Acclaimed folk duo the Swell Season will release "Strict Joy," the pair's first set of new material since their breakout on-screen performances in the indie film "Once." By Michael D. Ayers Acclaimed ...

The Irish have always had a corner on the songwriting market. From acts like Van Morrison and U2, to bands like Snow Patrol and The Frames, to solo artists like Damien Rice, no matter how different ...

FREE PREVIEW: The Swell Season is the musical guest tonight on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., KHQ-6). A breakup album by a band that is still together, The Swell Season’s “Strict Joy” plays out like ...

Boy loses girl, boy meets new girl, boy and girl make lovely, love- and pain-filled music. That’s essentially the gist of “Once,” the Grammy and Oscar-winning 2007 movie that snagged audiences with ...

They've done it. The Swell Season, the Oscar-winning international duo of Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, have found a way to make the most uncomfortable moments in a relationship comfortable.

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Irish folk-rock duo the Swell Season is perhaps more commonly known as the duo from "Once," the indie musical that won critical acclaim and a number of awards, including the ...

"The Once music was much more folky and kind of more delicate but the Strict Joy record has more meat, it's more of a band record." The two musicians are joined by Hansard's mates from The Frames.

The first, self-titled, Swell Season album was essentially the two-hander soundtrack to Once, the little $2.50 film that could. On screen, Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova played two lost souls ...

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