May 1st, 2008 · Actor-musicians Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova won an Oscar for Best Original Song, "Falling Slowly," in the film, Once. The movie, about two musicians who write songs together and fall in love, is out now on DVD.
Aug 22nd, 2007 · Hear interviews and performances by an actress-turned-singer and two singers-turned-actors. Driver just released her second album of pop, soul and blues, while The Swell Season's Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova star in the indie film sensation Once.
Jul 27th, 2007 · WXPN's midday concert series continues with an actress-turned-singer and two singers-turned-actors. Driver just released her second album of pop, soul and blues, while The Swell Season's Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova star in the indie film sensation Once.
Jul 26th, 2007 · Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, stars of the sleeper-hit musical Once, will perform selections from the film as part of a full concert, webcast live on NPR.org tonight, July 26. Hear the performance from Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club online, beginning at approximately 10 p.m. ET.
May 13th, 2007 · Director John Carney's new film Once features Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova as two musicians who tell their story in song. Hansard is the lead singer of the Irish band The Frames. Irglova was only 17 when the movie was made -- and neither of them are professional actors.
Dec 4th, 2006 · Given four days to record a couple of songs for a film, Marketa Irglova and The Frames' Glen Hansard made a full-length record. The result is 10 quietly brilliant songs, each built around piano, acoustic guitar, violin, cello and the two headliners' soft, sweet voices.
Sep 6th, 2006 · During a hiatus from The Frames, Glen Hansard recorded The Swell Season with Czech singer Marketa Irglova, and the result aches and swoons behind lovely arrangements. A longtime master of sublimely melodramatic sad-bastard music, Hansard finds words of hard-won hope and comfort on "Falling Slowly."