Get the inside track from Roisin O'Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Email * SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy noticeFormer U.S. President Barack Obama has led a wave of tributes to "great musician" Glen Hansard, following the Oscar-winning artist’s "tragic" death at the age of 56. Obama, 64, shared his annual summer playlist to Instagram on Thursday, featuring Hansard’s beloved acoustic track, Song Of Good Hope. He wrote: "It starts with a song Michelle and I love by Glen Hansard, a great musician who passed tragically this week. The daughter of musician Eddie Vedder, a friend of Hansard, commented: "I love him so much, he loved you so much."