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  • List: Top 10 Sideprojects of the 00s

    For every band, there's always a disenfranchised member who wants to do more. Maybe get a little mor

  • The Swell Season Make Welcome Australian Return

    One of my favourite concerts this year was Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova, and The Frames performance

  • Live: The Swell Season at Vicar Street

    Thanks to Peter for not only noticing me on yesterday's 6.01 news (check it out on RTE player, aro

  • The Swell Season: Strict Joy

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    Hat tip to Ice Cream Man for sending this our way; this is pretty cool. Sort of reminds me of that v

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    Glen Hansard
    2006]]Glen Hansard (born Dublin, Ireland, 21 April, 1970) is the vocalist and guitarist for Irish rock group The Frames. Hansard quit school at age 13 to begin busking on local Dublin streets. He first came to widespread public attention as guitar player Outspan Foster in the Alan Parker film The Commitments. In 2003, he presented the television programme Songs from a Room, which showcased Irish music talent on RTÉ. On April 21, 2006, he released his first solo album, The Swell Season, on Overcoat Recordings in collaboration with Czech singer and multi-instrumentalist Markéta Irglová, Marja Tuhkanen from Finland on violin, and Bertrand Galen from France on cello. Hansard also spent part of 2006 in front of the cameras for a music-infused Irish film Once, in which Hansard plays a Dublin busker, and Irglová an immigrant street vendor. The film had its American premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in 2007 an

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