Jazz Articles about Neal Barnard

Take Five with Neal Barnard of CarbonWorks

by AAJ Staff
December 6, 2022

Meet Neal Barnard: Raised in North Dakota's cattle country, Neal Barnard grew up studying piano and cello. Barnard started composing and recording songs in the 80s. With a penchant for the avant-garde, Neal constantly writes songs that defy any genre categorization. He chooses unconventional time meters as well, in order to “tilt the song ever so slightly and give you that little jolt between the ears," as he puts it. Barnard launched CarbonWorks at a 2016 event at New York's ...