Aaron Brooking Dessner (born April 23, 1976.) is an American musician. He is best known as a founding member of the rock band
The National, with whom he has recorded nine 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 critically acclaimed 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; as well as
The Tortured Poets Department (2024). Dessner, along with his twin b…
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