Enjoy ‘Hold Time’ below. His upcoming American trek begins next month.

MP3: M. Ward – Poison Cup (Live)

Be sure to catch him at:

Wednesday, February 18 Boston, MA @ Somerville Theater
Thursday, February 19 New York, NY @ The Apollo Theatre
Friday, February 20 Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero Theatre
Saturday, February 21 Washington, DC @ Sixth & I Synagogue
Wednesday, March 4 Los Angeles, CA @ Music Box At Fonda
Thursday, March 5 San Francisco, CA @ Palace Of Fine Arts
Friday, March 6 Seattle, WA @ Showbox At The Market
Saturday, March 7 Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theater

His new LP, Hold Time, is out in February.

MP3: M. Ward – Live On KEXP

Hold Time is out in February of 2009.

Paste has more info here.

Visit M. Ward at his official site.

MP3: M. WArd – Live On KEXP

Enjoy their brilliant collaboration on ‘Sharp Cutting Wings’ (in Austin) below.

MP3: Conor Oberst – Danny Callahan

M. Ward – Poison Cup (Live)

One of many highlights from his magnificent SXSW gig.

Visit M. Ward on MySpace.

MP3: M. Ward – Poison Cup (Live)

M. Ward & Jim James – Chinese Translation (Live)

The most beautiful duet of SXSW 2008? Quite possibly.

Read my review of the intimate church gig here.

MP3: M. Ward & Jim James – Chinese Translation (Live)

M. Ward – Oh Lonesome Me

A breathtaking Don Gibson cover performed last month in Austin.

Read my review of that intimate SXSW gig here.

MP3: M. Ward – Oh Lonesome Me

After much internal debate, I’d have to award my favorite performance of SXSW 2008 to M. Ward’s (mostly) solo set at St. David’s Church on 7th Street. With a capacity just over 100, the show was intimate, breathtaking and downright spectacular. For the first half of the 45-minute gig, M. Ward played favorites from Post-War (‘Rollercoaster’, ‘Poison Cup’) alongside unreleased tracks, expected for inclusion on his new LP due out this summer.

For the latter section of the evening, M. Ward collaborated with My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James on roughly a half dozen tunes. While I adored Matt’s duets with Conor Oberst at Bright Eyes’ Bowery show last year, I think I appreciated this particular pairing even more. All in all, a truly phenomenal end to a terrific week in Austin, Texas.

Head to M. Ward’s official site here. Enjoy a track from Transistor Radio at bottom.

MP3: M. Ward – Regeneration No. 1 [alt link]