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Glen Hansard Shares Video For Triumphant New Track “There’s No Mountain”
Tuesday, September 19th, 2023

Glen Hansard Shares Video For Triumphant New Track “There’s No Mountain”

A song that will resonate with fans of Hansard’s earlier solo work, “There’s No Mountain” is featured on his new album ‘All That Was East Is West of Me Now,’ coming out October 20. Equal parts noisy and meditative as well as sprawling and hypnotic, the album was produced by long time Glen Hansard and The Frames co-conspirator David Odlum (Tinariwen, Sam Smith) at his home studio on the outskirts of Dublin.  
 
The process of recording, as of songwriting, “must be an intuitive leap into what feels right,” says Hansard. “When it feels right, I usually run from it, mix it quickly before it collapses.”  For the bulk of the record, Hansard was joined in the studio by fellow Frames Joe Doyle, Graham Hopkins, Ruth O’Mahony Brady, Rob Bochnik and honorary Frame Earl Harvin. Strings came courtesy from fellow live contributors Gareth Quinn Redmond, Kate Ellis, Paula Hughes, Katie O’Connor and Una O’Kane. 
 
“I’m in the latter third of a good life!” Hansard says of the meaning behind the album’s title. “And my golden prize is a life in song. I haven't gotten lost, I’ve stayed true to my first calling, and I’ve been blessed with life’s deepest riches. So, I might be facing west, or east. But I’m happy in the place I’m in.” 
 
There is great possibility here. The journey is nearer to its completion than its commencement, but Hansard isn’t yet ready to come to a standstill; there are more mountains to climb, there is more terrain to explore. There is still so much more to experience. 
 
Next week Hansard and his band will perform at Southern California’s Ohana Fest, followed by a run of European tour dates that begin shortly after the new album’s release. All upcoming dates are listed below. 

 

 

TOUR DATES 
9/29 - Dana Point, CA @ Ohana Fest 
10/30 - London, UK @ The London Palladium 
10/31 - Manchester, UK @ RNCM Theatre SOLD OUT 
11/2 - Paris, France @ La Cigale 
11/3 - Brussels, Belgium @ Cirque Royal 
11/5 - Cologne, Germany @ E-Werk 
11/6 - Frankfurt, Germany @ Jahrhunderthalle 
11/8 - Munich, Germany @ Circus Krone 
11/9 - Vienna, Austria @ Wiener Konzerthaus 
11/11 - Zurich, Switzerland @ Volkshaus 
11/12 - Milan, Italy @ Teatro Dal Verme 
11/14 - Prague, Czechia @ Velký sál Lucerna 
11/15 - Warsaw, Poland @ Palladium Club 
11/17 - Berlin, Germany @ Verti Music Hall 
11/20 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Royal Theatre Carré SOLD OUT 
11/21 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Royal Theatre Carré SOLD OUT 
12/13 - Dublin, Ireland @ Vicar Street SOLD OUT 
12/15 - Galway, Ireland @ Leisureland 
12/16 - Derry, UK @ St. Columb’s Hall 
12/18 - Belfast, UK @ Ulster Hall 
12/19 - Cork, Ireland @ City Hall

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