M. Ward

Though he's been playing and producing for years, guitarist and singer-songwriter M. Ward is probably best known as the non-Zooey Deschanel half of indie-pop duo She & Him, where he mostly takes a backseat to the New Girl star's chirpy vocals. On his latest solo record, More Rain, Ward offers up another batch of melancholy folk rock songs, filled with hushed vocals and pedal steel melodies that were composed with rainy days in mind. Here, he turns in a solo two-night stand at City Winery.