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COVER STORY:IT’S TIME for Glen Hansard to go to work once again. He’s had a few weeks off to tend to the garden and do some carpentry, but he must now put aside such concerns, he tells JIM CARROLL

There’s a new album ready to roll and another touring and promotional cycle – which must have become second nature to Hansard by now – is about to kick in. This won’t be the only time in the coming months that food goes cold at the table as Hansard talks away until the tape runs out.