{"id":17819,"date":"2019-06-13T11:35:09","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T18:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=17819"},"modified":"2019-06-13T11:35:12","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T18:35:12","slug":"new-music-revue-brian-harnetty-comes-close-to-perfect-with-new-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2019\/06\/13\/new-music-revue-brian-harnetty-comes-close-to-perfect-with-new-album\/","title":{"rendered":"New Music Revue<\/em>: Brian Harnetty comes close to perfect with new album"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Brian Harnetty
Shawnee, Ohio<\/em>
(Karl Records)
4.5\/5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You probably won\u2019t hear it on the radio, but\u00a0Shawnee, Ohio\u00a0<\/em>is an amazing work of art. The sixth studio release from Columbus, Ohio-based interdisciplinary artist Brian Harnetty pushes musical boundaries without the slightest hint of awkwardness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shawnee, Ohio<\/em> is a collection of archival soundbites set to music. A mixture of old and contemporary recordings backed by an Appalachian chamber folk ensemble, Harnetty\u2019s latest album paints a picture of the divided culture of rural Appalachian Ohio. Each track tells a bit of the story from a different perspective, and all the songs stand out, but\u00a0Shawnee, Ohio\u00a0<\/em>is incredibly cohesive and plays well in its entirety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBoy\u201d is the recollection of a young man asking his grandmother what life was like when she was young, set to a mix of banjo, fiddles, and piano that captures the emotion perfectly. Others tell stories of their youth in a town that never quite recovered from a mining disaster, which are eventually contrasted with current-day protests against fracking practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harnetty\u2019s music is like nothing I\u2019ve ever heard. It is understated yet breathtaking. I couldn\u2019t wrap my mind around it initially, but I listened to the record start to finish for 14 straight days, and was moved to tears numerous times. I\u2019m not comfortable handing out a 5\/5 rating, but Shawnee, Ohio <\/em>comes close.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Brian HarnettyShawnee, Ohio(Karl Records)4.5\/5 You probably won\u2019t hear it on the radio, but\u00a0Shawnee, Ohio\u00a0is an amazing work of art. The sixth studio release from Columbus, Ohio-based interdisciplinary artist Brian Harnetty pushes musical boundaries without the slightest hint of awkwardness. Shawnee, Ohio is a collection of archival soundbites set to music. A mixture of old and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17820,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-webexclusive"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t