Academy Award winning songwriter Glen Hansard went back to his hometown of Ballymun, Ireland to create a personal video for his song ‘High Hope’.
Glen Hansard
Directed by Hedi Rose, the concept of the video was to recreate scenes from Glen’s childhood memories. It was “put together with recreated scenes of Glen’s memories and documentary footage that formed and informed his childhood,” Hedi explains.
For the clip Hedi recruited the locals to play and sing along.
The track appears on Hansard’s first solo album ‘Rhythm and Repose’, released in June, 2012.
Hansard is lead singer of The Frames and half of The Swell Season. In 2007 he won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for ‘Once’.
Glen will tour Australia in March for Gaynor Crawford Presents and perform at Bluesfest.
Dates are:
Sat, 9th Mar , Port Fairy Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Sun, 10th Mar , Port Fairy Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Wed, 13th Mar , Auckland Arts Festival, New Zealand
With Lisa Hannigan
Sat, 16th Mar , Adelaide Festival, Adelaide, SA
With Lisa Hannigan
Wed, 20th Mar , Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne
Supported By Lisa Hannigan
Thu, 21st Mar , Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne
Supported By Lisa Hannigan
Sat, 23rd Mar , Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne
Supported By Lisa Hannigan
Mon, 25th Mar , Sydney Opera House, Sydney, NSW
Supported By Lisa Hannigan
Tue, 26th Mar , Sydney Opera House, Sydney, NSW
Fri, 29th Mar , BluesFest, Byron Bay, NSW
