The Rickshaw presents
M. Ward & The Undertakers Summer 2025 Tour
With guest, Bob Sumner
July 24th, 2025
The Rickshaw Theatre
19+
Doors: 7:00pm
Presale Code: letsdance
Tickets: $30 + s/c adv
Ticket Link:
https://m-ward-rickshaw-theatre.eventbrite.ca
Tickets on sale now!
Indie folk and alt-country artist M. Ward & The Undertakers take the Rickshaw stage to play his 2003 record 'Transfiguration of Vincent' in full!
M. WARD AND THE UNDERTAKERS
Several times, as I listened to M. Ward’s supernatural thing, I asked myself what year it was. Was it 1952, and was I listening to a track from the Harry Smith Anthology? Was it 1972, and was I eavesdropping on the recording session for After the Gold Rush?
No, it’s 2023, and M. Ward is one of the special contemporary artists who invite such questions. Ward has clearly mastered the whole vocabulary of American popular music and made serious decisions about how to employ it for his own ends. What Ward shares with Harry Smith’s artists and Neil Young is a context of musical and human values: authenticity and intimacy. supernatural thing’s original songs sound freshly pulled from the ground, with a little earth sticking to them. Ward’s lyric delivery has that slight rawness the ear loves, and his voice has quiet dignity and great tenderness. Supernatural Thing is an open-hearted, inviting album.
Website:
https://mwardmusic.com/
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/mwardmusic/
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/mwardtravelogue/
Bandcamp:
https://m-ward.bandcamp.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNZbEn_DNo_2s_Xe_0QTGug
Twitter:
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BOB SUMNER
Singer-songwriter Bob Sumner cites the musically progressive sensibilities of his heroes when talking about the spirit of his new album, Some Place to Rest Easy, out now via Fluff & Gravy (worldwide) and North Country Collective (Canada). “They were always creating something new, something different,” he says of idols like George Jones, Willie Nelson, and Waylon Jennings. With that ideology in mind, Sumner set about creating an album that takes as much inspiration from the audio production of Randy Travis as it does the lyrical soul of Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker—a melding of eras, sounds, concepts, and stylings that’s informed by the past, but never bound by it.
With Some Place to Rest Easy, Sumner picks up the tempo compared to his previous releases, balancing the stirring lyrical depth fans have come to expect with a more buoyant, lively feel. “It felt appropriate to give the music itself some joy,” says the man who’s made a career out of tapping into difficult-to-touch-on, real-life stuff in a relatable, palatable manner. In the end, that’s what Sumner’s music has always been about—more than a single sound, influence, instrumental, or clever line. “I always want people to feel something,” Sumner explains. “If I heard that this album helped somebody that was feeling down, even just by feeling some other emotion for a little while, that's the number one thing for me.”
Website:
https://bobsumnermusic.com/
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/bobsumnermusic/
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/brotherbobsumner/
Bandcamp:
https://bobsumner.bandcamp.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm80QSXy0lrqNa-W7Q8sjYg
TikTok:
https://www.tiktok.com/@brotherbobsumner
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