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    Morning Becomes Eclectic

    FROM THE VAULTS: The Swell Season (July 31, 2007)

    Nic Harcourt
    Nic Harcourt
    PlaylistsHand-Picked MusicIndie / Alt
    From the KCRW vaults, an encore presentation of Morning Becomes Eclectic featuring The Swell Season (aka Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová) from July 31, 2007.
    From the KCRW vaults, an encore presentation of Morning Becomes Eclectic featuring The Swell Season (aka Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová) from July 31, 2007.
    Jul 31, 2007

    Irish musician Glen Hansard was already an established figure on the indie scene by the time he paired up with Czech musician Markéta Irglová in 2006 to form The Swell Season. No one involved could have predicted the pair's stratospheric rise following the release of John Carney's film, Once, the following year. Hansard made a triumphant return to KCRW twelve years after his first appearance with The Frames in 1994, and the duo lay down a passionate set of originals and covers with host Nic Harcourt.

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      Nic Harcourt

      Host of 'Nic Harcourt,' former KCRW Music Director

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      Ariana Morgenstern

      Executive Producer, Music Department & Today's Top Tune

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      Myke Dodge Weiskopf

      Senior Producer, Music

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      Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova

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      The Swell Season

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