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Associate professor of economics and finance at Kentucky State University Dr. Swagata “Ban” Banerjee is an executive producer on artist Christopher Tin’s concept album “The Lost Birds: An Extinction Elegy.” The album is a musical memorial for extinct bird species due to human activity that celebrates their beauty and mourns their absence.

“The Lost Birds” was entered in multiple categories for the 65th Grammy® Awards including Best Classical Compendium and Best Engineered Album, Classical, and received a Grammy nomination for the 2023 annual awards ceremony.

Dr. Banerjee is one half of the musical duo Ban Brothers. His older brother, Gautam, is the other half of the duo.