Next week there are two gigs at Whelan’s you might want to check out! Glen tourmate, saxophonist Michael Buckley & his band will perform on Monday night the 23rd. Get info & tickets here. Then on Tuesday night, Square Pegs featuring Graham, Michael, Ronan Dooney, Curtis Fawlkes, Justin Carroll & Colm Quearny (we think that’s all right!) will play a free show in the front bar from 7-9pm. By all accounts, they put on a fantastic show!
Honor The Treaty
The Frames recently provided their song People Get Ready to this video (click through) in conjunction with Honor The Treaty which asks the Federal Government of America to return Lakota lands to the Lakota Nation as it committed to in the Treaty of 1868 (before gold was discovered in the Black Hills). The Black Hills, or Paha Sapa, is the most sacred of all places to the the Lakota People (Lakota are known also known as Sioux). You can check out their website and sign their petition here: http://honorthetreaty.us/
Colm TG4 Documentary score
Colm provided the music for a documentary called An Bhean A Shiúil Trasna Mheiriceá (The Woman Who Walked Across America) that will air tonight (Sept 18) on TG4 in Ireland at 9:30pm. We’re sharing this description from the TG4 website because it sounds like an amazing story! We’ll let you know if this becomes available to watch online after it airs.
ETA: You can watch the film at TG4’s website here.
“Documentary on Mary Devine who emigrated, married a violent man and found herself isolated with him in the Mid-West of the USA. Undaunted, she did the extraordinary, put her child on her back and walked hundreds of miles to New York where she made enough money to pay her passage home. Having arrived in Cóbh she put the child on her back again and walked all the way home to Corca Dhuibhne where she lived out the rest of her life on her home ground. This is a story of emigration and the search for the elusive promised land but most of all it is a story of self-belief, hope and survival.”
Glen to join John Kelly for a chat & songs
On Halloween night, 31 October, Glen will join writer John Kelly for an evening of Music & Conversation at The Helix DCU in Dublin. Tickets are €25 on sale now here! Click through to read the press release.
Glen Hansard is delighted to announce a date for The Helix, DCU, Dublin on Thursday October 31st – Glen Hansard and John Kelly – Music & Conversation. A unique and intimate night’s entertainment is in store this Halloween when Glen and John sit down to discuss and explore Glen’s long and successful songwriting career.
Best known for his work with The Frames, The Swell Season and in the feature film Once, for which he won an Academy Award, Glen’s first solo album Rhythm and Repose was released to wide acclaim last year and he has been busy touring in both the US and Europe since.
Glen’s recent run of summer shows received fantastic reactions all round, with long sets, surprise special guests and excellent reviews to boot. After the Iveagh Gardens and Galway Arts Festival, Glen finished on a high when he was invited to join Bruce Springsteen on stage in Kilkenny for a rendition of Drive All Night –
Since the release of his solo album, Rhythm and Repose (Plateau) last year, Glen has been busy touring in both the US and Europe.
John Kelly is a writer and award-winning broadcaster. His novel, From Out Of The City will be published in 2014. At this event, the two will discuss and explore Glen’s life and inspirations and demonstrate the power of a good song through entertaining conversation and a few choice acoustic numbers!
“Glen Hansard is a gifted, emotive frontman who sings as if he must, with a heart on his sleeve that is constantly throbbing.” —The New York Times
Rob at Beethoven Festival this Weekend
This Saturday the 14th, Rob will perform as part of the International Beethoven Project’s Beethoven Festival: LOVE 2013 at the Merit School of Music in downtown Chicago. He will perform at 3:00pm in this section curated by Mischa Zupko and Glenn Kotche. Visit the IBP’s website for more information!
EXPLODING 5EN5E5
3:00pm
Bagatelle/Rockatelle Showcase Concert
Curated by Mischa Zupko and Glenn Kotche
Merit School of Music
B-Spot
38 S. Peoria St.
28 World, Classical, and Rock Premieres inspired by Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony!