Brian Harnetty

Brian Harnetty
Born10 May 1973 Edit this on Wikidata
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OccupationComposer, musician Edit this on Wikidata
Position heldscholarship holder (musicEdit this on Wikidata

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.

  1. ^ Sember, Robert. 2019. "Stay, Listen, Organize: Bridging Appalachia's Past and Present Through Sound." A Blade of Grass Magazine. Issue 2, Spring, pp. 24-29. https://abladeofgrass.org/articles/stay-listen-organize-bridging-appalachias-past-present-sound/
  2. ^ "Brian Harnetty's Shawnee, Ohio Premieres at the Wexner Center on October 27–28". ColumbusUnderground.com. October 26, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  3. ^ "Artist of the Week: Brian Harnetty". pastemagazine.com. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  4. ^ Male, Andrew. 2020. Mojo Magazine, January issue. Male, Andrew. 2019. Mojo Magazine, September issue. Male, Andrew. 2016. Mojo Magazine, March issue. Male, Andrew. 2014. Mojo Magazine, January issue, p. 67. Male, Andrew. 2013. Mojo Magazine, September issue, p. 91.
  5. ^ "Brian Harnetty | NewMusicBox". www.newmusicbox.org. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  6. ^ "The Experimental Music Yearbook". www.experimentalmusicyearbook.com. Retrieved November 14, 2016.