M. Ward w/ The Watson Twins

Portland singer-songwriter M. Ward has spent the last decade building a name for himself with songs that draw from early, mid-century American artists like Leadbelly, Hank Williams and Buddy Holly, whose “Rave On!” he covers on his newest album, Hold Time. That record is his first since he further raised his profile with last year’s collaboration with singer-actress Zooey Deschanel, She & Him. Tonight Ward shares a bill with the Watson Twins, the sister-sister gospel duo that backed Jenny Lewis on her 2006 solo debut Rabbit Fur Coat. [To read the Shepherd Express interview with Ward, click here.]