Despite a romantic split, it's still a Swell Season
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When Irish singer Glen Hansard and Czech pianist Markéta Irglová fell in love on the big screen in the 2007 hit "Once," audiences swooned over the passionate and fragile acoustic music the couple made together in the film, which mirrored, reflected and fictionalized their lives.
"To this day, people get confused as to where the lines are," Irglová said.
The soundtrack to "Once" sold 750,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan, and one of its tunes, "Falling Slowly," went on to win an Academy Award for original song.
In the intervening years, however, Hansard and Irglová's romance concluded, though their creative partnership lived on under the moniker of the Swell Season. The band, now on tour, is due to perform back-to-back shows at the Wiltern tonight and Thursday night.
"To this day, people get confused as to where the lines are," Irglová said.
The soundtrack to "Once" sold 750,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan, and one of its tunes, "Falling Slowly," went on to win an Academy Award for original song.
In the intervening years, however, Hansard and Irglová's romance concluded, though their creative partnership lived on under the moniker of the Swell Season. The band, now on tour, is due to perform back-to-back shows at the Wiltern tonight and Thursday night.
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