Jul 28, 2023 By Kat Ramkumar

Glen Hansard is releasing his fifth solo album All That Was East Is West Of Me Now and has shared a music video for a new song “The Feast of St. John” featuring Warren Ellis. More

Jun 26, 2023 By Kat Ramkumar

The Swell Season (aka Academy Award winning songwriters Markéta Irglová and Glen Hansard) have shared their first new song in 10 years, “The Answer is Yes.” More

Oct 28, 2022 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the 38th Songs of the Week of 2022. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week because we were turning our new print issue into the printer last Friday. So this week’s list encompasses songs released in the last two weeks and is thus a slightly supersized Top 13 list. More

Oct 19, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Glen Hansard has shared a live performance video for his new single, “Take Heart.” It is a collaboration with Marketa Irglova and three Ukrainian refugees named Anna, Alex, and Olena. More

Nov 08, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Marketa Irglova and Glen Hansard have announced a string of tour dates for spring 2022. This marks the duo’s first time performing together in over 10 years. More

Aug 04, 2020 By Jennifer Irving

This weekend was the finale of the entirely virtual Newport Folk Festival, aptly dubbed “Our Voices Together,” as it features upward of 20 artists covering Burt Bacharach’s classic “What the World Needs Now Is Love.” The cover was led by Jim James of My Morning Jacket and music directed by Chris Funk of The Decemberists, wrapping up the week-long virtual fest. More

Jun 09, 2020 By Julian Roberts-Grmela

Glen Hansard released a new album, This Wild Willing, last year via ANTI-. Now he has shared a video for the album’s “Good Life of Song.” Hansard also recently shared the new song about life in lockdown, “Cold Comfort,” via an accompanying video. More

May 23, 2019 By Mark Redfern

Glen Hansard released a new album, This Wild Willing, back in April via ANTI- (stream it here). Now he has shared a Nadia Genet-directed video for the album’s “Don’t Settle.” Watch it below, followed by his upcoming tour dates. More

Apr 12, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Glen Hansard has released a new album, This Wild Willing, today via ANTI-. Now he has shared a self-directed video for the album’s “Brother’s Keeper.” Watch it below. Also, now that the album is out, you can stream the whole thing below. Also below are Hansard’s upcoming tour dates. More

Mar 13, 2019 By Stephen Axeman

Glen Hansard has shared his triumphant new video for “Fool’s Game,” off of This Wild Willing (due out April 12 via ANTI-), and we are pleased to premiere it. We also have an extensive new interview with Hansard on the album. More

Mar 08, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

We’ve got another supersized Songs of the Week this week, with a Top 12 instead of the regular Top 10. Like last week we could’ve gotten it down to 10, but it felt wrong to leave out the bottom two. It was a near tie for the top two songs this week. More

Mar 05, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Glen Hansard is releasing a new album, This Wild Willing, on April 12 via ANTI-. Previously he shared its first single, “I’ll Be You, Be Me,” which was one of our Songs of the Week. Now he has shared another song from the album, the six-minute long “Fool’s Game.” More

Jan 18, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to the second Songs of the Week of 2019. This week’s list includes tracks from freshly announced albums (Strand of Oaks, The Drums, Tamaryn, C Duncan, Glen Hansard), as well as by artists who have already made this list with previous songs from their upcoming albums (Telekinesis, Piroshka, Cass McCombs). More

Jan 18, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Glen Hansard has announced a new album, This Wild Willing, and shared its first single, “I’ll Be You, Be Me.” This Wild Willing is due out April 12 via ANTI-. More

Apr 17, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

“Our First 100 Days” is an anti-President Donald Trump project. The good folks behind the “30 Days, 30 Songs” anti-Trump campaign during the election have teamed up with Secretly Group for “Our First 100 Days.” More

Jan 28, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Singer/songwriter Glen Hansard, he of The Swell Season, The Frames, and the film Once, has announced that he will release a special tribute EP featuring songs written by his late friend, Jason Molina, best known for his project Songs:Ohia. More

Nov 05, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Irish troubadour Glen Hansard will be hitting the U.S. early next year for a string of intimate, small-venue dates. More

Nov 06, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Following the release of his solo debut Rhythm and Repose last year, singer/songwriter Glen Hansard, best known for his work with The Frames and The Swell Season, has announced that he will release a brand new EP titled Drive All Night. More

Jun 12, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Still riding high on the eight Tony Awards given to Once, the Musical, Glen Hansard stopped by 30 Rock yesterday on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to play a few tunes from his forthcoming solo debut Rhythm and Repose. More

Jun 11, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Last night Once, the Musical cleaned up at the Tony Awards. Scoring a total of eight wins, including Best New Musical, the evening’s praise surely made for a great night for Glen Hansard, whose featured songs transferred so easily from film to stage. More

Jun 06, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Announcing not too long ago that his debut solo album Rhythm and Repose will be released on June 19, Irish singer/songwriter Glen Hansard has prepared his calendar for a series of U.S. tour dates in support of the work. More

Apr 04, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Best known for his work with The Frames and The Swell Season, and winning an Academy Award for Best Song in the feature film Once, singer/songwriter Glen Hansard has announced the upcoming release of his first solo record, Rhythm and Repose. More

Feb 17, 2022 By Joshua Mellin

Eddie Vedder kicked off his Earthlings tour at New York City’s Beacon Theatre earlier in the month along with opener Glen Hansard and Under the Radar photographer Katie Dadarria was there to capture the scene. More

Oct 08, 2015 By Matt Conner

The cover of Glen Hansard‘s Didn’t He Ramble is deceiving: a wintry window defaced by scratches that serves as a barrier between the listener and songwriter. Anyone familiar with The Frames and Swell Season singer knows his songs offer a warm invitation into his world. More

Jul 02, 2012 By Selena Fragassi

In the six years since Irish indie film phenom Once was released, star Glen Hansard (already noted for his work with folk rock band The Frames) has racked up an Academy Award, a Grammy nomination, eight Tony Awards for the film’s Broadway translation, and been handpicked for a number of national tours, including two with now good friend Eddie Vedder More