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Lay Me Down (2001) – Glen Hansard (The Frames)

Glen Hansard is no stranger to this blog. I saw him (The Frames) open for Bob Dylan in Melbourne August the 17th, 2007 (see set list) and on the February 24, 2008 Hansard and Markéta Irglová won the Academy Award

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Falling Slowly (2006) – Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová

This song won the Academy award (2008) for best original song seen in the movie ‘Once‘. I reviewed Once in Friday’s Finest September 2019. I wrote, ‘It’s very serendipitous how I see Bob Dylan in Sydney 2001 the night before

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Once (2007) – John Carney (Friday’s Finest)

Once is an Irish romantic drama that had a very modest budget (and ‘approach’ if I might add) and found Oscars success at the 2008 awards season. I have great affection for this movie not only because I had just

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