M. Ward is tagged as: folk, singer-songwriter, indie, alt-country, indie rock
Stage name of Portland Oregon based singer-songwriter Matt Ward Ward grew up in Newbury Park, CA and attended Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Ward was previously with the band included bassist Rodriguez Kyle Field (Little Wings fame) and drummer Mike Funk The 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 by Howe Gelb on his Ow ABOUT labels Ward's 2001 album End of Amnesia put out 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, he has guested on recent recordings by the Court & Spark Bright Eyes Jenny Lewis (with enframträdande in the remarkable cover of the Traveling Willburys song "Handle with Care" along with Conor Oberst and Ben Gibbard) and My Morning Jacket in 2006, he contributed a song to and helped produce John Fahey tribute album I am the resurrection, he also contributed a song (Christ # 1 from Transfiguration of Vincent) to Brush Fire Records soundtrack for a Broke Down Melody (http://wwwabrokedownmelodycom) a Jack Johnson surf movie
