Glen Hansard of Frames, The Swell Season fame will be releasing his debut solo album, Rhythm and Repose on June 19. Rhythm and Repose is Hansard's first album of new material since his 2009 release Strict Joy with The Swell Season. He will support the new record on a U.S. tour this fall.
The highly lauded play Once, The Musical has been nominated for 11 Tony Awards including Best Musical. Once, The Musical is based on the feature film Once, with original songs written by Hansard including "Falling Slowly" for which he won an Academy Award. The play successfully opened on Broadway on March 18 to rave reviews including the New York Times who explains, "what was always wonderful about 'Once,' its songs and its staging, has been magnified."
Hansard is celebrated as the principal songwriter and vocalist/guitarist for the Irish group The Frames, who have established themselves as one of the most influential bands in Ireland. Hansard garnered a reputation as not only an unparalleled front man, but also for his dedicated following and his grounded, real-life songs. Hansard is also one half of the acclaimed duo The Swell Season. In 2007, he and Czech songstress Markιta Irglovα took home the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Falling Slowly" off the Once soundtrack. Hansard and Irglovα continued the success of Once with the 2009 release Strict Joy under the namesake of The Swell Season.
Rhythm and Repose Tracklist
1. You Will Become
2. Maybe Not Tonight
3. Talking with The Wolves
4. High Hope
5. Bird of Sorrow
6. The Storm, It's Coming
7. Love Don't Leave Me Waiting
8. What Are We Gonna Do
9. Races
10. Philander
11. Song of Good Hope
GLEN HANSARD TOUR DATES
June 12 New York, NY Housing Works
June 20 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern
June 24 Telluride, CO Telluride Bluegrass Festival
June 26 Chicago, IL The Vic
June 29 New York, NY The Beacon
September 16 Toronto, ON The Danforth Music Hall
September 18 Boston, MA Berklee Performance Center
September 19 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
September 20 Philidelphia, PA Union Transfer
September 22 Cincinnati, OH Taft Theatre
September 23 Atlanta, GA Buckhead Theatre
September 25 St. Louis, MO The Pageant
September 26 Lawrence, KS Liberty Hall
September 28 Milwaukee, WI Pabst Theater
September 29 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
October 2 Vancouver, BC The Vogue Theater
October 3 Seattle, WA Moore Theater
October 4 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom
October 31-November 1 Las Vegas, NV The Pearl at the Palms*
November 4 Phoenix, AZ Comerica Theatre*
November 6 Albuquerque, NM Kiva Auditorium*
November 7 El Paso, TX Plaza Theatre*
November 9-11 Austin, TX Bass Concert Hall*
November 12-13 Houston, TX Jones Hall for the Performing Arts*
November 15 Dallas, TX Music Hall at Fair Park*
November 16 San Antonio, TX Lila Cockrell Theatre*
November 18-19 Tulsa, OK The Brady Theater*
November 21 Memphis, TN Orpheum Theatre*
November 24-25 Jacksonville, FL Moran Theater*
November 27-28 Orlando, FL Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre*
November 30-December 1 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Broward Center*
December 3-4 Clearwater, FL Ruth Eckerd Hall*
