black Quantum Futurism, along with Rasheedah Phillips, and co-leads the groups Irreversible Entanglements and 700 Bliss.

Mount Eerie

Mouse on Mars

My New Band Believe

My New Band Believe is the project of English multi-instrumentalist Cameron Picton, also known under the alias Camera Picture. More on Last.fm ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Nadia Sirota

Nadia Sirota is best known for her singular sound and expressive execution, coaxing solo works from the likes of Nico Muhly, Daníel Bjarnason, Judd Greenstein, Marcos Balter, and Missy Mazzoli. More on Last.fm ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Natalie Merchant with Erik Della Penna

Nathaniel Rateliff

Nathaniel Rateliff (born Nathaniel David Rateliff on 7 October 1978 in St. Louis, MI) is an American singer and songwriter based in Denver, whose influences are described as folk, Americana and vintage rhythm & blues. More on Last.fm ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Nduduzo Makhathini Trio

Nicole Mitchell and Joe Westerlund

Nirosta Steel

British guitarist and vocalist born in Glasgow, Scotland. Living in the U.S. since age 15, based in Brooklyn, New York. Longtime collaborator of Arthur Russell. More on Last.fm ↗ (opens in a new tab)

NOMON

Norah Jones

One Leg One Eye

One Leg One Eye is an experimental drone and avant-folk project created by Ian Lynch, a founding member of the acclaimed Irish traditional music group Lankum. More on Last.fm ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Oneohtrix Point Never

ORUÃ

Otto Benson

Otto Benson is an American electronic musician and engineering student based in Brooklyn, NY, United States, whose music and visual art style is ticklishly playful and eerie. More on Last.fm ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Pachyman

Pachy García, known by the stage name Pachyman, is a Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, and musician. Since 2019, Pachyman has released five albums of predominantly dub reggae, most recently Another Place in 2025.

Pamela Z

Parker Ramsey & Miranda Cuckson

Penguin Cafe

Peter Stampfel and the Atomic Meta-Pagans

Petra Haden Sings King Crimson

Rachna Bodas with Nitin Mitta, Praneet Marathe

Raining on the Moon

Ranky Tanky

Robert Glasper

Robert Andre Glasper is an American pianist, record producer, songwriter, and musical arranger. His music embodies numerous musical genres, primarily centered around jazz. Glasper has won five Grammy Awards from 11 nominations.

root WorkGroup ™

Rosali

Rosanne Cash and John Leventhal

Ryan Clackner Quartet (Osby, Scott, Sorey)

Ryan Clackner's Existential Dread

Ryley Walker

Ryley Walker is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist from Rockford, Illinois.

Salami Rose Joe Louis

Lindsay Olsen, known professionally as Salami Rose Joe Louis, is an American musician, composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. As of 2019, Olsen has been signed to the independent record label Brainfeeder, founded by Flying Lotus, and was part of the Oakland-based Smart Bomb multimedia art collective.

Sara Serpa – Close Up

Seraphic Light

SHABAKA

Shardik

Sheherazaad

Sheherazaad is an American performer-composer, whose contemporary folk-pop synthesis joins the new wave of South Asian diasporic soundscapes. More on Last.fm ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Sheila K. Adams + Nest of Singing Birds

Sierra Hull

Sierra Dawn Hull is an American bluegrass singer-songwriter, mandolinist, and guitarist.

Sleaford Mods

SML

Star Moles

Suhail Yusuf Khan with Anubrata Chatterjee

Sumie Kaneko

Suzanne Ciani

Sylvan Esso

Sylvan Esso is a Durham, NC, USA duo of vocalist Amelia Meath and electronic musician Nick Sanborn. Their début was the double A-side 12" Hey Mami / Play It Right (16 Jul 2013), featuring a capella and instrumental versions of each song. More on Last.fm ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Sylvie Courvoisier Trio

Sylvie Courvoisier – piano | Drew Gress – bass | Kenny Wollesen – drums More on Last.fm ↗ (opens in a new tab)

The Big Star Quintet

The Hands Free

The Melvin Gibbs Ensemble – Nzambici

The Roots

The Womack Sisters

The Womack Sisters (BG, Zeimani, and Kucha Womack) are an LA-based soul, R&B, and gospel trio formed in 2022, granddaughters of Sam Cooke and daughters of Womack & Womack, signed to Daptone Records.

This Is The Kit

This Is The Kit is the alias of British musician Kate Stables, as well as the band she fronts.

Thundercat

Tim Bernardes

Paulista Tim Bernardes was born on the same day as Paul McCartney (June 18) and caused controversy in his family when he uttered his first word: "múshca". More on Last.fm ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Tomeka Reid "A Tribute to Ellington"

Tristan Perich

In all of his creative activities, Tristan Perich is inspired by the aesthetics of math and physics, and works with simple forms and complex systems. More on Last.fm ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Tyondai Braxton

Tyondai Adaien Braxton is an American composer and musician. He has composed and performed music under his own name and collaboratively since the mid-1990s, including in the experimental rock group Battles from its formation in 2002 until his departure from the group in 2010.

U.S. Girls

U.S. Girls is a Toronto-based experimental pop project formed in 2007, consisting solely of American musician and record producer Meghan Remy. She had released music on a variety of independent record labels before signing to 4AD in 2015.

Valerie June

Vanishing Twin

With their flowing, unusual, yet welcoming blend of sounds, the multi-national experimental electronic pop ensemble Vanishing Twin gives heart to heady concepts of identity and belonging. More on Last.fm ↗ (opens in a new tab)

VariegOrchestra

Vieux Farka Toure & Roberto Fonseca

Vijay Iyer | Alam Khan | Nitin Mitta

Visible Cloaks

Portland, Oregon-based duo of Spencer Doran and Ryan Carlile are the open-source musical entity known as Visible Cloaks. More on Last.fm ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Wednesday

Weyes Blood

Natalie Laura Mering, known professionally as Weyes Blood, is an American singer, songwriter, and musician.

Whitney Johnson, Lia Kohl, Macie Stewart

William Parker, SHABAKA, Hamid Drake

Wyatt Ellis

Wyatt Ellis is a bluegrass mandolinist and songwriter from East Tennessee, whose 2024 debut album Happy Valley hit #1 on the Billboard Bluegrass chart and earned him the IBMA Momentum Instrumentalist of the Year award.

Yasuaki Shimizu

Yasuaki Shimizu is a Japanese composer, saxophonist and producer. He is known for his interpretations of the music of J.S. Bach, in particular the "Cello Suites 1-6" re-arranged for and performed on tenor saxophone.

Yeah NO

Yeah NO, the brainchild of saxophonist Chris Speed, was founded in 1996, after the improvisations the band made in their early rehearsals were developed into an unusual book of music. More on Last.fm ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Yilian Cañizares

Yilian Cañizares is a Cuban-Swiss musician.

YPY + Valentina Magaletti

Zoh Amba

Zoh Amba is an American free jazz musician and composer from Kingsport, Tennessee. A participant in the avant-garde jazz world often compared to Albert Ayler, they play saxophone, flute, guitar, and piano.