By Ian BrennanThe GuardianMarch 11th, 2021 Lebanon’s Mashrou’ Leila, Japan’s OOIOO and Syria’s Omar Souleyman are among artists from regions…
The Good Ones
The Grammys have a major problem with global diversity. Lip service isn’t going to solve it
By Ian BrennanThe GuardianMarch 10th, 2021 Renaming the world music category does little to fix its pattern of exclusion, which…
Songwriter U: The Highs of Lo-Fi
By Ian BrennanAmerican SongwriterFebruary 22nd, 2021 A true pleasure offered in life is a genuinely elegant sounding recording. Given over…
The Good Ones: Rwanda, You Should Be Loved
By Ian Brennan Afropop Worldwide September 30th, 2020 The musical trio Good Ones are genocide survivors, as is every Rwandan…
The Earth Is a Drum
A Grammy-winning, world-traveling producer makes the case for looking beyond technology and academia for rhythmic and musical inspiration. By Ian…
The Good Ones: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
By Bob Boilen NPR Tiny Desk (Home) Concert September 29th, 2020 Credit: Courtesy of the Artist The Tiny Desk is…
Ian Brennan on Pollstar: Opening Our Borders, Embracing Diversity & Championing Cross-Cultural Artistic Exchange
By Ian BrennanPollstarAugust 14th, 2019 The Good Ones After having released two critically acclaimed albums – and the first original…