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Aaron Brooking Dessner, born April 23, 1976, is an American musician and composer. He is a founding member of the rock band the National, with whom he has recorded ten studio albums. He is also a co-founder of the indie rock duo Big Red Machine, collaborating with Justin Vernon. Dessner contributed to Taylor Swift's albums Folklore and Evermore, which were nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2021 and 2022, with Folklore winning the award. He has co-written, produced, or co-produced songs for artists including Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Michael Stipe, Gracie Abrams, Frightened Rabbit, Ben Howard, Sharon Van Etten, Local Natives, This Is the Kit, Adia Victoria, Lisa Hannigan, Fred Again, Girl in Red, Mustafa the Poet, Brian Eno, Laufey, Mumford & Sons, Florence and The Machine, Brandi Carlile, and Lone Bellow. Dessner co-founded and curates three music festivals: Eaux Claires in Wisconsin, HAVEN in Copenhagen with his brother Bryce, and Boston Calling Music Festival.
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A guest-led way into The National’s connected 2022-23 releases, from ‘The Alcott’ to ‘Weird Goodbyes’.
A listening route through Gracie Abrams’ early EPs, the considered arc of ‘Good Riddance’ and a key collaboration from ‘The Secret of Us’.
Ben Gibbard’s ‘Keep Yourself Warm’ and Death Cab for Cutie’s ‘My Backwards Walk’ provide two well-connected ways into Frightened Rabbit’s 2008 album.
‘First Two Pages of Frankenstein’ and ‘Laugh Track’ began in the same sessions, but The National released them as separate companion albums.
The National’s 2003 album and 2004 EP established collaborators, a settled line-up and one particularly important song before ‘Alligator’ arrived.
Noah Kahan’s Aaron Dessner collaboration is the first release from The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping soundtrack.
Noah Kahan’s fourth album turned the disorientation of a breakthrough into songs about home, family and the pressures of telling personal stories.
King Princess’s second album found a new antagonist: herself.
Taylor Swift’s credits move from Nashville co-writes to Speak Now’s sole authorship, then through pop writer-producers and Aaron Dessner’s folk-facing partnership.
Noah Kahan’s ‘Draw You Out’, written for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, arrives on 2nd October ahead of the 29-track soundtrack album.
Long Pond gave Gracie Abrams room to work without distraction, while Aaron Dessner became the collaborator who encouraged her to follow difficult songs to their most honest conclusions.
Singer-songwriter unveils follow-up to 'The Secret of Us' alongside lead single details.
Her 14-track album is arriving in July through Island Records.
The band were performing last night, October 26th, at London’s OVO Arena Wembley.
The new songs were written and produced with Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner..
The track was recorded at Aaron Dessner’s Long Pond Studios.
The track was made with Aaron Dessner at Long Pong Studio.
As part of a court case in which the singer is fighting a claim against his hit single 'Shape Of You', Sheeran was questioned about his songwriting process.
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