Glen Hansard wake: Musician rests in peace to backdrop of fiddles, flutes and songs

The Coolin, Spancil Hill, the Parting Glass, and Raglan Road among the many traditional tunes performed

The musician's funeral will take place at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin on Tuesday, with musical performances expected from his friends and family

One said Hansard ‘was a trailblazer for a lot of singer-songwriters, he brought people under his wing’.

Musician’s funeral will take place at St Patrick’s Cathedral in the city on Tuesday

A queue of hundreds of people who came to pay their respects snaked around the venue on Monday morning with thousands expected over the course of the day.

The public wake is being held in the Baroque Chapel at the Irish Museum of Modern Art between 11am and 4pm.

A public wake will be held for singer-songwriter Glen Hansard in Dublin later ahead of his funeral tomorrow.

His funeral will take place at St Patrick’s Cathedral in the city on Tuesday.

"He loved it here" and even wanted to name the album after the city, said producer Charlie Hall of the War on Drugs, who worked with Hansard on the album at a studio in Conshohocken.

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Barack Obama continues his longstanding tradition of sharing his music (and literature) picks for the summer - and has paid tribute to the Oscar-winning Irish musician Glen Hansard, who tragically died this week in a motorcycle crash at the age of 56.

Relative says family are still putting the pieces together.

Academy Award-winning Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard has died in a motorcycle crash.

Oscar-winning Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard dies in Dublin motorcycle crash  Chicago Tribune

Hansard combined acting and a musical career. He won an Oscar in 2007 for the song 'Falling Slowly' from the film 'Once,' in which he starred alongside Markéta Irglová.

DUBLIN -- Academy Award-winning Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard died in a motorcycle crash in Dublin early Wednesday, his management said. He was 56.

Oscar-winning Irish musician Glen Hansard dies in motorcycle crash in Dublin  ITVX

Academy Award-winning Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard died in a motorcycle crash in Dublin early Wednesday, his management said. He was 56.

The 56-year-old featured in hit movie The Commitments and won an Oscar for best original song in 2007.

Academy Award-winning Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard has died in a motorcycle crash

Oscar-winning Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard dies in Dublin motorcycle crash  AP News