Brooklyn Vegan — "Tenderly dismantling the romantic mythology surrounding 2006's indie smash Once, The Swell Season chronicles the surprise musical success of that movie's stars Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová and presents a couple that, however deep their bonds, ... more info

Let Me Like It — Sorry for the lack of updates on here, but I was in the hospital last weekend for appendicitis so had to get rest this week to recover from the surgery.There is so much music every I encounter every day that unfortunately sometimes artists go unnotic... more info

Guardian Music — Cameron Crowe-directed portrait of the star will be accompanied by free concert from the singer himselfThe 10th annual Tribeca film festival will open with the world premiere of the Elton John documentary The Union. Directed by Cameron Crowe, the fil... more info

The Newsroom — Official music video for LOW RISING by The Swell Season off their album Strict Joy. This Tuesday, January 19th you can find The Swell Season performing live on The Late Show with David Letterman. more info

KEXP Seattle — Chuck Prophet, The Cave Singers, The Head and The Heart, Alejandro Escovedo, The Swell Season, and Lucinda Williams performed on stage, backstage, and in the audience at the second annual No Depression Festival at Marymoor Park in Redmond, WA. Beauti... more info

KEXP Seattle — A week ago, the venerable roots and Americana music magazine turned online community No Depression held its second annual No Depression Festival at Marymoor Park. The Swell Season, Lucinda Williams, The Cave Singers, Alejandro Escovedo, Chuck Prophet... more info

Perez Hilton — Above and beyond! Earlier this month, fans of the band The Swell Season, as well as the band themselves, were witnesses to a terribly tragedy as a man killed himself during the band's concert. The moment was truly horrific and quite possibly traumat... more info

Perez Hilton — That's too bad. Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova will no longer be making music together as The Swell Season. Glen plans to return to his band The Frames and Marketa will do a solo album. The news comes after the horrible tragedy that occurred at th... more info

VH1 News — Glen Hansard announced that he and his Swell Season bandmate, Marketa Irglova, will go on hiatus, pursuing separate projects. more info

MTV.com News — 'I'll go back to the Frames, and [Marketa Irglova] will make her own record at some point,' Glen Hansard explains.By Jocelyn Vena The Swell Season's Marketa Irglova and Glen Hansard Photo: Jason Merritt/ FilmMagic After a fan leapt to his d... more info