Images from Brennan and Delli's journeys of musical discovery

In How Music Dies (or Lives), writer and Grammy-winning producer Ian Brennan chronicles his own journeys to find new and ancient sounds and textured voices that are missing from popular commercial recordings.

Making her documentary, The Rwanda Mama, was the beginning of Marilena Delli’s journey with her husband to discover treasures hidden in other cultures.

Adrien Kazigira lives with his family on the farm where he was born.

Adrien Kazigira, lead singer of the Rwandan band The Good Ones, survived the genocide but keeps the victims’ experiences alive through his songs.

Ian Brennan’s first album for the Zomba Prison Project, I Have No Everything, was nominated for a Grammy award in 2016 as Best World Music Album.

In his song “Defeat the Giant,” Cambodian master musician, Soun San, gives voice to genocide victims anywhere.

Producing the Tanzania Albinism Collective Project allowed Ian Brennan to work with people who are not identified as musicians and are just waiting for a chance to be heard.