Brian Harnetty | |
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Born | 10 May 1973 |
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Occupation | Composer, musician |
Position held | scholarship holder (music) |
Brian Harnetty (born May 10, 1973) is an American interdisciplinary artist, composer, and musician who uses sound and listening to foster social change.[1] His work brings together sound archives, performance, ecology, and place, and is focused on local and regional issues of Appalachia and the Midwest.[2] Harnetty's music is released on Karl, Dust-to-Digital, Atavistic, Winesap, and Scioto Records. His 2009 release, Silent City, featured singer Will Oldham on three tracks.[3] His 2019 release, Shawnee, Ohio, received five out of five stars from Mojo Magazine, and both Shawnee, Ohio and his 2013 release, The Star-Faced One: from the Sun Ra/El Saturn Archives were named Mojo's "Underground Album of the Year."[4]
As an author, Harnetty has written for New Music Box,[5] Experimental Music Yearbook,[6] Sound Effects, and Cultural Studies.