The Swell Season – Tiny Desk Concert
Brandon Morgan linked me up to a cool little concert put on by The Swell Season (Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova), whom I threw a Wax Pick up about back in December. I wasn’t sure if the duo would keep this project running after Once, of course I hoped they would, and am thrilled to hear some new songs. I loves me some passionate Irish songwriter.
Glen does a brilliant job at inviting the audience in, even having them improvise parts on the spot with him. Great artists do one of two things: knock you on your back in awe with big songs, or pull you in for an intimate encounter. Glen is a prime example of the latter.
Tweet[via Stephen Thompson, NPR]
Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova record and tour together using the name The Swell Season, which is a shorter but far less descriptive moniker than “Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, Who Won Oscars for the Song ‘Falling Slowly,’ From the Hit Indie Musical Once.” So when we informed our coworkers that last Wednesday’s Tiny Desk Concert would feature the pair, the response generally ran somewhere along the lines of, “Um, okay. … Wait, who? THEM? REALLY?”
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mm… so good.