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Marketa Irglova

CD of the Week - Rhythm and Repose

by Corny O'Connell

Glen Hansard’s story has so many wonderful chapters, from his film debut as the shy guitarist in The Commitments, to his stint fronting The Frames, to his partnership with Markéta Irglová as The Swell Season including their film Once, for which they won Academy Awards. Now Hansard begins a new chapter as a solo artist with his debut album Rhythm and Repose. All the songs are originals (“What Are We Gonna Do” takes its melody from Paddy Casey’s “Sweet Suburban Sky”).

"Once" Is More Than Enough

by John Platt

“Once” was an underdog of a movie. Made on a shoestring, released in the U.S. in 2007 and winner of the 2008 Oscar for Best Song “Falling Slowly,” it was a much-loved, beautiful little movie set in Dublin about an Irish street busker and a Czech immigrant, who meet, make music together, and fall in love. It’s been turned into a play. After a successful run Off Broadway at New York Theatre Workshop it’s opening tonight at Bernard Jacobs Theater  (appropriately the day after St Patrick’s Day), and it’s just lovely.

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