Since his 1999 debut, Duet for Guitars #2, Ward has consistently played with the balance of having one foot in the Americana of yesteryear and the other in contemporary lo-fi indie rock. That ...

M. Ward has announced a new best of album, For Beginners: The Best of M. Ward, and announced some new tour dates. For Beginners is composed of 14 tracks pulled from his Merge discography, with an ...

Some musicians write for car stereos; others for laptops, boom boxes or weight-room sound systems. M. Ward writes for beat-up transistor radios, as if he were sending his songs hurtling backward ...

M. Ward has announced a new compilation For Beginners: The Best of M. Ward, which will be out September 13 via Merge. It collects “the 13 most requested songs from travels to all kinds of places” ...

This post is in partnership with Consequence of Sound, an online music publication devoted to the ever growing and always thriving worldwide music scene. A new M. Ward album has become something of a ...

Naming an album More Rain and then kicking it off with the sound of an actual rainstorm is either gutsy or foolhardy. Luckily, it's M. Ward who's made that decision on his eight and latest full-length ...

The American singer-songwriter and guitarist is known for his unique blend of folk, indie rock, and Americana. With a career spanning over two decades, Ward has released several solo albums, ...

M. Ward has been a cornerstone of Paste since the beginning, and you can even read Julie Simmons’s profile on him in 2004 here. In September, Merge Records unveiled a greatest hits collection for Ward ...

Indie folk favorite M. Ward is bringing his signature warm, analog sound to Hawaiʻi for an intimate solo night at Blue Note Hawaii on Thursday, January 8. Born in Glendale, California, M. Ward has ...