Sennheiser/Paste Party in Austin Preview: Glen Hansard

Hometown: Dublin, Ireland
Members: Glen Hansard (guitar, vocals)
Album: The Swell Season, Strict Joy (2009)

Sennheiser & Paste are teaming up for a three-day party during SXSW. Sennheiser & Paste Present the Stages on Sixth will feature 33 of our favorite bands in Austin, Texas, March 14 to 16. During the 33 days leading up to the event, we’re previewing a different band each day. We hope to see you in Austin—RSVP if you can make it. And don’t worry if you can’t; we’ll be posting video of each performance.

Irish troubadour Glen Hansard has his hands and iconic beard in a number of projects these days. The frontman for The Frames has already begun recording his first solo album, he’s reuniting with Markéta Irglová as The Swell Season for a benefit concert in Los Angeles, Calif., on Feb. 12 and their self-titled documentary is set for a DVD release on March 13. Plus, the Broadway adaptation for the 2007 film Once will open March 18 and Hansard will also be supporting Eddie Vedder on his spring tour in April and May. With all of this going on, we still managed to snag Mr. Hansard to perform a set at our SXSW party. Check out this video of Hansard and Irglova performing at Amoeba Records in Hollywood in 2009.