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Big Ears Festival: Fanm d'Ayiti

  • St. John's Episcopal Cathedral 413 Cumberland Avenue Knoxville, TN, 37902 United States (map)

This March, we are ultra-mega-stoked to be making our Big Ears debut with the stunning Nathalie Joachim and her Fanm d’Ayiti!

We’ve been fans of flutist/singer/composer Nathalie Joachim for ages, but it just so happens that our first collaboration materialized for a project in which she is investigating her Haitian heritage in the most breathtaking way. Through a network of poignant interviews, field recordings, and nimble new arrangements of original songs, Nathalie assembles a mesmerizing sonic exhibition of the (largely) unheralded female singers of Haiti. With her grandmother’s voice as the leaping-off point, Fanm d’Ayiti (“Women of Haiti”) celebrates powerful women – in revolution, on stage, or in the home – blending electronics, recorded sound, a live string quartet (hi!), and Nathalie’s own voice in an irrepressible and captivating melange. 


 

VENUE COVID GUIDELINES

  • All attendees must be fully vaccinated with a vaccine authorized in the US or recognized by the WHO in order to participate in ticketed activities presented by Big Ears.

  • To be considered fully vaccinated for attendance at the 2022 Big Ears Festival, you must have received your second dose in a 2-dose series or a single-dose vaccine on or before Wednesday, March 9, 2022.