The tenth Big Ears Music Festival would have been a landmark for 21st century music even with a lineup half as large, even without some of its biggest-drawing stars of jazz and indie folk. That an event this radically eclectic and this demanding in its curation could survive and thrive over more than a decade suggests something encouraging about our highly distracted and fractured 2020s culture. In Episode 242 of The String, I take a field trip to Knoxville, TN to share the story of the Big Ears idea, my impressions of some outstanding performances, and the voices of important creators who span the roots/jazz bridge – bassist and broadcaster Christian McBride, banjo innovator Béla Fleck, throwback country singer Sierra Ferrell, folk song collector and interpreter Jake Xerxes Fussell, and ambient jazz bandleader Rich Ruth.
Sydney Emanuel, a 2022 graduate North Bend Central High School, was selected to receive a $2,500 STAR Scholarship from the P.E.O. Sisterhood. She was recommended by P.E.O. Chapter CT of
Clarence Williams III's career began on stage with the play ‘Dark of the Moo’ in 1957 and he later became popular for ‘The Mod Squad’ and ‘Purple Rain’
Rutgers hands Purdue women s basketball fifth straight loss
An early third-quarter lull proved too much for the Purdue women s basketball team to overcome on Sunday afternoon against Rutgers at Mackey Arena, falling 75-57.
Posted: Feb 14, 2021 8:30 PM
Updated: Feb 14, 2021 11:07 PM
Posted By: Purdue Sports
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (Purdue Sports) An early third-quarter lull proved too much for the Purdue women s basketball team to overcome on Sunday afternoon against Rutgers at Mackey Arena, falling 75-57.
Purdue (6-11, 3-10) connected on nine 3-pointers on the afternoon at a 56.3% clip, while shooting 44.7% from the field overall. Defensively, the Boilermakers flipped 13 turnovers by Rutgers (8-3, 4-3) into 19 points.