I was just reminiscing about KCRW’s World Festival at the Hollywood Bowl and came across this link of one of the most spellbinding performances I witnessed.
She and Him’s Zooey Deschanel leaving no doubt that she is not an actress moonlighting as a singer. She’s a singer! The Bowl was near silent and she had us all eating out of her hand. It was incredible.   Check out the band’s performance on Morning Becomes Eclectic.
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Last night at the Hollywood Bowl, three sets of musicians filled the massive, sold out space – part of KCRW’s World Festival — with graciousness and gratefulness, on top of gorgeous sets of music. It was a night of male/female duos (and their bands, of course) headlined by Swell Season. No matter their current romantic status, there is one thing for sure – Glen Hansard makes Marketa Irglova smile. He did it many times throughout the evening and watching them connect personally made their music that much more beautiful, as …

KCRW’s World Festival at the Hollywood Bowl continues this Sunday with an evening of duos – including the Bowl debut of Oscar winners The Swell Season, featuring Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova. Every time they’ve performed on Morning Becomes Eclectic, they’ve had the whole room swooning and it will be amazing to see 18,000 people under their charms.

Come early to see the vintage breezy, bittersweet pop of folk artist M. Ward and actress Zooey Deschanel as She & Him and local favorites the Bird and the Bee, with singer Inara …

With their debut as She & Him, actress Zooey Deschanel and multi-instrumentalist M. Ward proved that their creative collaboration was perfect for the creation of nostalgic sixties-inspired pop tinged with folk & country touches. On their second record, “Volume Two,” the mood is still dreamy and bittersweet but the harmonies have grown more layered and complex, the string arrangements more dramatic, the songwriting more confident.
“Volume Two” was recorded in Los Angeles (where She lives) and Portland, Oregon (where Him resides). In addition to the original material written by Deschanel, the …