Aaron Dessner
Department: Sound
Biography
Aaron Brooking Dessner is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as a founding member of the indie rock band The National, with whom he has recorded eight studio albums; a co-founder of the indie rock duo Big Red Machine, teaming with Bon Iver's Justin Vernon; and a collaborator on Taylor Swift's studio albums Folklore and Evermore, both of which contended for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2021 and 2022, respectively, with the former winning the accolade.
Known For
The National: Sounds from a Safe Harbour at Cork Opera House
2017
The National - Live at Bearsville Theater
2023
Really Good Rejects
2022
A Skin, A Night
2008
The National - Live at Primavera Sound Barcelona 2024
2024
The National - Guilty Party: Basilica Hudson
2017
The National - Live At Montreux Jazz Festival
2024
Mistaken for Strangers
2013
The National - Live at Sydney Opera House
2014
The National - Live at El Castell Embruixat
2005
A Lot of Sorrow
2013
The National: I Am Easy to Find, Live from New York's Beacon Theatre
2019
The National - 'High Violet' Live From Brooklyn Academy of Music
2010
The National - Live From Pukkelpop 2019
2019
The National - Live From Ypsigrock 2019
2019
The National - Live at Elbphilharmonie 2017
2017
Death is Elsewhere
2019
Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions
2020
FireAid Benefit Concert
2025
Buke & Gase
2023
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Grammys
1959
Live from the Artists Den
2009
Saturday Night Live
1975
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Saturday Night Live
1975