M Ward live in concert.
ON TOUR

M Ward

66
critic concert reviews
folk

How good are they LIVE?

Live Rating  

73
%
Based on 
66
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
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Based on 
critic concert
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Critics Consensus

Based on 66 concert reviews, the critics consensus is that M Ward is rated as a watchable live performer, with decent shows overall. M Ward concert reviews describe live shows and performances as engaging and masterful.

How long are their concerts?

How long are M Ward concerts? M Ward concerts usually last from 45 minutes to up to an hour and a half.

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On tour

Chat Noir, 神奈川県, Japan (April 10); La Cana, 東京都, Japan (April 12); BIG PINK, 石川県, Japan (April 13); Dobu6, 富山県, Japan (April 14); UrBANGUILD, 京都府, Japan (April 16); NOON+CAFE, 大阪府大阪市北区中崎西3-3-8, Japan (April 17); Cafe GOATEE, 神奈川県, Japan (April 19); Cafe GOATEE, 神奈川県, Japan (April 20); Sala Upload, Barcelona, Spain (May 14)

Artist Info

Genre
folk
Origin
Thousand Oaks, United States (10/4/1973)
Bio
Matthew Stephen Ward (b 4th October 1973, Newbury Park, California), known by his stage name M. Ward.
Has Performed With
Artist Website

Critic Concert Reviews

Scenestr (Australia)

December 12, 2023
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Indie Americana artist M. Ward – or Matthew Ward, off stage – has long had a happy second home in Australia, on the other side of the world to his Portland, Oregon, base.

Scenestr (Australia)

December 6, 2023
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Portland, Oregon's Monster of Folk, sometimes Zooey Deschanel collaborator and Americana troubadour, M. Ward united with Melbourne's Folk Bitch Trio in his first visit to Adelaide to celebrate 20 years since the release of breakthrough album 'Transfiguration Of Vincent'.

Exclaim (Canada)

July 11, 2018
70
%
RBC Bluesfest, Ottawa on July 10, 2018

The Skinny (UK)

September 7, 2016
80
%
Gorilla, Manchester, UK on September 1, 2016

Exclaim (Canada)

September 10, 2014
60
%
Petit Campus, Montreal, Canada

Grateful Web (USA)

August 28, 2012
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Boulder, USA

The Guardian (UK)

July 4, 2012
80
%
After a decade spent forging a solo career in the cosy backwater of the US alt-country and indie-folk scenes the singer-songwriter from Portland Oregon saw his seventh album A Wasteland Companion flirt with the Billboard top 20 this year.

Past critic reviews published in

Spectrum Culture (USA), Country Standard Time (USA), The Santa Barbara Independent (USA), musicOMH (UK), The Orange County Register (USA) and more

Image Credit

[CC BY 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons

Latest Release

For Beginners: The Best of M. Ward (13 September 2024)