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A Broad-Ranging Hardly Strictly Bluegrassnew
The Bay Area's best music festival returns.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
09-29-2011 |
Concerts
The Genre Identifier of Indie Supergroup Monsters of Folk Isn't Exactly Accuratenew
There are windswept harmonies and hushed confessions aplenty, but there's also a palpable sense of trying really, really hard to achieve something that's more than just the sum of its parts.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Julie Seabaugh |
09-24-2009 |
Reviews
Putting Time on Holdnew
Hold Time might be M. Ward's most iconic, brightly imagined work yet.
Tucson Weekly |
Sean Bottai |
03-05-2009 |
Reviews
M. Ward on Cool Girl and Collaborate Zooey Deschanelnew
So how did a Hollywood actress become a musician, and a venerated one at that?
Philadelphia Weekly |
Caralyn Green |
07-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
She & Him Beats Modernity Back with a Bit of '60s Popnew
The project, which pairs M. Ward and actress Zooey Deschanel, doesn't succeed because it's innovative or unexpected. It's just two souls in love with good ol'-fashioned pop music, and that love gives Volume One a warm glow to wrap around yourself on a chilly night.
C-Ville Weekly |
John Ruscher |
04-09-2008 |
Reviews
The M Stands Alonenew
M. Ward goes solo this time around.
New York Press |
Christine Werthman |
01-25-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: M. Ward
Unclear on the Concept
M. Ward's Post-War has a concept problem: The war he's singing about isn't over.
Washington City Paper |
Justin Moyer |
09-22-2006 |
Reviews
Living With Post-Warnew
What is M. Ward's recipe for political change?
The Village Voice |
Garrett Kamps |
09-06-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: M. Ward
Ward Won't Fadenew
M. Ward continues to put the lie to the idea that traditional song structures have been mined for all they're worth -- in his hands, they continue to dazzle.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Schacht |
08-17-2006 |
Reviews
M. Ward's Radio Headnew
M. Ward describes the thinking behind his latest album, whose spectral songs fade in and out of range like transmissions from a forgotten age.
Columbus Alive |
Stephen Slaybaugh |
04-14-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: M. Ward, Transistor Radio
Solid Statenew
M. Ward looks back to the eclectic days of free-form programming with his latest album, Transistor Radio -- and makes a case for authenticity.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Leah Freeman |
03-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: M. Ward, Transistor Radio