As we were doing this interview the Animal Collective was setting up for their show so we decided to go…
Silenced by Sound: The Music Meritocracy Myth
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…
Ian Brennan & the Good Ones in the New Yorker
By Jay RuttenbergThe New YorkerSeptember 24th, 2019 A breathtakingly tender trio from Rwanda, the Good Ones were formed in the…
Grex Performs Live on The Hear and Now, Plus an Interview with Ian Brennan
The Hear and NowSeptember 19th, 2019 Grex — Karl Evangelista and Rei Scampavio — play seven original songs in the…
Ian Brennan on PRI’s The World
PRI’s The WorldThe Good OnesOctober 4th, 2019 Ian Brennan is a grammy-award winning record producer. He works with musicians from…
Ian Brennan’s Powell’s Event as a Top Weekly Pick
Ian Brennan in Conversation With Larry Crane Powell’s City of Books Sun, Sep 15 7:30pm As a Grammy Award-winning folk…
We Aren’t the World
Colonialism in music & media. By Ian BrennanThe Good Men ProjectAugust 21st, 2019 In an era when citizens theoretically have…