By Nigel WilliamsonSonglinesJanuary 2020 Ian Brennan gave one of the more thought-provoking interviews published in this magazine (#130) in which…
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Rwanda: How music heals divides, 25 years on
By Ian BrennanThe Vinyl District December 9th, 2019 PHOTOS: MARILENA UMUHOZA DELLI | December 9th is World Genocide Commemoration Day.…
Silenced by Sound in il manifesto (Italian)
The Good Ones, dal Ruanda profondo con molto amore By Marco Boccittoil manifesto06.12.2019 Un disco e un libro. Il nuovo…
Ian Brennan Knocks Pop Stars Off Their Pedestal With his New Book
By Steven WishniaThe IndypendentNovember 10th, 2019 Ian Brennan’s Silenced by Sound: The Music Meritocracy Myth is a polemic against the…
Cambodian Musicians Heal Through Music: Ian Brennan on VOA
By Chetra ChapVOA Cambodia.com October 12th, 2019 The power of music and art to influence generations is well documented, and…
Ian Brennan event recorded at the Henry Miller Library in Big Sur, CA 10/2019
As we were doing this interview the Animal Collective was setting up for their show so we decided to go…
Producer taps voices of Oakland’s homeless community for new album
By Ian Brennan CounterPunch October 7th, 2019 – Voices from the streets I have been to Kibera, arguably the world’s largest slum, a place where human shit runs in the streets. But I’ve never seen poverty more severe than here.
Ian Brennan of Silenced By Sound on the BBC
Seeking a music star in Rwanda… and finding one Produced by Bill McKenna, camera by Devin GallagherBBCOctober 13th, 2019 For…
Homeless Oakland Heart: “Not a Homeless Person, Just a Person Without a Home.”
By Ian Brennan CounterPunch October 7th, 2019 – Voices from the streets I have been to Kibera, arguably the world’s largest slum, a place where human shit runs in the streets. But I’ve never seen poverty more severe than here.
Ian Brennan’s Silenced by Sound Is a Rallying Cry for International Musicians
By Randy SchulmanMetro WeeklySeptember 26th, 2019 “I don’t have a lot of feedback yet,” says Ian Brennan of his just-released…