Recent blog posts about The Swell Season from music blog aggregator, Elbo.ws http://elbo.ws/artist/swellseason/ 2012-02-16T02:08:47+01:00 text/html 2012-01-05T23:46:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3969170/video-bono-glen-hansard-busk-for-charity-in-dublin/
The two Irish musicians hit the streets for charity.]]> text/html 2011-12-21T01:43:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3942474/swell-seasons-marketa-irglova-at-the-hotel-cafe/
Did you miss Marketa Irglova's solo, headlining show at the Troubadour back in November Scenestar readers? Not to worry because The Swell Season's Marketa Irglova is back yet again next year! You can see Marketa Irglova live when she plays...]]> text/html 2011-11-24T17:39:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3885471/joseph-david-rise-up-the-sun-ep/
Here is another enlightening band from the United Kingdom, Joseph & David . Signed with Leeds independent label, Hide & Seek , we were introduced by their Rise Up The Sun EP and the quality left thick impressions. Along the same lines as Bon Iver and Beruit , Joseph & David have touched our souls with their passionate works of alternative folk and rock. Below is a download of "Falling Wood" from Rise Up The Sun . Thebeginning reminds us of Glen Hansard from The Swell Season , thenit epically goes [...]]]> text/html 2011-11-24T17:39:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3885607/joseph-david-rise-up-the-sun-ep/
Here is another enlightening band from the United Kingdom,Joseph & David. Signed with Leeds independent label, Hide & Seek, we were introduced by their Rise Up The Sun EP and the quality left thick impressions. Along the same lines as Bon Iver and Beruit, Joseph & David have touched our souls with their passionate works [...]]]> text/html 2011-11-21T22:51:17+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3878239/marketa-irglova-sean-rowe-cover-neil-youngs-birds/
Hear the duo cover a Neil Young classic.]]> text/html 2011-11-21T20:50:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3882004/rarities-b-sides-other-stuff-markta-irglov-sean-rowe/
RARITIES, B-SIDES & OTHER STUFF: A feature paying tribute to rare songs, great b-sides, fantastic covers and bonus tracks, or anything else that catches my eye, or my ear rather. Currently taking a brief break from collaborating with The Frames ' Glen Hansard as one half of music project The [...]]]> text/html 2011-11-12T06:30:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3856567/dear-john-original-soundtrack-2010/
This is a bit dated compared to our usual music posts we share but just watched "Dear John' with its accompanying Dear John: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and really loved the story and the musical score which included 311, Joshua Radin, Fink, The Swell Season, and more...]]> text/html 2011-11-11T08:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3854428/amhrn-gach-l-ultan-conlon/
Ultan Conlon is one of a number of Irish artists who contributed a song to the recently released John Martyn Tribute album: Tracklisting: CD1 Let The Good Things Come (David Gray) Glorious Fool (Clarence Fountain and Sam Butler) Small Hours (Robert Smith) Stormbringer (Beck) Over The Hill (Ted Barnes featuring Gavin Clark) I Dont Wanna Know (The Swell Season) Bless The Weather (The Emperors Of Wyoming) Couldnt Love You More (Lisa Hannigan) Go Easy (Vetiver) Solid Air [...]]]> text/html 2011-11-10T17:59:02+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3853183/watch-marketa-irglovas-tiny-desk-concert/
Swell Seasoner Marketa Irglova recently released a solo album, Anar . Watch her perform three songs at an NPR Tiny Desk Concert . Speaking of the Swell Season, there's currently an off-Broadway musical version of Once hitting the stage in a few days and documentary about the band is making the rounds.]]> text/html 2011-11-09T15:24:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3862615/wiernuta-semka-pauza/
Tak, to prawda - w zwizku z du iloci pracy pauzujemy. Nie ma jednak co drze drogich hipsterskich szat, albowiem powrcimy mocniejsi. W popiechu: Polecamy Wam i na koncert Nosowskiej , bo mimo tego, e grany w caoci i naraz materia z "8" (myk znany z koncertw Hey, podobnie jak playbackowe intro) nie zawsze *nadana*, to Katarzyna udowadnia, e "nie ma tu z kim przegra". Nowe arane starych numerw pij do (a moe pod) surowoci (-) (no-ment o-ment) "Sushi", ktra to (surowo) bardzo wspgra z "semk" (dobr, lecz chyba gorsz od "Uniseksu"). Fani nadal [...]]]> text/html 2011-11-04T05:27:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3837699/the-swell-season-documentary/
