Tag: Glen Hansard

• On Glen Hansard, grace, and goodbyes

  Glen Hansard died. I’ve been listening to and writing about him and his music for damn near 20 years, so this is a gut punch. A few years ago I wrote an essay for Cinema Sugar about how seeing Once in the theater in 2007 completely changed how I viewed movie musicals, and much more.…

  Jul 29, 2026

  # Cinema Sugar, film, Glen Hansard, movies, music, Once

• Favorite Albums of 2018

  Most of the music I encountered for the first time in 2018 wasn’t actually new. But here are a few new releases I did fancy this year, in no particular order. Winterland by The Okee Dokee Brothers One of my favorite bands released a full album about my favorite season, so yeah, it’s gonna make…

  Jan 3, 2019

  # best of, First Aid Kit, Glen Hansard, Ingrid Michaelson, lists, Mountain Man, music, Okee Dokee Brothers, Rayland Baxter, Sandra McCracken

• Favorite Films, Books & Albums of 2015

  Resurrecting my 2013 choice to include all my best-ofs into one omnilist, here are 15 films, books, and albums I loved from 2015. Film 1. BrooklynThere’s a scene about five minutes into Brooklyn that setup the whole film for me. Eilis (Saoirse Ronan), soon bound for a new life in 1950s America, watches as her…

  Jan 26, 2016

  # best of, books, Brooklyn, film, Glen Hansard, H is for Hawk, Kate Beaton, lists, Lord Huron, Mad Max: Fury Road, movies, music, review, Sandra McCracken, Slow West, Spotlight, Sufjan Stevens, The Hunt for Vulcan, Typewriter Revolution

• 7 Beautiful Movie Music Moments

  Sometimes we as moviegoers have to let movies affect us in ways we cannot explain or control. One of those ways is through music. Whether it is an epic orchestral theme or a lone piano suite, music in the movies can make the difference in how I respond to the story. Listening to a CD…

  Dec 4, 2011

  # Alan Silvestri, Cast Away, film, Glen Hansard, Howard Shore, lists, Lord of the Rings, movies, music, Once, Philip Glass, Remember the Titans, The Truman Show, Trevor Rabin, WALL-E