Vocal Chords EXTRA PODCAST - Iarla Ó Lionáird and Glen Hansard In Conversation - How tragedy brought Glen and Eddie Vedder together.

An extra podcast from the Vocal Chords documentary In Conversation with Glen Hansard, broadcasted on RTÉ lyric fm October 29th. You can hear the broadcast documentary on www.vocalchords.ie but this is an additional podcast of a wonderful story we just didn't have the time for in the broadcast cut.

Iarla Ó Lionáird talks with Glen Hansard about how he became friends with Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder and how tragedy bonded them together and led to them touring together.

Vocal Chords is an Athena Media production for RTÉ lyric fm made with the support of the BAI and the TV licence fee. The producer is Helen Shaw. The audio editor is Pearse Ó Caoimh. The digital editor is John Howard. All previous episodes in the 'In Conversation' series featuring Peter Gabriel, Sinead O Connor, Christy Moore, Julie Fowlis, Paul Brady, Peggy Seeger, Maighréad and Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill are online on the project website

www.vocalchords.ie along with the original five part series 'An Odyssey of the Human Voice' which won Gold at the New York Radio Festival 2016. The Paul Brady In Conversation feature won the series' second Gold in 2017 and the first feature in the project the In Conversation with Peter Gabriel won Silver in 2015.

Forthcoming episodes in the In Conversation series include Linda Buckley (Dec 3td RTE lyric fm) and the iconic opera singer and vocal coach Veronica Dunne. http://vocalchords.ie/conversation-glen-hansard/