Glen Hansard

Irish musician and songwriter

Glen James 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. He is 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 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 a musical theatre production.

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Works

All the Way Down
Angel at My Table
Bird of Sorrow
Come Away to the Water
Coming Up Roses
Denounced
Fitzcarraldo
Giving It All Away
Here & After
High Hope
In This Boat Together
Little Prim
Love Don’t Leave Me Waiting
Maybe Not Tonight
Monument
Philander
Races
Rare Bird
Red Chord
Revelate
Roger
Say It to Me Now
Take the Heartland
Talking With the Wolves
The Song of Good Hope
The Storm, It’s Coming
This Gift
What Are We Gonna Do
You Will Become
Your Face