Glen Hansard<\/strong><\/a> left his school at the age of 13 to begin busking on Dublin streets. He came to be known internationally as a guitar player in the 1991 Alan Parker film, The Commitments. He released his first album, without The Frames on April 22nd 2006 on Overcoat Recordings and Czech singer and multi-instrumentalist Marketa Irglova. <\/p>\n\n\n\nHansard is best known outside Ireland for his leading role in the award-winning film, Once, directed by his former band-mate John Carney. The film had its United States premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in 2007 which also received the Festival’s World Cinema Audience Award. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The movie featured songs from Hansard\u2019s back catalog of writings including compositions co-written by Marketa Irglova. The song \u2018Falling Slowly\u2019 was nominated for the 2007 Grammy for “Best Song Written for a Motion Picture” and won the 2007 Academy Award for “Best Original Song”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In recent years, Hansard has grown with his reputation as a bearded balladeer. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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