Posted on: June 11, 2012 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0
Over 20 years in the making, Anti- Records will release Glen Hansard’s first ever solo album, Rhythm and Repose on June 19. Best known for his work with The Frames, The Swell Season and in the movie Once, Rhythm and Repose is Hansard’s first album of new material since his 2009 release Strict Joy with The Swell Season. The album is available for presale at http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=517429344 and currently streaming on NPR.org: [link]. Hansard will perform on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” tonight and will continue to support the new record with a U.S. tour this fall. See reverse for details.
The highly lauded play 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.”
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 Markéta Irglová took home the Academy Award for Best Original Song for “Falling Slowly” off the Once soundtrack. Hansard and Irglová 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 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

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