Barney Harsent
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Copywriter, editor, and author of Music Top 10s (Bounty), Barney is a music fanatic. He is the former host of Back and to the Left, his radio show on boxfrequency.fm, and is a surprisingly capable barman.
Articles By Barney Harsent
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Starve Acre review - unearthing the unearthly in a fine folk...
Blame the high cost of city housing, or killer smog. What else can explain a bright young couple’s move from 1970s...
First Person: Alexandra Dariescu on highlighting women at th...
This year, I am delighted to be supporting the Alexandra Dariescu Award at the Leeds International Piano Competition for an outstanding...
Proms 63-65, Choral Day review - from Harris to Handel/Mozar...
The Proms’ Indian summer of big visiting orchestras is over – and what a parade...
Album: Juniore - Trois, Deux, Un
Although it takes seconds to discern that Juniore are French, a core inspiration appears to be the echoing surf-pop instrumentals of Californian...
Music Reissues Weekly: Lee 'Scratch' Perry and Fri...
After the March 1969 UK release of the “Return of Django” single, prospective performers of the song could buy it transcribed as sheet music. On...
Prom 62, Mahler's Sixth Symphony, Bavarian RSO, Rattle...
Mahler’s Sixth is one of those apocalyptic megaliths that shouldn’t be approached too often by audiences or conductors. It’s been a constant in...
Ballet Nights #006, Cadogan Hall review - a mixed bag of exc...
It’s exactly a year since Ballet Nights, the self-styled taster platform for ...
Kaos, Netflix review - playing fast and profuse with the Gre...
The ancient Greeks would probably have liked a lot about Charlie Covell‘s manipulation of mythic material. After all, Euripides was prepared to...
The Allergies, Hare & Hounds, Birmingham review - funky...
The Allergies kicked off their Freak the Speaker tour in Birmingham this week. However, the album that they were promoting was nowhere to...
The Silver Cord, Finborough Theatre review - Sophie Ward is...
One of the Finborough Theatre’s Artistic Director, Neil McPherson’s, gifts is an uncanny ability to find long-forgotten...