基本信息
M. WARD 原名：Matthew Stephen Ward
藝名：M. Ward
中文名：M. 沃德
出生日期：October 4, 1973
出生地：美國加州，Newbury Park
音樂類型：indie folk， alt-country
職業：歌手，作曲，製作人
活躍年份：1999 至今
廠牌：Merge, 4AD, Matador,Future Farmer, Arts & Crafts México, Bella Union
樂隊：She & Him, Monsters of Folk, Bright Eyes
人物生平
M.Ward 1999年，他的首個專輯 Duet for Guitars #2, 由 Howe Gelb出品。01年他發行了自己的專輯End of Amnesia，出品方是Future Farmer Records。他參與過許多樂隊專輯和單曲的錄製，編曲，如Cat Power, Neko Case, Beth Orton, The Court & Spark, Bright Eyes, Jenny Lewis , and My Morning Jacket.
2005年，他參與了Burtch, Lytle 和 Fairchild 組織的一個項目 Arizona Amp and Alternator。
SHE & HIM 2006年，參與製作了向 John Fahey 致敬的專輯 I Am the Resurrection，還貢獻了一首單曲，Norah Jones的專輯 Not Too Late 里也有他的聲音。紐西蘭電影 Eagle vs Shark 還收錄了他翻唱的 David Bowie的歌曲 "Let's Dance" 作為插曲。
SHE & HIM 在表演中 06年他出版了專輯 Post-War，初次遇見女演員 Zooey Deschanel, 併合作了一首二重唱。後來他們組建了INDIE POP樂隊：She & Him 。他們的首張專輯取名為 Volume One， 由沃德擔任製作人，Merge Records 出品，發行於2008年3月18日。之後他們還陸續出版了Volume Two 和一張聖誕專輯，在業內反響都不錯。他和Deschanel擔任了第九屆獨立音樂獎的評審 Independent Music Awards.2009年，他還發行了自己第六張個人專輯 Hold Time。
沃德還曾是樂隊 Rodriguez 的一員，他們的作品有wing Like a Metronome。他的另一個樂隊 Monsters of Folk, 也出版了同名專輯。
Monsters of Folk 作品列表
個人專輯
HOLD TIME Duet for Guitars #2 (1999)
End of Amnesia (2001)
Live Music & The Voice of Strangers (2001)
Transfiguration of Vincent (2003)
Transistor Radio (2005)
Post-War (2006) (#146 U.S.)
Hold Time (2009) (#31 U.S.)
A Wasteland Companion (2012)
個人EP
Scene from #12 (I Ain't Sleeping) (2000)
To Go Home (2007)
Arizona Amp and Alternator
Arizona Amp and Alternator (2005)
She & Him
M.Ward Volume One (2008) (#71 U.S.)
Volume Two (2010) (#6 U.S.)
A Very She & Him Christmas (October 25th, 2011)
Monsters of Folk
Monsters of Folk 同名專輯 Monsters of Folk (2009) (#15 U.S.)
Tired Pony
The Place We Ran From (2010)
Compilation tracks
"John King's Watercolor Bicycle" on Acuarela Songs 1 (2001, Acuarela)
"Fearless" on Merge Records Presents: Survive and Advance Vol. 3 (2003, Merge)
"Story of an Artist" (Daniel Johnston) on The Late Great Daniel Johnston: Discovered Covered (2004, Gammon)
"One More Goodbye" on Old Enough 2 Know Better: 15 Years of Merge Records (2004, Merge)
"Let My Love Open the Door" (Pete Townshend) on Sweetheart 2005: Love Songs (2005, Hear)
"Green River" (Creedence Clearwater Revival) on Green River: Benefit For Mercy Corps (2005, Merge)
"Bean Vine Blues #2" (John Fahey) on I Am the Resurrection: A Tribute to John Fahey (2006, Vanguard)
"What Is a Soul?" on Big Change: Songs for FINCA (2007, IODA)
"Let's Dance" on Sounds Eclectic: The Covers Project (2007, Hear)
"Crooked Lines" on The Hottest State (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2007, Sony/ATV)
其他
The Band of Blacky Ranchette – Still Lookin' Good to Me (2003, Thrill Jockey)
My Morning Jacket – Z - Into The Woods (2005, ATO)
Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins – Rabbit Fur Coat (2006, Team Love)
Bright Eyes – Four Winds (2007, Saddle Creek)
Bright Eyes – Cassadaga (2007, Saddle Creek)
Jenny Lewis – Acid Tongue (2008, Reprise)
Jolie Holland – The Living and the Dead (2008, Anti Records)
Alain Bashung - Bleu Pétrole (2008, Barclay Records)
Eli Stone – season one, episode two
The Go-Getter
Por Vida: A Tribute to the Songs of Alejandro Escovedo
The Late Great Daniel Johnston: Discovered Covered (2004, Gammon Records)
