Hansard and his reunited Frames will play at an Irish music festival dubbed Misneach at the Domain on March 16. (Misneach is ...

Outgoing US president Joe Biden, speaking in his farewell address, has warned that an oligarchy of "extreme wealth, power and influence" is forming in America. Michael Lowry TD has expressed his ...

“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 ...

But, street performance, or busking, has birthed some notable artists. Among these are Ed Sheeran, Tracy Chapman, Sheryl Crow, Glen Hansard, Jewel and even Rod Stewart, Louis Armstrong ...

Since announcing the initial lineup back in November, they’ve made some additions, including The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde, Susanna Hoffs, Glen Hansard, Jesse Malin, and Jim Jarmusch (who wil ...

There’s Festival Glen, who earnestly strums on sweaty ... for how quickly the years are passing. In “Factory Street Bells,” Hansard sings about his new life in Helsinki with a baby boy ...

ROCK star Glen Hansard has ­spoken of how the experience of making feel-good movie The Commitments was tainted for him because of a bust-up with late director Alan Parker. The Frames singer has ...