Kronos Quartet, the adventurous string troupe who's been breaking barriers between popular music and the avant-classical world for more than 40 years, will be the "artists in residence" at the 2015 edition of Knoxville's Big Ears Festival, promoter Ashley Capps tells Rolling Stone.
The group has amassed a wealth of material over the last four decades, collaborating with minimalist icons like Terry Riley, Philip Glass and Steve Reich; non-European musicians like Café Tacuba and Bollywood singer Asha Bhosle; and rock bands like Dave Matthews Band and Nine Inch Nails.
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