Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Wed, 22 Jul 2026 22:10:47 +0200https://english.radio.cz/marketa-irglova-reviving-swell-season-glen-hansard-20-years-falling-slowly-life-8872082© 2026 Radio Prague International Musician Markéta Irglová has had a busy 2025, releasing a new album and touring with Glen Hansard under the name The Swell Season, a joint project that had been dormant for some years. The Czech-Irish pairing famously won an Oscar in 2007 for their song Falling Slowly. First recorded in a studio near Prague, it reached international audiences in Once, as well as a successful musical based on the hit low-budget film. After a full-band tour with The Swell Season earlier in the year, Irglová and Hansard returned to Czechia for a short series of intimate shows in late November. And it was then that I caught up with the former, who lives in Iceland, for a wide-ranging interview. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/a6968fa694c8aede9a8ea5f72a8df8ee.jpg?timestamp=1766399794 https://english.radio.cz/marketa-irglova-reviving-swell-season-glen-hansard-20-years-falling-slowly-life-8872082 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9