voc, g, *1970 IE, Ballymun
Rock
A.k.a. Glen James Hansard
An Academy Award-winning songwriter, musician, actor and singer. Born 21 April 1970 in Dublin, Ireland, Hansard quit school at age 13 to begin busking on Dublin streets. He first came to popular attention as guitar player Outspan Foster in the Alan Parker film The Commitments. Best know in his native Ireland as the front man of The Frames, but best known outside of Ireland for his leading role in the award winning film Once, which was directed by his former Frames band-mate John Carney (2) and co-stared Hansard's real-life musical collaborator Marketa Irglova whom he had originally met when he was on tour in her home town in the Czech Republic - they record and perform together as The Swell Season. The sound-track to Once featured songs from Hansard's writing back catalogue, including new arrangements of songs previously recorded with The Frames. More famously it included compositions co-written by Marketa Irglova, one of which Falling Slowly was nominated for the 2007 Grammy for "Best Song Written for Motion Picture" and won the 2007 Academy Award for "Best Original Song".
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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This Wild Willing | Glen Hansard | 2019 | Album |
Between Two Shores | Glen Hansard | 2018 | Album |
A Season On The Line | Glen Hansard | 2016 | Album |
Her Mercy (Radio Edit) | Glen Hansard | 2015 | Album |
Lowly Deserter | Glen Hansard | 2015 | Compil. |
It Was Triumph We Once Proposed...Songs of Jason Molina | Glen Hansard | 2015 | Album |
Didn't He Ramble | Glen Hansard | 2015 | Album |
Winning Streak | Glen Hansard | 2015 | Album |
Drive All Night | Glen Hansard | 2013 | Album |
Love Don't Leave Me Waiting | Glen Hansard | 2012 | Single |
High Hope | Glen Hansard | 2012 | Album |
Rhythm And Repose | Glen Hansard | 2012 | Album |
Bird Of Sorrow | Glen Hansard | 2012 | Album |
This Gift | Glen Hansard | 2012 | Album |
Once -A New Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova | 2012 | Album |
Tiny Desk Concert | Glen Hansard | 2012 | Album |
The Auld Triangle | Damien Dempsey & Glen Hansard | 2010 | Single |
Falling Slowly | Glen Hansard And Marketa Irglova | 2007 | Album |
Once (Music From The Motion Picture) | Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova | 2007 | Compil. |
Once (Music From The Motion Picture) | Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova | 2007 | Compil. |
When Your Mind's Made Up | The Swell Season, Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova | 2007 | Single |
The Swell Season | Glen Hansard And Marketa Irglova, The Swell Season | 2006 | Album |
Chinese Firedrill | Glen Hansard | 2004 | Compil. |
Fade Street / A Caution To The Birds | Songs: Ohia / Glen Hansard | 2000 | Single |