Sunday 25th October 2026
Location: The Hub at Cillín Hill
The inspiration for Transmissions East and West, Glen Hansard’s sixth and latest, two-volume solo album, came from a memorable night in The Hague in the summer of 2024. From this remarkable Dutch gig grew the notion for Transmissions East and West, a live-recorded, 22-song deep dive into Glen Hansard’s songbook. The twin albums (to be released individually in 2026) encompass his solo work along with The Frames and with Markéta Irglová as The Swell Season – who, of course, appeared together in the heart-stirring 2007 film musical, Once, for which the pair won a Best Original Song Oscar for ‘Falling Slowly’. Along the way, as something of an ‘artists’ artist’, he has picked up endorsements and admiration from fellow musicians including Bob Dylan, Eddie Vedder, Bruce Springsteen and Joni Mitchell.
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