Nico Muhly curates the Barbican's May marathon of music next weekend, including a line-up featuring Villagers, Philip Glass, Glen Hansard (The Frames) and Bang on a Can. 12th May at the Barbican and LSO St Luke's under the banner of "A Scream and an Outrage".
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To be honest, I haven't kept up very much with Sam Beam of Iron & Wine. I kept him in heavy rotation during my teenage years - when I actually listened to music for enjoyment rather than work.
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They brought no plan or set lists, but modern troubadours Sam Beam (a.k.a. Iron and Wine) and Glen Hansard (the Frames, Swell Season) filled a tiny club in Los Angeles last night with songs aching, gentle and raging for a private show hosted by public radio stalwart KCRW.
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In what has become a sort of festive tradition, U2 's Bono took to Dublin's Grafton Street on Christmas Eve alongside a host of other musicians to sing some Yuletide (and not so Yuletide) favorites before surprised fans and onlookers.
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Frames frontman Glen Hansard is currently touring the US with Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder.
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I wasn't sure what to expect when I interviewed Glen Hansard for Fear No ART at The Hideout Block Party in Chicago in late September.
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Irish singer/songwriter Glen Hansard really paid his doting Toronto audience quite the treat on Sunday night.
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Cat Stevens and, the most newsworthy of the bunch, Cat Power.
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Irish singer/songwriter, Glen Hansard, of The Frames and The Swell Season fame, stopped in to record another Tiny Desk Concert at the NPR offices.
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A couple Glen Hansard items for your Thursday morning.
Read MoreIn support of his new release, he'll be playing a short free show early this evening at Barnes & Noble Union Square, a small club show later on tonight at LPR , and then finally a big sold out show tomorrow night at the Beacon Theatre.
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Glen Hansard has scheduled a date to play Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor, MI on September 15th.
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MR : But you're in New York City and it's all very romantic.
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The song arrives like its own warning, and it's worth noting that it falls directly in the middle of Hansard's new record, serving as a summary of the tense anxiety throughout the first half of the album or a warning of the dark storm looming in the second.
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Glen Hansard is an Oscar-winning songwriter, actor, lead singer of the Frames, half of the Swell Season and inspiration for Once , this season's top Broadway musical.
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Glen Hansard , who recently played Fallon and has a handful of shows scheduled this month including one on June 29 at Beacon Theater, has added a June 28 show at the much more intimate Le Poisson Rouge.
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I've never had a harder time picking one song from an album to write about than I have with the first solo record from Glen Hansard, released today.
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Glen Hansard is still pleasantly stunned a couple of days after Once – the Broadway musical based on the 2006 indie film starring him and Markéta Irglová – took home eight Tony Awards including Best Musical.
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Irish songwriter Glen Hansard stopped by the Rolling Stone studio to perform a handful of cuts from his debut solo album, Rhythm and Repose , and "Come Away to the Water," a song he wrote for The Hunger Games that was recorded by Maroon 5.
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Irish songwriter Glen Hansard stopped by the Rolling Stone studio to perform a handful of cuts from his debut solo album, Rhythm and Repose , and "Come Away to the Water," a song he wrote for The Hunger Games that was recorded by Maroon 5.
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Swell Season, The Frames, and Broadway' s own Glen Hansard will release his debut solo outing, Rhythm and Repose , on June 19th via ANTi- Records.
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One of the last things Levon Helm worked on before he died was a collaboration with Glen Hansard , which just may see the light of day soon.
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One of the last things Levon Helm worked on before he died was a collaboration with Glen Hansard and the singer-guitarist says it might get released someday.
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New York has played muse to many a musician over the years, so its not surprising that Glen Hansard turned to the city while looking for respite from his increasingly hectic schedule.
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Glen Hansard played a secret show at the Living Room in New York City on Tuesday night to record a Live at the Loft session for Sirius FM, but those 100 or so who were lucky enough to nab an invite didn't realise that the Frames frontman would be joined on stage by a special guest for his final song.
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Most NYC show-goers have dipped into the Living Room at some point or another: maybe to see a favorite touring singer-songwriter, or a big rock star try a stripped down and intimate set, or to see a friend or sibling, or to ask for directions to Pianos.
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A rare, intimate evening with songwriter Glen Hansard.
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The brand new song from Frames and Swell Season frontman Glen Hansard has gotten a video, filmed in the exotic locale of Jamaica.
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Folk crooner/Swell Season member Glen Hansard battled loneliness with menial chores in the music video for "Philander".
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Over 20 years in the making, singer-songwriter Glen Hansard will release his first ever solo album, 'Rhythm and Repose', on Anti- Records on 18th June. Best known for his work with The Frames, The Swell Season and in the feature film 'Once', for which he won an Academy Award, 'Rhythm and Repose' is Hansards debut solo album and first album of new material since his 2009 release 'Strict Joy' with The Swell Season.
Read MoreTo buy tickets for the festival, which already features Bon Iver, Paul Weller, Elbow and Richard Hawley, go here .
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Glen Hansard of The Frames and Swell Season fame will release his debut solo album on June 19th via ANTI- Records.
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BrooklynVegan is proud to team up with M for Montreal again for a FREE Day Party in Austin on Thursday, March 15th from noon-7pm at Hotel Vegan (one of BrooklynVegan's FOUR DAYS in the venue located at 1500 E. 6th St. ). I'll let this full three-stage lineup speak for itself...
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Other Voices , an annual musical festival held in Dingle, Ireland, may not be nearly as old as the town's pubs, but it has already become a rich, meaningful tradition since its inception in 2002.
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Four years later, the now 23-year-old has chopped off her blonde locks, and departed (for now) from the Swell Season and bandmate/co-star Glen Hansard to record her debut solo album, 'Anar.' "I was living in Ireland in this house by the sea in the middle of nowhere. It was really good for me because I was really busy with the Swell Season and being on tour and I was always surrounded by people," Irglova tells Spinner.
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Scheduled to appear over the course of two nights at Le Poisson Rouge are: Glen Hansard (The Swell Season), Bryce & Aaron Dessner (The National), Doveman , Laurie Anderson , Sam Amidon , Bell X1 , Iarla Ó Lionáird , Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh , Martin Hayes , Joseph O'Connor , and Colum McCann.
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