Glen Hansard Drive All Night/ Pennies In The Fountain/ Renata/ Step Out Of The Shadows (Universal, 2013)
You'll know Glen from the second best music film of all time - ONCE.
[Bestest of all time? Woodstock: Three Days Of Peace And Music.]
He is so amazing in ONCE (as is Markéta Irglová). They can act brilliantly and are superb musicians. Such talent!
Drive All Night you'll know from the Springsteen album, The River. Brooce's original version is amazing - full of dark portents and impending doom.
Glen's take is lighter - passionate in a different way to the Boss. He and guest Eddie Vedder stretch out but without the quiet desperation of the original.
The Springsteen connection is also enhanced with Jake Clemons' appearance on sax. Bruce has also used Glen as a guest on the song in concert so that's pretty damned special!
Hidden gem: Pennies, and Renata share the same mid tempo passion - and are more in Glen's customary style.
It's Step out that sends the chills though - just Glen's voice, and what a voice!!
Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence - ROBERT FRIPP. Information is not knowledge; knowledge is not wisdom; wisdom is not truth; truth is not beauty; beauty is not love; love is not music; MUSIC IS THE BEST - FRANK ZAPPA. I think we're a little happier when we have a little music in our lives - STEVE JOBS. Music in the soul can be heard by the universe - LAO TZU. Rock and Roll is fire, man. FIRE. - DAVID BRIGGS. Music grips you, gets into your soul - GEORGE MARTIN
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