Life imitating art? Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova starred in the movie Once and while that was a fictitious tale of an older street busker and a younger musician, it was an intimate look into a real life love affair. Hansard and Irglova were then thrust into the public spotlight - maybe not as much as Hollywood couples - but even my mom knew who the couple was and followed their fairytale story. Apparently a documentary was filmed as the two - calling themselves [...]]]> text/html 2011-11-03T18:25:19+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3836875/marketa-irglova-has-a-solo-adventure-on-the-interface/
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , New Music , Exclusive , Q + A Gino DePinto Marketa Irglova first wowed the world in 2006, when she burst onto the scene with her candid and natural performance as the unnamed female protagonist in the modern-day musical ' Once .' From there, she became the youngest person ever to win an Oscar in a musical category when she took home the [...]]]> text/html 2011-10-24T20:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3812260/reviewlisten-markta-irglov-anar/
Tweet Buy the album on Amazon - MP3 | CD In 2007, a wonderfully refreshing musical named "Once" made headlines when its featured song "Falling Slowly" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song. A few months later, it was again on everyone's mind when"Falling Slowly" won the Oscar and when one of the award recipients, then-nineteen-year-old Markta Irglov , was cut off mid-acceptance speech by an over-eager orchestra. [...]]]> text/html 2011-10-13T15:02:14+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3787548/watch-marketa-irglova-crossroads/
Watch the debut single from Oscar winner Marketa Irglova.]]> text/html 2011-10-12T20:26:05+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3785781/marketa-irglova-focuses-on-feminine-songwriting-while-away-from-glen/
Filed under: News , Spinner Interview , New Music Sion Fullana Marketa Irglova was just 19 years old when she was cast as the 'Girl' with mousy hair and a timid singing voice in a low-budget indie film called ' Once .' Four years later, the now 23-year-old has chopped off her blonde locks, and departed (for now) from the Swell Season and bandmate/co-star Glen Hansard to record her debut solo [...]]]> text/html 2011-10-11T18:10:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3782943/markta-irglov-anar/
Markéta Irglová - The Oscar-winning success of the modern movie musical Once with her Swell Season mate Glen Hansard plus the solid reception to the duo's subsequent works set the stage for the new solo outing for this 23-year-old Czech-born songwriter...Irglová expands upon the nuanced piano/guitar acoustic pop sound of Swell Season for her new project, drawing, she says, upon a varied stylistic palette influenced by classic American R+B, adventurous alt/art-rock and even Broadway showtunes...one additional output from the album sessions: Irglova married engineer Tim Iseler...album title is Persian for "pomegranite" // [...]]]> text/html 2011-10-03T20:50:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3764077/pullin-tubes-marketa-goes-back-to-nyc/
Marketa Irglova storybook rise to fame began at the age of 17 with her starring role as "Girl", alongside Glen Hansard, front man of Irish folk-rockers The Frames, in the 2007 musical-drama Once . The unexpected runaway success of the movie, which cost only $160,000 to make, and has grossed over $20 million world worldwide, garnered the pair an Oscar for Best Original Song, and made Irglova the youngest person to win an Oscar in a musical category at age 19. Capitalizing on all of that, Irglova and Hansard formed The Swell Season , who have released [...]]]> text/html 2011-09-30T15:19:17+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3758301/marketa-irglova-gets-empowered-by-otis-redding-for-go-back/
Filed under: News , Video , New Music , Exclusive Sion Fullana Marketa Irglova was thrust into the spotlight after her role in the breakout musical hit ' Once .' One Academy Award and several years later, she's readying her debut solo album 'Anar' for release on Oct. 11, but first she's giving fans a taste of the new material with her video for 'Go Back.' Irglova drew inspiration from the [...]]]> text/html 2011-09-27T23:13:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3751089/the-swell-season-movie-trailer/
Full Trailer over at APPLE]]> text/html 2011-09-23T16:33:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3742168/the-swell-season-lanza-documental/
Era el ao 2007 y la mitad de planeta vea con cara de embobados como Marketa Irglova y Glen Hansard se conocan, enamoraban y ganaban un Oscar luego de haber filmado Once , esta pelcula no apta para corazones dbiles y obligatoria para aficionados a la msica y las historias romnticas. La cinta fue adems el inicio de un camino que llev a los dos cantantes a formar The Swell Season , grupo con el que lanzaron un par de adorables discos y tocaron [...]]]>