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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 .
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.
It stated "If Glen Hansard's and Markéta Irglová's roles in the hit Irish indie film Once unintentionally wove the tale of their real-life falling in love, their second album as the Swell Season weaves the story of their falling out of it." [6] In August 2010, The Swell Season covered Neutral Milk Hotel's "Two-Headed Boy" for The A.V. Club. [7]
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 ...
On the heels of a successful but brief 2022 North American tour, their first in nearly 11 years, Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová are back today (June 26) with their first new Swell Season song ...
The members of U2 may be Dublin’s favorite musical sons, but Glen Hansard isn’t far behind, thanks to his work as a solo artist and with the Frames and Once cohort Marketa Irglova.
All That Was East Is West of Me Now is the fifth studio album by Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard, released on 20 October 2023 through Plateau Records and Anti-. It received positive reviews from critics.
The band was established in 1990 and consists of survivors of Dublin's prolific early 1990s rock-and-roll scene. Through support slots, the band was central to the development of many emerging Irish rock bands of the time, including Turn and Bell X1, and a host of singer-songwriters such as Mundy, Paddy Casey, David Kitt and Damien Dempsey.