# Ian Brennan: Recording Extraordinary Musicians in Remote Places Part 1 (Tanzania, Rwanda, Malawi)

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Published: 2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

This episode is with one of the most inspiring people I’ve ever had the privilege to meet: the Grammy-winning producer, musician and author Ian Brennan who has traveled the world in search of countries and languages that are underrepresented. He has produced over fifty remarkable international records since 2009 across five continents with his wife the Italian-Rwandan filmmaker, photographer and author Marilena Delli Umuhoza. In this Part 1 of a new series with Ian within this podcast, you’ll hear about the Tanzania Albinism Collective, Rwanda’s The Good Ones, the Zomba Prison Project in Malawi, Comorian and Africatown’s Ancestor Sounds, music of the descendants of the last slave ship in Mobile . Ian also has a fascinating personal story and is sought after for his work in empathy-based violence prevention. The links for all the music you’ll hear are in the Show Notes In the show notes you'll also find the link to sign up for my newsletter, where you'll get exclusive information about upcoming episodes, different ways to support this podcast and linked episodes, as well as the YouTube video and transcript. Photo: Marilena Delli Umuhoza (00:00) Intro (02:48) book “Missing Music: Voices From Where The Dirt Road Ends”, Comoros (09:00) Music: excerpt of track 1 Please Protect My Newborn Child from the Spirits from Comorian's album "We are an Island, but we're not alone”, recording in Comoros, Marilena Umuhoza Delli. (14:51) Rwanda, The Good Ones, Marilena’s mother (20:51) Music: excerpt The Good Ones album"Rwanda...You See Ghosts, I See Sky" track 9, "My Chubby Baby, Please Sleep( I will protect you from anything)” (21:50) The Good Ones, Kinyarwanda language, Rwanda history (29:06) dominance of English in media and songs (33:09) Music: excerpt The Good Ones album “Rwanda…Y…

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