Biography

With a host of real-life songs and lilting vocals that reflect a passion for his influences (particularly Van Morrison, Leonard Cohen, and Bob Dylan), Glen Hansard is best known for his work with the Frames and the Swell Season. Born to a working-class Dublin family during the spring of 1970, he left school at age 13 in search of making music his career. He began busking the streets of Dublin, laying the groundwork for his engaging stage persona and, ironically, mimicking the plot line of Once, the movie that would later make him a star in multiple countries. By his late teens, Hansard had recorded his first demo with the help of his Mum, who'd lent him some money for the project. One of the 50 tapes he pressed landed in the hands of Island Records' Denny Cordell, a former producer who'd previously helped bring Tom Petty and Joe Cocker to the Island roster. Upon a meeting at Cordell's flat, the 17-year-old Hansard also met Ron Wood, Marianne Faithfull, and Stewart Copeland. The meeting, to say the least, left a lasting impression on Hansard, and in the end, Cordell signed him with the approval of Island founder Chris Blackwell.

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	Name	Album	Time	Price
1.	Falling Slowly	Once (Music from the Motion..	4:04	$1.29
2.	Love Don't Leave Me Waiting	Love Don't Leave Me Wai..	4:17	$1.29
3.	Falling Slowly	Swell Season (with Marja Tu..	4:50	$0.99
4.	If You Want Me	Once (Music from the Motion..	3:48	$0.99
5.	Take the Heartland	Hunger Games (Songs from Di..	2:45	$1.29
6.	When Your Mind's Made Up	Once (Music from the Motion..	3:41	$0.99
7.	Moon	Swell Season (with Marja Tu..	4:42	$0.99
8.	Once	Once (Music from the Motion..	3:38	$0.99
9.	Say It to Me Now	Once (Music from the Motion..	2:35	$0.99
10.	All the Way Down	Once (Music from the Motion..	2:39	$0.99
11.	Trying to Pull Myself Away	Once (Music from the Motion..	3:36	$0.99
12.	Swell Season	Swell Season (with Marja Tu..	2:54	$0.99
13.	Look Back Now	Pavement Tune - Single	4:53	$0.99
14.	Steal My Body Home	Pavement Tune - Single	3:23	$0.99
15.	Pavement Tune	Pavement Tune - Single	3:08	$0.99
16.	Country Song (8-Track Version)	Rent Day Blues EP	2:13	$0.99
17.	Perfect Opening Line (Hook End Versi..	Rent Day Blues EP	5:43	$0.99
18.	Taking The Hard Way Out	Rent Day Blues EP	2:59	$0.99
19.	Rent Day Blues	Rent Day Blues EP	3:44	$0.99
20.	Cry Me A River	Even Better Than The Real T..	4:12	$0.99
21.	High Hope	Music of Ireland · Welcome..	3:46	$0.99
22.	Caution to the Birds	Road Relish	5:21	$0.99
23.	You Ain't Goin' Nowhere	I'm Not There (Original..	3:05	$0.99
24.	Too Many People	Cake Sale	3:42	$1.29
25.	Leave	Once (Music from the Motion..	2:46	$0.99

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