The swell season tour 2025
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The Swell Season was formed as a result of a collaboration between Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová, Bertrand Galen and Marja Tuhkanen when they recorded the album The Swell Season (released in April 2006).
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
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The Swell Season
Stuff I’ve Been Watching
Due to the busy Christmas season, List Addicts Fridays has been bumped to Saturday…and if you’re big fans of Fresh from the Post Tuesdays, unfortunately it’ll be on hiatus until next month. But not to worry, there’s Christmas cheer all ’round since we’ve still got our daily Christmas song offerings, the video of the week, and of course, the better late than never Friday lists. If you’re a regular reader of the Friday lists, you’ll probably know that I’m a big fan of stories set to music. Narratives are much better blended with wonderful sounds – all the more to jar the emotions in those critical moments of the plot. For this week, I’ve got my five faves of music used in film. Of course, […]- •
The Swell Season (album)
2006 studio album by the Swell Season
The Swell Season is the self-titled, debut album by the Swell Season, (Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová), released in 2006. The song "Falling Slowly" went on to be nominated for a Grammy[4] and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2008.[5]
Track listing
- "This Low" (Glen Hansard)
- "Sleeping" (Hansard)
- "Falling Slowly" (Hansard, Markéta Irglová)
- "Drown Out" (Hansard, Irglová (chorus only))
- "Lies" (Hansard, Irglová)
- "When Your Mind's Made Up" (Hansard)
- "The Swell Season" (Irglová)
- "Leave" (Hansard)
- "The Moon" (Hansard, Irglová (chorus only))
- "Alone Apart" (Irglová, Hansard (guitar only))
Personnel
- Glen Hansard – guitar, vocals
- Markéta Irglová – piano, vocals
- Marja Tuhkanen – violin, viola
- Bertrand Galen – cello