Julianna Barwick live in concert.
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Julianna Barwick

25
critic concert reviews
electronic

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

81
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LAST 12 MONTHS RATING  
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Real Live Certified  

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Critic Consensus

Julianna Barwick is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 10% of all live performers. Based on 25 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Julianna Barwick is rated as an impressive live performer, with enjoyable shows overall. Julianna Barwick concert reviews describe live shows and performances as melodious, atmospheric, serene, expansive, otherworldly, layered, and satisfying.

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Today We're New - Single (November 22, 2021)

artist info

GENRE
electronic
ORIGIN
Louisiana, United States
BIO
Louisiana-bred, Brooklyn-based recording artist Julianna Barwick crafts ethereal, largely wordless soundscapes, all of which are built around multiple loops and layers of her angelic voice.
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CRITIC concert REVIEWS

Brighton Source (UK)

August 31, 2017
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Her backstory – raised on church music in rural Louisiana and currently based in Brooklyn – was evident in her choral vocals, which were looped, distorted and layered into complex structures.

The 13th Floor (New Zealand)

October 20, 2016
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For anyone who has heard Julianna Barwick’s recorded music (check out her most recent album, Will) the question wasn’t about the sounds they would hear, but how the artist would reproduce it live.

The Skinny (UK)

August 29, 2016
100
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The Deaf Institute, Manchester, UK on August 23, 2016

Bearded Magazine (UK)

August 28, 2016
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A smoke machine creates a suitably atmospheric haze for Julianna Barwick's ambient aural haze.

musicOMH (UK)

June 13, 2016
80
%
Latest album Will sees her particular style of vocal polyphony further consolidated but it also edges out in other directions.

Exclaim (Canada)

August 21, 2015
90
%
St. Albans Anglican Church, Ottawa, Canada

The Skinny (UK)

April 3, 2014
80
%
Manchester Royal Northern College Of Music, Manchester, UK

Past critic reviews published in

Consequence (USA), Pop Press International (USA), The Bay Bridged (USA), Slug Mag (USA), The Guardian (UK) and more

IMAGE CREDIT

Amy Hope Dermont [CC BY-2.0] via Wikimedia Commons