Brian Harnetty

Brian Harnetty (born May 10, 1973) is an American interdisciplinary artist, composer, and musician who uses sound and listening to foster social change. His work brings together sound archives, performance, ecology, and place, and is focused on local and regional issues of Appalachia and the Midwest. 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. 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."

As an author, Harnetty has written for ''New Music Box'', ''Experimental Music Yearbook'', ''Sound Effects'', and ''Cultural Studies''. Provided by Wikipedia