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Last week The Swell Season packed the historic Hollywood Bowl along with She & Him and the Bird & the Bee for what was, by all accounts a perfect summer evening. The Los Angeles Times raved about the night, offering the following observation:

“In another era, the Swell Season’s performance of “Falling Slowly” at the Hollywood Bowl on Sunday night would have been accompanied by 17,000 Bic lighters glowing in the summer air. The ballad catapulted the Swell Season, the Irish/Czech duo comprised of Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, into the American mainstream when they won the Academy Award for best original song in the indie film “Once.” It’s a song tailor-made for heavy petting, and on Sunday night it certainly pleased the crowd.”

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