Aaron Dessner
1976-04-23 (1976)Cincinnati, Ohio, USASound
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 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