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Glen Hansard

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Glen Hansard (born 21 April 1970) is an Irish singer-songwriter and musician. Since 1990, he has been the frontman of the Irish rock band The Frames, with whom he has released six studio albums, four of which have charted in the top ten of the Irish Album Charts. In the 2000s, he was one half of folk rock duo The Swell Season before releasing his debut solo album, Rhythm and Repose, in 2012. His 2015 second album Didn't He Ramble was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Folk Album.

Primarily a musician, he has also acted and written music for film; he appeared in the BAFTA-winning film The Commitments (1991) and, notably, starred in the Irish music drama Once (2007) which earned him a number of major awards, including the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Falling Slowly" with co-writer and co-star Markéta Irglová. The film was later adapted into an award-winning-musical theatre production.

Albums

2012 Rhythm and Repose
2015 Didn’t He Ramble
2018 Between Two Shores
2019 This Wild Willing
2023 All That Was East Is West of Me Now
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Reviews / Live
Live Review: Glen Hansard, Shane Howard
"A neighbour in the crowd sums it up best: "Unfuckingbelievable!"."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Glen Hansard
"Hansard broke a string during 'Falling Slowly', which should now come with a goosebumps guarantee."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Glen Hansard
"What lingers on is the unamplified Hansard solo, on the stage performing 'Stay The Road'."
Features / Music
Glen Hansard On His "Complete Fucking Ego Destruction"
"You're not the centre of the world, you're not saying anything that hasn't been said before."
News / Music
Glen Hansard Is Headed For Sydney And Adelaide
Extra shows announced for the 'Didn't He Ramble' Tour.
News / Music
The Frames Frontman Glen Hansard Announces 'Didn't He Ramble' Aussie Tour
The celebrated Irish troubadour will at least two shows Down Under this October
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Glen Hansard - A Season On The Line
"'A Season On The Line' is Hansard as eclectic and fantastic as ever."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Glen Hansard - Didn't He Ramble
"Hansard takes another haunted trip down memory lane."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Glen Hansard, Lisa O'Neill
Hansard finished up the night with a collaborative version of The Auld Triangle, a last nod to St Patrick’s Day that culminated in the audience in its entirety on their feet.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Glen Hansard - Drive All Night
Transportive closer Step Out Of The Shadows relies on the strength of Hansard’s melodious vocals to induce a romantic, traditional folk sound.
Features / Music
Songs For Life
"We were all just kind of zombies, hadn’t slept."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Glen Hansard - Drive All Night
Hansard comfortably defaults to his Irish-accented soul that obviously owes more natural debt to Van Morrison than the New Jersey boardwalk.
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