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Review - Adeem the Artist: Anniversary

Review - Adeem the Artist: Anniversary

John Schumacher

Anniversary, the new release from Adeem the Artist, opens with a fanfare of crashing cymbals. It seems an appropriate start to an album that announces Adeem’s arrival on what should be a much bigger stage.

Already one of country music’s best songwriters, Adeem takes another leap forward with this latest release. Anniversary presents a dozen slices of life with Adeem’s trademark wit and intelligence, bolstered with a bigger sound aided by big-time producer Butch Walker (Green Day, Pink, Weezer and somebody named Taylor Swift) and a somewhat larger crowdfunded budget. 

Four Highlights from the First Two Days of the Big Ears Music Festival 2023

Four Highlights from the First Two Days of the Big Ears Music Festival 2023

John Schumacher

Big Ears is an exceedingly eclectic festival. Most festivals stick to one genre, maybe two. Big Ears says, “Genre? LOL. How about ALL of them?”

This is the 10th year of Big Ears, drawing more than 20,000 fans March 30 to April 2 to see 100-plus acts at venues concentrated in Knoxville’s beautiful, artsy downtown. Park once and you can walk to all the venues. 

Big Ears is a choose-your-own-adventure kind of festival. Fest-goers can pick a genre and wallow in it – jazz, world beat, Americana, folk, classical, ambient country (did you know there’s such a thing as ambient country?) – or wander a crooked route among them.