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Markéta Irglová (Czech pronunciation: [ˈmarkɛːta ˈɪrɡlovaː]) (born 28 February 1988) is a Czech-Icelandic singer-songwriter, musician and actress, who starred in the film Once, which earned her a number of major awards, including the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Falling Slowly", with co-writer and co-star Glen Hansard.
Glen James Hansard (born 21 April 1970) [1] is an Irish singer-songwriter and musician. Since 1990, he has been the frontman of the Irish rock band The Frames , with whom he has released six studio albums, four of which have charted in the top ten of the Irish Album Charts .
He then joined The Frames initially as a session drummer, but joined the band full-time soon after. He has also played on the Once tour with Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova. He resides in Dublin with his wife and two daughters.
Once clearly wasn’t enough for the return to the live stage of Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova. Following a short run of 2022 performances, their first in nearly 11 years, the musical duo ...
The Swell Season is a folk rock duo formed by Irish musician Glen Hansard and Czech singer and pianist Markéta Irglová. "The Swell Season" name is derived from Hansard's favourite novel by Josef Škvorecký from 1975 bearing the same title. Their debut album, released in 2006, carried the same name.
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Hansard appeared on screen as the principal character parodied by Irish music comedy Web site Eyebrowy.com [6] and in 2007 as the lead in the movie Once which featured his songs. As of 2007, the band consisted of Glen Hansard, Joe Doyle, Colm Mac Con Iomaire, Rob Bochnik and Johnny Boyle.
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 and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2008.