I love when I’m doing an interview with an artist who’s not a local and I end up finding out a connection to the I.E.
It’s even cooler when said artist is M. Ward, who I think is just a really brilliant songwriter and makes music that will last for generations. His new CD, “Hold Time,” is one of my favorites of the year.
Anyway, the Inland connection–it turns out M. Ward, who is known offstage as Matt, had a grandfather who lived in Perris and has fond memories of the area.
“I spent a lot of time in Perris growing up, eating delicious Mexican food,” he said.
He also spent a lot of time in Temecula and he’s a big fan of Joshua Tree and is looking forward to his upcoming performance at Coachella so he can get back to the area. (He lives in Portland, Ore.).
Speaking of Coachella, Matt said he’s going to be playing on the second stage, where Leonard Cohen is playing the magical dusk set on Friday, April 17, and he’s going to hang around there all day to see if he can meet him.
Also, being a big Beatles fan and influenced by the Fab Four, he’s extremely excited about seeing Paul McCartney.
That’s actually how I’d like to spend my Friday at Coachella, trying to meet Leonard Cohen and waiting to see Paul McCartney, hanging out with M. Ward.
In actuality it will probably be more like trying to meet David Hasselhoff and waiting to see Paul McCartney from the back of the crowd, Tweeting away.
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Anyway, here’s M. Ward doing my favorite track off his new album. It’s called “Never Had Nobody Like You.” Sorry for the visuals, but the sound quality was better than others out there.