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How Boston Calling's Lineup Is Curated By The National's Aaron Dessner08:10
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Alabama Shakes will be among the 23 bands performing at the Boston Calling Music Festival at City Hall Plaza this weekend.
Aaron Dessner is co-curator of Boston Calling, a job he's been doing since 2013. It's his job to plan the musical line-up — to decide which 23 artists can appeal to the broad musical tastes of Bostonians.
Aaron is also a member of the GRAMMY-nominated band, The National. And, he's produced albums for a bunch of folks, including Mumford & Sons and Sharon Van Etten.
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Aaron Dessner, co-curator of the bi-annual Boston Calling Music Festival. He's also guitarist and keyboardist for the GRAMMY Award-nominated band, The National. He tweets @aaron_dessner.
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- "It’s one thing to love an artist’s recordings, quite another to enjoy seeing them live. Some bands don’t live up to the hype; maybe they lack charisma, or the ability to sing in tune. And the reverse is sometimes true. It can be tough to capture a great live band in a shrunken mp3 format."
This segment aired on September 25, 2015.
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