Tom Dunne: The magic of Glen Hansard, The Frames and the talented souls in their orbit 

'Frames World' was a great place to be as Hansard and co just seemed to attract some of the best people 

Glen Hansard of The Frames. Picture: Darragh Kane

Time was you couldn’t get the Frames off my radio show. It wasn’t just the albums, all of which needed to be promoted via on air sessions, it was the gigs too. Gigs needed publicity and radio sessions were the best way to do that. The Frames were in studio more than I was.

This got you access to Frames World. The Frames weren’t so much a band as a universe. They bring friends in, the likes of Turn, Bell X1, Mic Christopher, Interference, David Kitt, Mundy, Damien Dempsey or Rosie.