M. Ward |
M. Ward will tour with Norah Jones and her Handsome Band this April and May.
Planting the seed for this collaboration, Ward recently sat-in on Jones's January 30 release, Not Too Late. Ward's 2006 album Post-War was voted one of the BEST RECORDS OF 2006 by NPR, Spin, Entertainment Weekly, Pitchfork, San Francisco Chronicle, Boston Globe, Harp, PopMatters, Daily Nebraskan, Brooklyn Vegan and more.
Ward's first single from Post-War, "To Go Home" will be released February 20, 2007 on Merge Records in North America. European release on 4AD Records (7" vinyl + CD format) will be available January 29, 2007. The single is backed by three unreleased B-sides - including M. Ward's first collaboration with guitarist Nels Cline on a cover of Jimmie Dale Gilmore's "Headed for a Fall" which features guest vocals by Jim James and Neko Case. Other special guests include: Howe Gelb, Tommy Larkins, and Chris Scruggs (Earl Scruggs' grandson).
M. WARD TOUR DATES
02.02 | Los Angeles, CA | El Rey Theatre *
02.03 | San Francisco, CA | Bimbo's 365 Club *
02.04 | San Francisco, CA | Bimbo's 365 Club *
04.13 | Wallingford, CT | Chevrolet Theatre #
04.14 | Boston, MA | Orpheum Theatre #
04.15 | Portland, ME | Merrill Auditorium at City Hall #
04.17 | Providence, RI | Providence Performing Art Center #
04.18 | New York, NY | Theatre at Madison Square Garden #
04.20 | Philadelphia, PA | Tower Theatre #
04.21 | Atlantic City, NJ | Borgata Casino #
04.23 | Washington, DC | DAR Constitution Hall #
04.24 | Greensboro, NC | War Memorial Auditorium #
04.26 | Nashville, TN | Ryman Auditorium #
04.27 | Atlanta, GA | Tabernacle #
04.28 | Asheville, NC | Orange Peel #
04.30 | Birmingham, AL | BJCC Concert Hall #
05.01 | Indianapolis, IN | Murat Theatre #
05.02 | St. Louis, MO | Fox Theatre #
05.04 | Ann Arbor, MI | Michigan Theatre #
05.05 | Milwaukee, WI | Riverside Theatre #
05.06 | Minneapolis, MN | Orpheum Theatre #
05.08 | Chicago, IL | Chicago Theatre #
05.09 | Cleveland, OH | The State Theatre at Playhouse Square #
05.11 | Toronto, Ontario | Massey Hall #
05.12 | Montreal, Quebec | St. Denis Theatre #
* with Victoria Williams
# with Norah Jones and the Handsome Band
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