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Glen Hansard (born 21 April 1970 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Academy-Award winning songwriter, actor, and vocalist/guitarist for Irish rock group The Frames and best known for his role in the award winning and critically acclaimed Once(2007) in which he starred and composed the original soundtrack to with Marketa Irglova. The song " Too Many People" is a track on the collaborative album "The Cake Sale." Formed Brian Crosby of Bell X1 the album is a collection of mostly Irish artists. Read more on Last.fm.
The Cake Sale is a band featuring a loose and expansive collective of musicians and writers who have combined to create a 9-song CD of the same name on Oxfam Records. All profits will go to support Oxfams Make Trade Fair campaign and their overseas programme work.
Songs on the album have been written by Dave Geraghty, Emm Gryner, Paul Noonan, Glen Hansard, Ollie Cole, Damien Rice, The Thrills and Matt Lunson. Lead vocalists for the project include Lisa Hannigan, Nina Persson, Gary Lightbody, Gemma Hayes, Glen Hansard, Josh Ritter, Conor Deasy and Neil Hannon. A host of other luminaries fill the roles of musicians.
The Cake Sale is released in Ireland on 3rd November 2006
To purchase the CD visit www.thecakesale.com.
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