Glen Hansard

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316 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 31 Jul

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Fresh Air · Remembering Irish singer–songwriter Glen Hansard · 31 Jul 2026 podcast

My mother sang constantly when we were kids and my father.

My mother used to win, like she won a bunch of competitions when we were kids, you know, in pubs.

And, you know, they never, my mother, of course, never took singing as seriously as say I did.

But, you know, and my father, my grandfather was an opera singer and my grandfather sang.

I remember my great-grandfather sang in the same competition as James Joyce and beat him, apparently, in an opera competition a long, long time ago.

So music's definitely been in my family.

Not at all.

I mean, it's been a very, very serendipitous, I suppose.

It's been a very, very interesting and powerful chapter in my life, for sure.

And, you know, yeah, exactly.

It's like, does life imitate art?

Does art imitate life?

With Once, the lines are definitely blurred, and I really like that about it.

Since Dylan figures into your story here, Glenn, particularly your story, I think maybe we'll end with You Ain't Going Nowhere from the soundtrack of the movie about Dylan, I'm Not Here, the fictional movie about Dylan.

So you recorded You Ain't Going Nowhere for it.

Now, I know Dylan was a big influence on you, Glenn.

Yeah.

Well, you know, I'm very, very lucky in that I got to spend, you know, some time in Bob's company.

And he's one of those men I don't I don't even feel very comfortable talking about him because he's just so for me, he's just a great.

And, you know, I've been lucky in my life and that I've met all the people that I've really adored.

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