NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Columbia Records) - The accolades keep pouring in for Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova whose surprise hit movie musical 'Once' has now been nominated for an Independent
Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film. The duo will perform "When Your Mind's Made Up" at the Awards held in Los Angeles, CA on Saturday, February 23. The show will air that evening on the IFC channel.
That's not the only performance in store for the prodigiously talented duo. Glen and Marketa are also set to perform at the 80th Academy Awards on Sunday, February 24 in Los Angeles, CA. They will perform their signature duet "Falling Slowly," which has been nominated for an Oscar in the Best Original Song Category.
Then on Thursday, February 28, Glen and Marketa will perform on Ovation TV and Grey Goose Entertainment's "Live From The Artists Den," an innovative new weekly music series featuring acclaimed artists performing in extraordinary settings. The duo recently filmed an intimate, private performance for the program at the Good Shepherd Center Chapel in Seattle, WA. The concert will premiere on the Ovation channel at 8:00 PM (ET/PT).
The 'Once' soundtrack (Canvasback/Columbia Records/Sony Music Soundtrax) was recently certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. The Los Angeles Times called the soundtrack "rich and completely satisfying" and Entertainment Weekly described the songs as "gorgeous odes to troubled hearts."
