
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.

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015

Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975

Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003

Live from the Artists Den
TV • 2009

The Grammys
TV • 1959

Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions
MOVIE • 2020

FireAid Benefit Concert
MOVIE • 2025

Buke & Gase
MOVIE • 2023

The National: I Am Easy to Find, Live from New York's Beacon Theatre
MOVIE • 2019

The National - 'High Violet' Live From Brooklyn Academy of Music
MOVIE • 2010

A Lot of Sorrow
MOVIE • 2013

A Skin, A Night
MOVIE • 2008

Really Good Rejects
MOVIE • 2022

The National - Guilty Party: Basilica Hudson
MOVIE • 2017

The National - Live at El Castell Embruixat
MOVIE • 2005