The Swell Season Concert at Fremantle Arts Centre

Last month I went to the lovely little "mini festival" Swell Season concert at Freo Arts Centre. The Swell Season is also known as Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova from the movie "Once". The Irish band the Frames (of which Glen is a singer/guitarist) make up the band members,

It was a warm though breezy Sunday afternoon with girls in sundresses and boys in shorts and mandals. There was a seated area and a picnic area at the back, though Glen nearly caused a stampede when he encouraged everyone to come on down near the stage to get a better view.

Glen's a bit of a charmer, he told us funny stories about meeting Bon Scott's son and bantered about the songs. He has an incredible range going from rock god to acoustic singer/songwriter in a matter of minutes.

Marketa was absolutely gorgeous, however her songs are all ballads and a friend made the comment that she almost gets washed out in comparison to Glen.

All in all, it was a nice relaxing concert complete with Irish hecklers, badly taken concert photos and a warm and fuzzy singalong at the end.