KnoxGeist
This is one of those ideas that arrived during coffee and conversation. First off, we love where we live. Knoxville is a phenomenal community and we are fortunate to be here, now. And so are you. If you stop, and listen to what is happening around you - to what is really happening - absent the noise and digital distractions - you’ll get it.
This is what happens when you combine poetry, place, found sound, and music.
We were thrilled to have had this project included in one of our favorite events, Big Ears Festival, for two years as a kind of ‘welcome to Knoxville.’ Videos are currently being featured at Central Cinema. Folks can enjoy them before the main attraction.
KnoxGeist is an on-going project and we thank Visit Knoxville, the Central Business Improvement District, City of Knoxville, and other local businesses and individuals who have supported this project. The number of places we have to explore and share are endless. Go there. We hope you lose yourself for a little while and remember some of your own favorite spaces.
KnoxGeist was originally called walk with me, but when we founded a small 501(c)3 nonprofit where we could create other orignal projects, we wanted to use the name walk with me, so we renamed the project, KnoxGeist.
The original podcast is available on Spotify and you can listen here. Or watch the shorter video versions. You’ll hear a familiar Knoxville Voice, RB Morris who voiced and co-wrote the pieces. Local Historian, Jack Neely, provided some of the historical context.