◇ image via WikipediaGlen Hansard
Glen Hansard is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Sam Amidon, Temple of the Dog, Josh Ritter, Leonard Cohen and Van Morrison. Those roots explain a lot about how Glen Hansard arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Frames, Ray LaMontagne, Josh Ritter, Eddie Vedder and William Fitzsimmons, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Kris Allen and Dermot Kennedy, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Glen Hansard, reaching back through Sam Amidon and forward to Kris Allen. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Glen James Hansard is an Irish singer-songwriter and musician. Since 1990, he has been the frontman of the Irish rock band the Frames, with whom he has released six studio albums, four of which have charted in the top ten of the Irish Album Charts. He is one half of folk rock duo the Swell Season before releasing his debut solo album, Rhythm and Repose, in 2012. His 2015 second album Didn't He Ramble was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Folk Album.
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Glen Hansard connections
Glen Hansard grew out of Sam Amidon, Temple of the Dog, Josh Ritter and Leonard Cohen, shares an orbit with The Frames, Ray LaMontagne, Josh Ritter and Eddie Vedder, went on to shape Kris Allen and Dermot Kennedy. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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