In the three years since Portland, OR-based troubadour M Ward released his last solo album - the universally lauded "Hold Time" - he's toured the globe, released two albums as one half of Grammy-nominated duo She & Him as well as one with the talented group of friends collectively know as Monsters Of Folk.
Bella Union records will be releasing Ward's highly-anticipated sixth solo album, "A Wasteland Companion", his first for the label, on 9th April. Inspired by his increasingly itinerant lifestyle, Ward set forth to create something of a musical travelogue. He explains: "Between now and when I made 'Hold Time' there has been a lot of travelling which requires a lot of reckoning with what to leave behind and what to carry – material and otherwise – and thinking about what I want versus what I need, creatively and otherwise. I wanted to get a reflection of that on the album. It was a process of stripping away my security blanket, which is the same four walls I always record in."
The album was made with eighteen musicians and recorded in eight different studios in Portland, Omaha, New York City, Los Angeles, Austin and Bristol (UK). "A Wasteland Companion" features the talents of M Ward, Mike Coykendall, Giant Sand's Howe Gelb, Bright Eyes' Mike Mogis, She & Him's Zooey Deschanel, Sonic Youth's Steve Shelley, Dr. Dog's Tobey Leaman, DeVotchKa's Tom Hagerman, and Oakely Hall's Rachel Cox.
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Ahead of the release of "A Wasteland Companion", M Ward will be performing a headline show at the Leicester Square Theatre as well as joining Feist as special guest on her European tour.
20th March – Leicester Square Theatre, London
25th March – Royal Albert Hall, London (with Feist)
26th March – Apollo, Manchester (with Feist)
27th March – Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow (with Feist)
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