The Swell Season
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(2006 – present)
in April/May 2006, the quartet played six shows in Ireland to support the release of The Swell Season. Later in the year (October & December) they also played a number of shows in the US to support the release of the album there. The huge success of the film Once resulted in Glen and Markéta touring the US constantly during 2007 and the line-up morphed over time (Glen and Markéta being the core members). The current Swell Season line-up also includes three members of The Frames: guitarist Rob Bochnik, violinist Colm Mac Con Iomaire, and bassist Joe Doyle. Graham Hopkins joined the tour on drums in spring of 2008.
Hansard and Markéta starred in the film ‘Once’ by writer/director John Carney (a former bass player of The Frames). Many songs of The Swell Season are used in this film, which won the World Cinema Audience Award at Sundance 2007. Hansard and Irglová won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for the song “Falling Slowly” in February 2008.
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Tour dates and audio streams are available from www.theswellseason.com.
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basia-srasia I'm waiting for you in Poland...
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SilentPoet82 I tagged the Once soundtrack as Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová. Well, depending on the song, when they are singing both. ^^
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tolwenAuris Should "Once" soundtrack be tagged under The Swell Season?
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TabaDias Come to Brazil +4
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chr504 Found a wonderful interview with Glen and Marketa! Love them :) http://release.sonymusic.com/media/release/53514c3e50b9b7dbbac3?catalog=catalog_68
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Lubricio Wonderful music and they're great live! :)
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Gagelly Cut the bonds with the mooooooon ♥
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Dawn-Sun Can't stop listening to "The Swell Season" track! Feels soo wonderful!
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