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Rollercoaster by M. Ward

Artist Biography For M. Ward

Matthew Stephen Ward B 4th October 1973 Newbury Park California Known By His Stage Name M. Ward Is A U.S. Singer-Songwriter And Guitarist Who Rose To Prominence In The Portland Oregon Music Scene. In Addition To His Solo Work He Is Known As A Member Of She & Him And Monsters Of Folk. Ward Was Previously With The Band Rodriguez Which Included Bassist Kyle Field Of Little Wings Fame And Drummer Mike Funk. They Recorded And Released On Cassette Box Plots And Cash Crops And Then The Album Swing Like A Metronome In 2000. Duet For Guitars #2 Was Released On Howe Gelb's Ow Om Record Label. Ward's 2001 Album End Of Amnesia Was Released By Future Farmer Records And His Subsequent Albums Have Been Released On Merge Records. A Collection Of Live Recordings Live Music & The Voices Of Strangers Was A Self-Released Disc That Was Sold At His Shows. His Next Album Transfiguration Of Vincent Was Released In 2003 Followed By Transistor Radio In 2005. A Year Later Post War Was Released. In 2006 He Contributed A Song To And Helped Produce The John Fahey Tribute Album I Am The Resurrection. He Also Contributed The Song "Transfiguration #1" From Transfiguration Of Vincent To The Brushfire Records Soundtrack For A Brokedown Melody A Jack Johnson Surfing Film. His Album Hold Time Was Released In 2009. The Album A Wasteland Companion Followed In 2012. The Album Title Alludes To T.S. Eliot's 1922 Modernist Poem The Waste Land. In 2016 He Released More Rain. On June 8 2018 M. Ward Released What A Wonderful Industry. Side Projects In 2008 M. Ward Combined Forces With Zooey Deschanel And Became She & Him. They Have Released Two Albums So Far Volume One In 2008 And Volume Two In 2010. He Is Also One Fourth Of The Folk Supergroup Monsters Of Folk Alongside Jim James From My Morning Jacket And Conor Oberst & Mike Mogis From Bright Eyes. Their Self-Titled Release Monsters Of Folk Was Released In 2009. * Official Website

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