Glen Hansard

Shocking news. The Oscar-winning Irish musician Glen Hansard has died at the age of 56, after a motorcycle crash in Dublin this morning (Wednesday, 29 July). Mr Hansard was best known as the frontman of the Irish rock band The Frames and for his roles in the Irish music-comedy-drama movies The Commitments and Once. Alongside […]

1 month ago

YOU SHOULD KNOW | 001 “I started off playing because I was inspired by songwriters like David Gray and Glen Hansard,” explains 26-year-old singer/songwriter Dermot Kennedy whose sound, judging from his latest mixtape, has come a long way since his early days doing open mic nights in Dublin. “I probably then used Bon Ivor as […]

9 years ago