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THE WORKS PRESENTS

Glen Hansard Image Name: Glen Hansard

In The Works Presents, John Kelly meets key figures from the worlds of film and TV, books, music, theatre and the visual arts.

On 8 October, Irish singer/songwriter Glen Hansard tells John about 25 years of The Frames, his new solo album Didn’t He Ramble and how it all began with a headmaster who told him to quit school early and pursue his love of music…

Glen looks back on his teenage years busking on the streets of Dublin, meeting other musicians such as Kíla and Mic Christopher, as well as forming the Frames and the group’s early influences.  ‘The Waterboys was the main reason why the Frames became a band.’

Glen opens up about life as a musician and, of course, playing a musician on-screen – first in 1991 in Alan Parker’s film The Commitments and in 2006 in John Carney’s musical Once – not to mention his Oscar win for the song Falling Slowly.

Didn’t He Ramble by Glen Hansard is available now.