
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.
Sound 12
2020s
- 2024
- 2021
All of This Unreal Time
Music
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
I Am Easy to Find
Music
- 2016
- 2013
Mistaken for Strangers
Music
- 2010
Out of a Forest
Music
Acted in 7
2020s
- 2024
The National - Live At Montreux Jazz Festival
Movie
The National - Live at Primavera Sound Barcelona 2024
Movie
- 2023
The National - Live at Bearsville Theater
Movie
- 2022
Really Good Rejects
Movie
2010s
- 2019
Death is Elsewhere
Movie
- 2017
The National - Guilty Party: Basilica Hudson
Movie
2000s
- 2005
The National - Live at El Castell Embruixat
Movie
Produced 3
Appearances21
2020s
- 2026
Gracie Abrams - Amazon Music Songline
Self
- 2025
FireAid Benefit Concert
Self
- 2023
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
The National: I Am Easy to Find, Live from New York's Beacon Theatre
Self
The National - Live From Pukkelpop 2019
Self
The National - Live From Ypsigrock 2019
Self
- 2017
The National - Live at Elbphilharmonie 2017
Self
The National: Sounds from a Safe Harbour at Cork Opera House
Self
- 2015
- 2014
The National - Live at Sydney Opera House
Self
- 2013
Mistaken for Strangers
Self
A Lot of Sorrow
Self
- 2010
The National - 'High Violet' Live From Brooklyn Academy of Music
Self
2000s
- 2009
Live from the Artists Den
Self · 1 episode
- 2008
A Skin, A Night
Self
- 2003
1950s
- 1959
The Grammys
Self · 1 episode