Glen Hansard's One-Night Stand

Just Once with the Frames' Glen Hansard.

"...The Swell Season, a recent collaboration between the Frames’ Glen Hansard and Czech pianist Marketa Irglova. The two musicians..."

May 18, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

Once

This delicate Irish import, which stars the frontman of the Frames, is an insightful and endearing reimagining of a familiar genre: the musical.

"...Directed by: John Carney. Starring: Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová, Bill Hodnett and Danuse Ktrestova. This..."

June 1, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

ACL Music Festival Interviews

"..."Don't believe it," says the Dublin band's frontman, Glen Hansard. "It's complete bullshit."..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Brooklyn Vegan Day Party

"...Glen Hansard's guitar is a beautifully beaten machine. With three..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The Swell Season

"...With Irish flags waving salute against the sunset backdrop, Glen Hansard opened the Swell Season's set with the rousing..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Music Review by Doug Freeman

More Flava Than Juicy Fruit

Wednesday Night SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...GLEN HANSARD: Once upon a time, Irish band the Frames..."

March 10, 2000 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Cyrano

Musical rewrite of the tragic love triangle never hits the high notes

"...goodbye letters on the eve of battle. Performed by Glen Hansard, Sam Amidon, and Scott Folan, it’s a funeral..."

Feb. 25, 2022 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Zach Theatre's Once

This musical disarms the cynicism of our age with the sweet story of a guy and a girl who bond over music

"...music is the big attraction, with a score by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová. The cast is also the..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Sing Street

The director of Once and Begin Again helms another joyful music film

"...the on- and offscreen love affair of Dublin busker Glen Hansard and immigrant Markéta Irglová. With Begin Again in..."

April 29, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet

Animated film is based on Gibran's iconic book of prose poems

"...been set to music, sung by Damien Rice and Glen Hansard. The problem here is the narrative framework (directed..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Begin Again

Agreeably phony movie focuses on a pair of unlikely partners drawn together by the promise of making music.

"...adaptation, and an actual relationship between its two leads, Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová. (They’ve since broken it off,..."

July 4, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Planet Rock

Austin, Texas, SXSW 2005

"...for the Frames, a Dublin/Chicago sixpiece whose lead singer, Glen Hansard, opened with "This is the fifth time we're..."

March 25, 2005 Music Feature by David Lynch

TV Eye

The government claims it wants to help you switch from analog to digital-ready TV, but they're not making it easy

"...was her chance to speak after her writing partner Glen Hansard accepted his award. It was a moment made..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The Frames

"...ambitions, The Cost's overblown arrangements, trite songwriting, and frontman Glen Hansard's hopelessly predictable whispers building into cringing falsetto result..."

April 13, 2007 Music Review by Doug Freeman

"Welcome Home" to the Kerrville Folk Festival

Five neighborly artists to see onstage at Quiet Valley Ranch

"...and the intense emotional heft of fellow Irish songwriter Glen Hansard. Since relocating to Austin in 2017, Byrne's sharp..."

May 26, 2023 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Saturday SXSW Picks

"...Strangers Again, features appearances by Willie Nelson, Jackson Browne, Glen Hansard, and young folksinger Ari Hest. – Jim Caligiuri..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature

Josh Ritter’s Hungry

With ambition, for songs, and quietly at the Moody Saturday

"...world with her. And going over to Ireland with Glen Hansard. That what a big break. I was always..."

Jan. 17, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

While My Ukulele Gently Weeps

Get ready to see a lot more ukuleles

"...in neat rows waiting for this, adorably un-neat opener Glen Hansard banging out brushfire folk songs on a tarnished..."

Feb. 1, 2013 Music Feature by Luke Winkie

Off the Record

SXSW News and Carryings-On

"...Mumford & Sons but with the plaintive appeal of Glen Hansard or early Damien Rice...."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature by Austin Powell

ACL Fest Friday Picks

The blurbing of ACL 2008

"...The onscreen chemistry between the Frames' Glen Hansard and Czech pianist Marketa Irglova in the charming..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Music Feature

Calhoun

"...dramatic fashion that recalls Frames frontman and Swell Seasoner Glen Hansard. Opener "Breathe" exhales into a driving chorus, while..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Day Party Crawl

"...Ryan powered the dramatic intensity of Irish balladeers like Glen Hansard or Damien Rice, but cut with the gruff..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Coachella 2007

"...spillage into Burn the Maps’ “Finally” and “Underglass.” Frontman Glen Hansard first remarked “Maybe we can jam with them,”..."

May 1, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

Ciao Lolla

"...the hour. "This has been fucking great," exhaled frontman Glen Hansard at the finish. "We didn't expect this at..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Music Feature

The Frames

"...here, but better, with lyrics offering subtle surprises. Frontman Glen Hansard has never sounded better, Colm Mac Con lomaire's..."

March 18, 2005 Music Review by David Lynch