The Swell Season

about

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 the Academy Award for Best Original Song for the song "Falling Slowly" in February 2008. For more info: http://www.myspace.com/oncethemovie Tour dates and audio streams are available from www.theswellseason.com. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

top songs

albums

Strict Joy

Low Rising

Once (Music from the Motion Picture)

Strict Joy (Deluxe Edition)

Strict Joy [Deluxe Edition]

The Swell Season

Dear John OST

Dear John (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Forward

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Live from the Artists Den: Season One

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The Five-Year Engagement: Music from the Motion Picture - EP

iTunes Fall 2009 Sampler

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