Ian Brennan (music producer)
Ian Brennan (/aɪˈən/; born June 15, 1966) is an American music producer.
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Brennan recording in Cambodia in 2015 | |
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| Born | June 15, 1966 Oakland, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1987–present |
| Labels | Toy Gun Murder, Glitterbeat, Six Degrees Records, Independent Records Ltd (IRL), Anti-, Sub Pop |
| Website | ianbrennan |
Of the albums he has produced, Tinariwen's Tassili (2011) won a Grammy Award for Best World Music Album and Zomba Prison Project (2015) was nominated; and Ramblin' Jack Elliott's I Stand Alone (2006) and Peter Case's Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John (2007) were nominated for Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album.
Brennan has authored six books, two on anger, Anger Antidotes (2011) and Hate-less (2014); a novella, Sister Maple Syrup Eyes (2015); and three on music, How Music Dies [or Lives] (2016), Silenced by Sound (2019), and Muse-Sick (2021). Brennan travels in search of countries and languages whose music is under-represented internationally, making field recordings of musicians and producing albums of their work. He started out making nine albums of his own music, and hosting benefits, making live recordings and releasing compilation albums of local bands in San Francisco.