Glen Hansard of The Frames and The Swell Season is streaming his new solo album online ahead of its June 16th release.NPR are giving fans a full stream preview of Hansard's first solo album, Rhythm and Repose, right here.
Rhythm and Repose is Hansard's first album of new material since his 2009 release Strict Joy with The Swell Season. Hansard will continue to support the new record with a U.S. tour this fall.
In other news, Once, The Musical won eight Tony Awards including best direction of a musical, best lead actor in a musical and the top musical prize itself. 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."
GLEN HANSARD TOUR DATES
June 12 New York, NY Housing Works
June 20 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern
June 22 Phoenix, AZ The Crescent Ballroom
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*
*Eddie Vedder tour
