My daughter and I went to see The Swell Season in concert in Tulsa last night and it was great fun! (They are an Irish folk band.) They did have an opening act and I hate to admit it, but I have no clue who that guy was. Probably no one else there did either, but I don’t think anyone will forget one particular song, “Dress Sexy at my Funeral.” Yeah, it was interesting. That one song has me curious enough to actually try to find out who that singer was. (Oh, just did a search, it was Bill Callahan also known as Smog.)
The whole concert was very informal and laid back, which if you’ve ever seen Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova, or The Frames, you know that they are very down-to-earth, laid back people themselves. Right now they are riding the wave of the popularity of their movie, Once and their Oscar-winning song, Falling Slowly. The movie is how I found out about them in the first place. Fell in love with it and bought the soundtrack. Love that, too. Miranda and I were both very excited to see them perform live. It was a very nice evening.
