It’s a surreal experience to be ushered onto a live stage just as a show is set to begin. Yet, the smiling crew of “Once The Musical” was happily helping its audience onto the main stage Friday night for a pint.

After hearing his second solo album, “Didn’t He Ramble,” it is safe to say that Glen Hansard certainly did—but in a good way. Deviating from his rock past as well as his Oscar-winning work in the folk musical “Once,” Hansard offers a somewhat formulaic combination of the two distinct genres in his new album.