M. Ward News

Emerging Nashville-based band Liz Cooper & The Stampede will release their anticipated debut full-length album, Window Flowers, August 10 on the band's own label, Sleepyhead Records, via Thirty Tigers (pre-order). The album features eleven songs including the lead single, “Mountain Man,” which is premiering today. Watch/share the official music video HERE.

Prolific powerhouse Ellen Kempner aka Palehound released their critically acclaimed sophomore album, A Place I'll Always Go, last year on Polyvinyl Record Co. The album graced many year-end lists including Rob Sheffield'sRolling Stone Top 20 Albums, Digital Trends 50 Best Albums and The Wild Honey Pie Top 100 Songs.  Having ended 2017 with a US headlining tour (which saw shows with Big Thief, Jay Som, Mitski, M Ward, and more), and currently co-headlining a tour with Weaves (see dates here or below), the band has announced two additional dates with Courtney Barnett on 5/16 atUnion Transfer in Philadelphia, and on 5/19 at Music Hall of Williamsburgin Brooklyn. 

Prolific powerhouse Ellen Kempner aka Palehound released their critically acclaimed sophomore album, A Place I'll Always Go, last year on Polyvinyl Record Co. The album graced many year-end lists including Rob Sheffield's Rolling Stone Top 20 Albums, Digital Trends 50 Best Albums and The Wild Honey Pie Top 100 Songs. Today, In the new“Carnations” video, Kempner leads a bad-ass girl group of incredibly talented performers. Directed by Robert Kolodny / House of Nod, with choreography by Jessica Jaunich, the “Carnations” video debuted with Apple Music and has made its wide release today HERE. We encourage you to post and share!

Prolific powerhouse Ellen Kempner aka Palehound released their critically acclaimed sophomore album, A Place I'll Always Go, last year on Polyvinyl Record Co. Having ended 2017 with a US headlining tour

The Minus 5's Dear December is out now and receiving widespread praise. Offering 11 holiday-themed tracks, the album features a stocking full of guests who bring the seasonal joy

Raw, sexy and dangerous, the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning musical, RENT will rock back to the stage in 2018 in Queensland Performing Arts Centre's (QPAC's) Cremorne Theatre from 2 May.

M. Ward will bring WHISPERTOWN to the Fox Theatre today, October 13, 2017.

The Los Angeles Philharmonic presents the 2017/18 world music series at Walt Disney Concert - four concerts featuring international sensations from around the globe. This year's concerts feature; seven-time Latin GRAMMY-winner Natalia Lafourcade performing for the first time with the LA Phil; acclaimed singer-songwriter M. Ward and Rhiannon Giddens, the first woman and first African-American to receive the Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass; Glen Hansard, star of the Oscar-winning film Once; and Bajofondo, led by Oscar- and GRAMMY-winning Gustavo Santaolalla.

Grammy-nominated Brazilian singer Bebel Gilberto releases the Bebel Gilberto Live at the Belly Up EP today on the venue's own Belly Up Live imprint. Recorded last summer at the legendary nightclub in Solana Beach, CA, the EP features her acclaimed live cover of Radiohead's Creep which Blackbook proclaimed enchanting.

Grammy-nominated Brazilian singer Bebel Gilberto is excited to present Bebel Gilberto Live at the Belly Up, recorded in last summer at the legendary Belly Up nightclub in Solana Beach, CA.

In anticipation of her upcoming EP Bebel Gilberto Live at the Belly Up, the Grammy-nominated Brazilian singer shares her acclaimed live cover of Radiohead's Creep today with Blackbook.

Grammy-nominated Brazilian singer Bebel Gilberto is excited to present Bebel Gilberto Live at the Belly Up, recorded in last summer at the legendary Belly Up nightclub in Solana Beach, CA.

See the newly announced lineup for September at Chicago City Winery below!

Lead by fierce vocalist and prolific creative force Ellen Kempner, Boston's Palehound released the critically acclaimed sophomore album, A Place I'll Always Go, on Polyvinyl Record Co. earlier this summer. Today, the band shares the beautifully illustrated music video for album single, “Room,” created by Rozalina Burkova premiering via Stereogum.

M. Ward will bring WHISPERTOWN to the Fox Theatre on Friday, October 13, 2017.

City Winery Chicago, 1200 W. Randolph Street, announces R&B artist Avery*Sunshine, Grammy-nominated sisters Shelby Lynne & Allison Moorer, an evening of songs and stories with Dan Wilson and more. The following shows go on sale to the public on Thursday, June 8 at noon at citywinery.com/chicago.

Conor Oberst joined his first band at the age of 13 and has been releasing music since 1993. Over the next two plus decades, he's released cassette-only recordings, split 7-inches, and a dozen albums of uncommon insight, detail, and political awareness with his band Bright Eyes, under his own name, as a member of Desaparecidos, as leader of the The Mystic Valley Band, and with the Monsters of Folk supergroup.

City Winery Chicago, 1200 W. Randolph Street, announces horn-based soul band Tower of Power, the return of actress and comedian Sandra Bernhard for two performances, New Orleans-based The Dirty Dozen Brass Band on their 40th anniversary tour and more. The following shows go on sale to the public on Thursday, March 30 at noon at citywinery.com/chicago.

City Winery Chicago, 1200 W. Randolph Street, announces back-to-back shows with Rachelle Ferrell, 6-time CMA Musician of The Year award-winner Mac McAnally returns to City Winery, NY Blues Hall of Famer Garland Jeffreys and more. The following shows go on sale to the public on Thursday, March 23 at noon at citywinery.com/chicago.