With a host of real-life songs and lilting vocals that reflect his passion for his influences (Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan), Glen Hansard is best known as the founder and vocalist/guitarist of the Frames. Born to a working-class family in Dublin in spring 1970, the dedicated music fan left school at age 13 in search of making music his career. Busking in the local streets of Dublin during his teen years was trying at times, but having his mother's support ultimately led the budding singer/songwriter to shape his descriptive world-view quickly, and work on his playing style. By his late teens, and thanks to a loan from the bank courtesy of his Mum, Hansard recorded his first demo.
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