I have had a chance to see M. Ward on two occasions in the past, once during SXSW with his lovely sidekick Zooey Deschanel with their group She & Him and also last year here in Denver during the Democratic National Convention. It is always a pleasure to see M. Ward and the musical prowess he brings to the stage make sure to catch him at The Monolith Music Festival as he takes the Esurance Mai...
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Monsters of Folk, the supergroup consisting of M. Ward, Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis (of Bright Eyes), and Yim Yames (aka My Morning Jacket's Jim James), are set to release their collaborative self-titled debut via Shangri-La Music on September 22nd. Over the weekend Monsters of Folk offered up "Say Please", the first preview track from the new album, as a FREE download and all you have to do to g...
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M. Ward, Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes, and Jim James of My Morning Jacket are set to release an album with producer Mike Mogis on September 22nd. The four musicians are calling themselves the Monsters of Folk, reprising the name they used for an all-star tour back in 2004. How psyched am I? Very. Take a listen to a performance of Oberst’s “At The Bottom of Everything” with Ward and James in t
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AUSTIN, TEXAS - No wonder M. Ward keeps coming back and making the most of the South by Southwest Music Conference: The Portland, Ore.-based indie-rock star has found the perfect place to decompress...
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I really enjoy painfully referential headlines like that. Anyway, you may have heard M. Ward's sweetened version of Buddy Holly's “Rave On” or seen the accompanying animated video (which quite prominently features Zooey “I Can Write About Fabric and You'll Love the Crap Out of It” Deschanel, which I find odd considering her backup singing isn't that noticeable or prominent) — or maybe yo
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Feted indie songwriter M. Ward (AKA Him) played The Phoenix in Toronto on Monday night. Read the entire review here: Snob's Music
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South by Southwest, for every attendee, is full of moments of revelry and revelation, disappointment and transcendent joy. This show didn’t rock me the hardest, and it certainly didn’t last the longest, but it was surely one of the rarest moments of serendipity I’ve experienced on the musical plane. Early Saturday afternoon, a companion and I were shoeing it from South Austin all the way up
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“Oh a trance is a spell/ with a thrill wrapped up inside it,” Portland, Oregon singer-songwriter M. Ward sang, six songs into his set at the Sixth and I Historic Synagogue in Washington on Feb. 21. While he may not have intended it, you can’t help but think the line is a bit self-referential.[Photos by Zachary Herrmann]There is, indeed, something trance-like about Ward’s music, and he had
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MOGstars: 8 out of 10 Hold Time is somewhat of a misnomer for the latest album from M Ward, the Portland troubadour and She & Him collaborator; here time is something to be travelled through, not grasped. Following in the wake of 2006's Post War, which openly drew from 1940s sources, he has now taken a path that flits from the nascent rock'n'roll of the 50s to the polished sounds of Spector's ...
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Fresh off his acclaimed She & Him project with actress/singer Zooey Deschanel, M. Ward returns with another solo album, Hold Time, his sixth effort and first release since 2006’s Post-War. Everyone’s favorite low-key indie folkster serves up generous helpings of sunny pop melodies, bluesy ballads, and breezy rock tunes with a slew of guests including Lucinda Williams, Jason Lytle, and, of cour
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Here's a version of this song like I've never heard before. It's slow, pensive, has a Lou Reed kind of vibe IMHO. However, the vocals by Lucinda Williams take it to another level altogether. Listen and you will see.
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MOGstars: 8 out of 10 Hold Time is somewhat of a misnomer for the latest album from M Ward, the Portland troubadour and She & Him collaborator; here time is something to be travelled through, not grasped. Following in the wake of 2006's Post War, which openly drew from 1940s sources, he has now taken a path that flits from the nascent rock'n'roll of the 50s to the polished sounds of Spector's ...
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Time is playing tricks on me. It's both speeding by and standing still all in the same moment but then again a moment of time is still a measurement of it, so time must be progressing whether or not I have anything to do with it. Funny, I don't remember looking so old.The great M. Ward does a cover of the great Buddy Holly's "Rave On".Buddy Holly - Rave On (Reefer Madness clip)
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An alphabetical list of great music I found through my fellow Moggers.(great great album!)
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| 2 Vincent O'Brien |
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