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M Ward
December 2020
M Ward: Think of Spring review – a spectral tribute to Billie Holiday
The ever-questing Matthew Ward turns his minimalist attentions to Holiday’s lush 1958 album Lady in Satin
April 2020
M Ward: Migration Stories review – expanding the borders of Americana
The vocals are perpetually reverbed and the guitars are always twangy, but on his 10th studio album, the singer-songwriter stretches his legs a little
February 2016
Mavis Staples: Livin’ on a High Note review – bring on the great and the good
The songwriting credits on Staples’ latest read like a Who’s Who of alternative music
May 2013
She & Him: Volume 3 – review
She and Him are at their best when they tone down the sugariness – but they hardly ever do, writes
Rebecca Nicholson
July 2012
M Ward – review
The intense showman ranges through a set of powerful songs that sound like anxious inner monologues externalised, writes
Ian Gittins
April 2012
M Ward: A Wasteland Companion – review
M Ward: A Wasteland Companion – review
December 2011
Hail, hail, rock'n'roll
How music can reach out and touch us
Laura Barton
Music gives us moments when – with a lyric, a chord change, a note or a drumbeat – a hand seems to come out and take our own
February 2009
A few of my favourite things
M Ward: Hold Time
September 2006
M Ward, Post-War
(4AD)
February 2005
M Ward, Transistor Radio
(Matador)
April 2003
M Ward: Transfiguration of Vincent
(Matador)
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