Glen Hansard has a new album, but not the album he initially intended on making. Glen wrote much of the album while staying at a monastery in Paris. The record, titled ‘This Wild Willing’, was initially supposed to be a simple, acoustic album. But, that changed after a chance jam session with Persian musicians. “It just completely opened my mind to a new thought process,” Glen says. “And I asked them instinctively would they be interested in coming to the studio with me to do some improvising and they agreed and I called David, the producer, the next day and I said ‘Look, the record is going to take a turn.” It did. Glen will also talk about honoring Joni Mitchell, covering Van the Man, and recording with Steve Albini.