In June of 2013, one year after releasing his standout debut solo album, Rhythm and Repose, Glen Hansard and his band booked time at Wilco’s Loft studio on the north side of Chicago. The Irish ...

The deeply felt Americana music of The Band is not just appealing to Americans. Watch as Irish musicians Lisa Hannigan, collaborator John Smith, and Once star and solo artist Glen Hansard cover The ...

Chrissie Hynde, Glen Hansard, Jim Jarmusch, Susanna Hoffs and Jesse Malin are the latest talent to join [CEO of City Winery] Michael Dorf’s The Music of Benefit Concert honoring Patti Smith this ...

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Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard, the Oscar-winning star of the 2007 movie musical “Once,” returns to New Orleans on Tuesday for an intimate performance at the Civic Theatre. The show will feature ...

The end of a music festival is always bittersweet. On Sunday, the fourth and final day of the 2012 Telluride Bluegrass Festival, there was a certain feeling of resignation in the air. Spending four ...

“A song only becomes what it is through witness,” says Glen Hansard, speaking from a makeshift stage in the back room of a small pub in the west of Dublin in November 2022. At the time it had been ...

This live concert webcast is a production of NPR Music's All Songs Considered and the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. Playing under the name The Swell Season, Irish singer Glen Hansard and Czech ...

"I don't know how it came about but they invited [the Swell Season] to come up," Hansard tells Spinner. "Our drummer was flipping out. Levon brought us into the kitchen, made us apple pie and made us ...

Some know the answer earlier than others do to that surprisingly complicated question: What do I want for my life? For most, it’s a slow shuffling through school and bad jobs until something resonates ...

[MUSIC ] I don't know you, but I want you. All the more for that. CONOR DUFFY, REPORTER: These days Glen Hansard's music has won global awards. But his musical journey began as a teenager on the ...

Once stars Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová (a.k.a. the Swell Season) have stayed busy since their February 2008 Oscar win, playing their songs night after night to crowds across the U.S. and overseas ...