It may have been four years, or maybe more, since we posted about Jason Ward, but the singer-songwriter has lost none of his acerbic wit and darkly observational skills. So listen to We Were Too Busy Fucking, a song that you might anticipate has some explicit lyrics, and is born from a truism, as Jason Ward says, “I wrote the song because it rang true. When … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 75 – Jason Ward
We Mackerels will always have a soft spot for singer songwriter Jason Ward thanks to his wonderfully bitter track Bless You that perfectly soundtracked a particularly appropriate point in our lives. So it is good to see he is back with a new single You’re Gonna Be OK – a short, but poppy jaunt of melancholic comfort. It’s not available to download yet, but have … Continue reading New Single From Jason Ward
As regular MM readers will know, singer-songwriter Jason Ward has found great favour with Mrs M for his acerbic song Bless You, which lyrically was particularly appropriate at the time of its release. In advance of his new album Last Time I Was There, he is releasing Good Night as a single via iTunes (out tomorrow) and also offering up an older song Oh Man for … Continue reading New album & free track from Jason Ward
Here at MM we share, chat, argue, bury and praise music on a pretty regular basis…like daily. So throughout the year, the Mackerel crew (Mrs Mackerel, Barry-Sean, Christy-Popper, Dr Roddy, Polly Pocket, Starbar, MM and others) keep their own ever-changing top tens ready for publication at the climax of the festive season. So last, but very much not least, is the lovely (though flu-stricken) Mrs … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s 2010 Top Ten Series: No 8, Mrs Mackerel
After the release of his Graceful Bow EP, and in particular the track Bless You, Jason Ward is a firm favourite of Mrs Mackerel, and so we were pleased to get details of his new single Okay which is released via iTunes on Tuesday. The single is purposefully more of an upbeat and insightful song, and while the singer/songwriter or even folk labels are still … Continue reading New single from Jason Ward
We’ve put Jason Ward’s acerbic Bless You up on MM a couple of times already. Now he is releasing it as a free digital single and download and we have the b-side for you too. It’s called Dark In Here and also comes from his excellent Graceful Bow EP. Ward says, “This is an instance where the blogosphere gets to act as the gatekeeper, releasing the … Continue reading Jason Ward releases Bless You
Indulge me today. My youngest boy was six on Tuesday. Blessed with an excellent fledgling taste in music, his current faves includes Jason Ward, Stornoway and Dr Dog. Perhaps being named after MM’s all time hero, Joe Strummer (or Joe Drummer as our Joe called him for some time), has helped. So much personality packed into one so small. Anyway, enough of these frivolities, we’ve … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday
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