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Sennheiser/Paste Party in Austin Preview: Glen Hansard

Hometown: Dublin, Ireland Members: Glen Hansard (guitar, vocals) Album: The Swell Season, Strict Joy (2009) Sennheiser & Paste are teaming up for a three-day party during SXSW. Sennheiser & Paste Present the Stages on Sixth will feature 33 of our favorite bands in Austin, Texas, March 14 to 16. During the 33 days leading up to the event, we’re previewing a different band each day. We hope to see you in Austin—RSVP if you can make it. And don’t worry if you can’t; we’ll be posting video of each performance. Irish troubadour Glen Hansard has his hands and iconic beard...  read more

Markéta Irglová: Anar

It’s fitting that this month, we will get to see multiple sides of Czech pianist Markéta Irglová: first in the acclaimed festival-circuit rock doc, The Swell Season, which looks at her work alongside longtime collaborator, Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard, and then as an artist on her own with her debut solo album, Anar. Luckily for us, neither disappoint. Although it’s Irglová at the creative and musical center of the album, it may be a bit misleading to call it a “solo album,” because as with her work with Hansard for The Swell Season, she draws inspiration from the many muses...  read more

Watch New Markéta Irglová Video

We've got Markéta Irglová's debut solo album streaming here at Paste, but now you can also check out her first music video for the single, "Go Back".  read more

Album Stream: Markéta Irglová - Anar

While it may be strange for some to hear Markéta Irglová without her longtime Irish musical collaborator, Glen Hansard, but here in her debut solo album, Irglová is looking to shine her very own songwriting craft.  read more

Watch the Trailer for the Swell Season Documentary

When the film _Once_ was released at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, the film became an indie hit and made its stars Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova surprise stars, especially after the two won the Oscar for Best Original Song. Four years later, a new documentary will show the path this duo has taken in the last few years.  read more

Watch Jason Segel Hilariously Perform Onstage With The Swell Season

We probably should’ve seen this one coming, honestly. The Swell Season: earnest, beautiful folk rock made by two former lovers. Jason Segel: lovably oafish dude who got totally naked in Forgetting Sarah Marshall. And they’ve all been in movies! Three peas in a pod, right?...  read more

The Swell Season Slate Fall Tour

Irish-Czech duo The Swell Season have announced the launch of a fall U.S. tour, in honor of their second full-length release, Strict Joy. ...  read more

The Swell Season Streams New Single, Preps Strict Joy

Ever since that sweet scene in the Dublin music shop, the chemistry between Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova has been undeniable and charming. And it will be on display once more via the autumn release of The Swell Season's Strict Joy, the follow-up to the duo's 2006 self-titled debut and the 2007 soundtrack to the film Once....  read more

The Swell Season Announces Follow-Up to Once Soundtrack

Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova made headlines when their love story, Once, earned rave reviews and when "Falling Slowly" got them a statue of a shiny little man named Oscar. Hansard and Irglova, known on the musical stage as The Swell Season, have recently announced a follow-up album, Strict Joy, to be released Sept. 29 on Anti-. ...  read more

Hansard and Irglova's Once heading to Broadway

Glen Hansard might be the most gracious man in the business. When he and the angel-voiced Czech singer Marketa Irglova made the film Once—shot in Dublin over a mere 17 days for $160,000—the last thing on his mind was that it would lead to worldwide acclaim, a sold-out cross-country tour or even an Academy Award. ...  read more