Barack Obama pays tribute to Irish musician Glen Hansard in his summer 2026 playlist

Barack Obama has kept up his annual tradition of sharing a summer playlist, and this year's list carries a tribute to Glen Hansard, Euronews reports. The Oscar-winning Irish musician died this week in a motorcycle crash at age fifty-six. Hansard first rose to international fame through the film "Once," which won him an Academy Award for the song "Falling Slowly."

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